FCC Seeks Comment on Samsung Request for Multiband Radio Waiver
The FCC Wireless Bureau and Office of Engineering and Technology sought comment Friday on Samsung Electronics America's request in August for a waiver allowing it to offer a radio that works across citizens broadband radio service and C-band spectrum. Comments…
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are due March 27, replies April 4, in docket 23-93. “At the time the C-Band Order was adopted, the CBRS auction had not even commenced,” Samsung said in a petition seeking the waiver: “No one knew who would win licenses in CBRS, let alone in the 3.7 GHz auction which would not end for another year. Carriers were still determining what their mid-band strategies would be and how they could use one or both bands. The world has evolved significantly since then. Grant of Samsung’s waiver request is appropriate now to ensure that carriers have the equipment they need to rapidly deliver on the promise of their 5G networks.” The FCC recently approved a similar waiver for a multiband waiver for Ericsson, which had broad support (see 2208240045).