You already know (because we told you last week) that the Commission has received eight petitions for reconsideration of various aspects of its new rules establishing the Citizens Broadband Radio Service. Now, thanks to a notice in the Federal Register, we know when comments (and replies to those comments) about any or all of those … Continue Reading
Petitioners’ suggestions are all over the map. We reported last May on the FCC’s adoption of preliminary rules for the Citizens Broadband Service at 3550-3700 MHz. Under those rules, a control database and automated frequency assignment mechanism, dubbed the Spectrum Access System (SAS), will assign frequencies to users on the fly in three priority levels: … Continue Reading
Perhaps you underestimate the tenacity of the human spirit.… Continue Reading
TV "white space" devices, which operate on an unlicensed basis in locally vacant TV spectrum, are now authorized nationwide.… Continue Reading
Touted by advocates as "Wi-Fi on steroids," TV Band Devices can now boot up in New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware, Maryland, Washington DC, Virginia, and North Carolina. The FCC expects to extend authorization nationwide by mid-January.… Continue Reading
When the FCC established rules for TV Band Devices, it required them to avoid interfering with other equipment operating on TV frequencies. The most populous of those, by far, are the wireless microphones that are ubiquitous in TV, stage, and film production.… Continue Reading
The effective date of the recently-revised "white space" rules has now been set.… Continue Reading
All of these rules control only a limited deployment in Wilmington, NC. But with the rules approaching final form, and more databases coming on line, white space devices may finally take the big step from PowerPoint to reality.… Continue Reading
If you ever make FCC filings yourself, without a lawyer, this order makes a point you should know about.… Continue Reading
Letting its exasperation show, the FCC retorted that, while a petitioner for reconsideration could rely on new facts, they must also be relevant.… Continue Reading
Undaunted, the applicant filed yet again, this time seeking reconsideration of the dismissal of his last reconsideration request.… Continue Reading
