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Comments Due Dec. 2 on 70/80/90 GHz for HAPS

Comments are due Dec. 2, replies Jan. 3, as the FCC seeks comment on the use of the 70/80/90 GHz bands for high altitude platform stations or other stratospheric-based platform services, in docket 20-133, says a Federal Register notice for…

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Tuesday. The Wireless Bureau recently sought additional comment. CTIA urged the FCC to act “on the well-developed record of support” for using the spectrum for 5G backhaul. “CTIA and other commenters have urged the Commission to act on the issue of improving the fixed service rules even as it further considers pending issues involving these bands,” the group said in a filing posted Monday in docket 20-133: “Enhancing the fixed service rules has near unanimous record support, and such action can and should be taken expeditiously, even as further engineering analyses and examinations are conducted to consider other potential services in these bands."