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FCC Partially Lifts 4.9 GHz Freeze

The FCC Wireless and Public Safety bureaus modified the filing freeze in the 4.9 GHz band. A Sept. 30 commission order instructed the bureaus to partially lift the freeze within 30 days (see 2110010051). It's lifted for applications by incumbent…

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4.9 GHz licensees to modify existing licenses in the band “whether for permanent fixed sites or geographic areas” and applications by incumbents for “new permanent fixed site operations located within their licensed service areas," Thursday's order said: The freeze remains on applications for new licenses.