NCTA: Target 7/8 GHz Spectrum for Wireless Broadband
NCTA told the FCC it agrees with comments that the commission should target the 7.125-8.4 GHz band for wireless broadband (see 2311290040), in response to an NPRM on implementing 2015 and 2019 decisions by the World Radiocommunication Conference. The FCC’s…
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proposal in the NPRM “is based on an NTIA recommendation from 2018 that does not reflect the 2023 National Spectrum Strategy -- and could undermine that strategy by unnecessarily complicating the future of the 7/8 GHz range,” said a filing Wednesday in docket 23-120. “The circumstances … have changed significantly since the Commission issued the NPRM in April 2023 and even more since NTIA made its original recommendation to the Commission in 2018,” NCTA said.