WISPA Meets O'Rielly Aide on 2.5, 5.9 GHz Bands
Wireless ISP Association officials met Erin McGrath, aide to FCC Commissioner Mike O’Rielly. WISPA members have a “strong interest in obtaining access to 2.5 GHz spectrum,” said a filing Thursday in docket 13-49. The FCC should “understand that the 5.9…
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GHz band is useful not just for Wi-Fi but for rural broadband under rules that are similar to those used in the adjacent 5 GHz U-NII band,” the group said: “We noted WISPA’s opposition to the [5G Automotive Association] waiver request that seeks access to 20 megahertz of spectrum for a single technology and use case, a result that would repeat the Commission’s policy that resulted in the underutilization of the band for Dedicated Short Range Communications” (see 1902270041).