Diverse EBS Interests Recommend Changes to 2.5 GHz Rules
Diverse players in the educational broadband service arena met with an aide to FCC Commissioner Brendan Carr on EBS licensing. “We discussed our joint support for rationalizing the current circular Geographic Service Areas (GSAs) to county-based geographic boundaries,” said a…
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filing posted Friday in docket 18-120. “These stakeholders agree rationalization is a key step to modernizing the 2.5 GHz band and promoting intensive use of both currently licensed EBS spectrum and new EBS spectrum licenses.” Sprint, Midco, the Wireless ISP Association, Wireless Communications Association, Catholic Technology Network, National EBS Association, Voqal, North American Catholic Educational Programming Foundation and Mobile Beacon attended. Their recommendations included that the FCC “rationalize the outdated circular GSAs to the county boundary, where an existing licensee’s GSA covers a minimum threshold of 25 percent of the geography of a county” and that “rationalization should take place automatically” and “equally to all current GSAs and license holders that satisfy the 25 percent threshold.” Participants agree “no current licensed GSA should be reduced in size,” the filing said. Chairman Ajit Pai is expected to propose new 2.5 GHz rules at the July 10 commissioners’ meeting (see 1906120043).