12 GHz Orders, Notices, Set for Publication Monday
The FCC scheduled for publication in Monday's Federal Register all parts of the complicated item on the lower and upper 12 GHz band, approved by commissioners 4-0 in May. Comments are due Aug. 9, replies Sept. 8, on a Further…
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NPRM on facilitating more robust terrestrial operations in the lower band, 12.2-12.7 GHz, “through additional possible terrestrial uses of the band.” Comments are due the same days on an NPRM on “various proposed means for transitioning some or all of the 550 megahertz between 12.7-13.25 GHz … to mobile broadband and other expanded use, as well as on alternative changes to the Commission’s rules that could promote use of the band on a shared basis.” An order directing fixed and mobile broadcast auxiliary services and cable television relay services licensees authorized to use the upper band “to certify the accuracy of the information reflected on their licenses, including whether their facilities are operating as authorized” is effective Monday, though the date when the filings are due will have to await another notice. Also effective Monday, an order saying “it is not in the public interest to add a mobile allocation to permit a two-way terrestrial 5G service in the 12.2 GHz band based on the current record.”