CCA Supports Waxman Proposal on Duplex Gap
The FCC should retain flexibility to place TV stations in the 600 MHz duplex gap when necessary to secure sufficient spectrum for broadband use as part of the TV incentive auction, the Competitive Carriers Association said Wednesday. “The FCC should…
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not sacrifice larger nationwide broadband spectrum-clearing targets for modest gains in unlicensed spectrum availability when reasonable alternatives exist,” CCA President Steve Berry said in a news release. Berry said CCA supports proposals by consultant Henry Waxman, D-Calif., former chairman and later ranking member of the House Commerce Committee, filed at the FCC last week. Waxman, a consultant to CCA member T-Mobile, proposed that the FCC put broadcasters in the gap only if broadcasters do not offer 84 MHz of spectrum or more for sale in the auction (see 1507100048). Berry said CCA supports Waxman’s proposal for a revised trigger on the spectrum reserve and strongly supports holding the auction in early 2016.