CITEL Goals Include 24 GHz Protection Limits That Allow 5G, Pai Says
FCC Chairman Ajit Pai hopes Inter-American (CITEL) Telecommunication Commission participants next month walk away having agreed on protection limits that safeguard passive sensors on science satellites while maximizing 5G's use of the 24 GHz band, according to prepared remarks for…
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the Congreso Latinoamericano de Telecomunicaciones (CLT) in Argentina posted Wednesday. He said other regions, such as the Arab Spectrum Management Group and the African Telecommunication Union, are "endorsing reasonable limits [and] the facts and physics make a compelling case for ... even less restrictive limits." An international mobile telecom designation in the 50 GHz band, with protections for incumbents, coming out of the 2019 World Radiocommunication Conference could also help grow mobile services, Pai said. He said the U.S. hopes WRC-19 will generate a harmonization internationally of domestic rules promoting higher-powered outdoor use of the 5150-5250 MHz band. And he backed expanded use of the 37.5-39.5, 39.5-42.5, 47.2-50.2 and 50.4-51.4 GHz bands non-geostationary orbit satellite systems. Pai said he was the first FCC chairman to attend CLT.