The FCC Public Safety Bureau sought comment Wednesday on a request by the Monsey Fire District in New York to modify its private land mobile radio system by adding an 800 MHz specialized mobile radio to its two-site conventional system. Comments are due May 29, replies June 13, in universal licensing system file number 0011089434. The FCC posted the notice on its website's homepage.
The FCC Wireless Bureau sought comment Wednesday on a proposal by the C-band Relocation Payment Clearinghouse to “wind down and cease operations on or about June 30.” Comments are due May 29 in docket 18-122. “In its request, the RPC states that it has completed all substantive functions required under the Commission’s rules and the 3.7 GHz Report and Order,” the bureau said: “The RPC notes that all reimbursement claims have been reviewed, every claim approved in whole or in part has been invoiced, and only a single claim remains pending appeal.”
New CTIA President Ajit Pai met with FCC Commissioner Anna Gomez to discuss the group’s spectrum priorities, said a filing Wednesday in docket 25-59. Pai stressed the importance of the upper C band to carriers, the focus of a notice of inquiry commissioners approved 4-0 in February. CTIA urged the commission “to repurpose as much of the 220-megahertz band as possible for 5G,” the filing said.
T-Mobile representatives met with FCC staff to discuss the company’s proposed buy of wireless assets, including spectrum, from UScellular in a $4.3 billion deal announced a year ago (see 2405280047). New data submitted in response to FCC questions was stripped from the filing, posted Tuesday in docket 24-286. “T-Mobile described that the spectrum efficiency for LTE using low-band spectrum differed from values provided during the FCC’s consideration of the T-Mobile/Sprint merger,” the filing said: “T-Mobile also explained that, since it would be adding UScellular’s spectrum to the T-Mobile network, it was appropriate to utilize the T-Mobile spectrum efficiency values for the combined network in its modeling.”
Open radio access networks (ORAN) and the movement to the cloud are already shaping RAN deployments worldwide, said Robert Curran, consulting analyst at Appledore Research, said during a TelecomTV virtual summit Tuesday on the future of the RAN.
NextWave Spectrum and T-Mobile are exchanging fire in a dispute over alleged interference with NextWave's use of the 2.5 GHz band in New York and New Jersey. NextWave asked the FCC earlier this month to “take swift and decisive action to compel T-Mobile’s compliance” with commission rules and “cease its flagrant and unlawful encroachment into NextWave’s exclusively leased" service areas in those states.
Tarana Wireless CEO Basil Alwan and other company officials met with FCC Commissioner Nathan Simington about the importance of the citizens broadband radio service band. “Tarana emphasized the critical role that CBRS plays in expanding broadband access -- particularly in underserved and rural communities -- by enabling flexible, affordable, and spectrum-efficient fixed wireless deployments,” said a filing posted Monday in docket 17-258. “Tarana’s technology, when paired with CBRS spectrum, provides fiber-class performance without the need for trenching or costly infrastructure, significantly accelerating deployment timelines.”
The U.S. Chamber of Commerce appeared to oppose NextNav’s proposal to use the lower 900 MHz band to provide positioning, navigation and timing (PNT) as a GPS alternative. The commission “should focus on solutions that have been established [to] not adversely impact existing spectrum users,” the chamber said in comments posted Monday in docket 25-110. It cited concerns raised by the International Bridge, Tunnel & Turnpike Association (see 2504290042).
UScellular filed additional data at the FCC in its proposed deal with T-Mobile, but all the information was redacted. T-Mobile hopes to buy wireless assets, including spectrum, from the smaller carrier in a $4.3 billion deal announced a year ago (see 2405280047). The filing was posted Friday in docket 24-286.
The global optical transceiver market size is expected to grow from $11.54 billion this year to $47.64 billion by 2035, a compound annual growth rate of 13.75%, ResearchAndMarkets.com said Friday. The sector “is witnessing substantial growth, propelled by the rising need for high-speed internet, data centers and the emergence of 5G technology,” the report said. “Widespread adoption of smartphones, tablets, and other connected devices has resulted in a dramatic surge in data traffic, necessitating a more dependable network infrastructure.”