AT&T Defends Plan for Temporary 39 GHz Repack
AT&T defended its December proposal for a temporary, voluntary repack of the 38.6-40 GHz band (see 1712120010). Verizon in January told the FCC it supports AT&T’s goal of a timely auction of the spectrum but opposes AT&T's proposed solution (see…
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1801260041). AT&T reported on a meeting with staff from the Wireless Bureau, including Chief Donald Stockdale, and from the Office of General Counsel. The FCC’s current band plan “is complex with multiple license boundaries and holders, even over the same geographic area,” AT&T said in an accompanying presentation. “Auction with separate assignment round maximizes potential for contiguity across the entire band in a faster and fairer manner to advance the delivery of 5G services for the U.S. Prior to auction, a temporary repack solution is required to create larger, contiguous blocks to support rapid 5G deployments.” The filing was posted in docket 14-177.