Look to 10 GHz, Lawmakers Advise FCC
The FCC should “explore viable solutions in the 10 GHz band,” bipartisan lawmakers in both Houses told FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler in a letter released Tuesday. The agency should explore “potential sharing opportunities” there, said Reps. Anna Eshoo, D-Calif.; Brett…
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Guthrie, R-Ky.; Bob Latta, R-Ohio; Doris Matsui, D-Calif.; and Sens. Cory Booker, D-N.J., and Marco Rubio, R-Fla. They've backed legislation telling the FCC to explore opportunities in the upper 5 GHz band. “Sharing opportunities in the 10 GHz band could make more spectrum available and provide another avenue for consumers and innovators to tap into the Internet economy,” they said: “This band could be used for expanding Wi-Fi capabilities to bring Internet access to more Americans.” Mimosa CEO Brian Hinman praised the letter and wants to “work with the FCC toward a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking to share use of the 10 GHz band in the near future,” he said in a statement. Wireless Internet Service Providers Association President Chuck Hogg is “greatly encouraged by the letter” and said “seeking out and reallocating underutilized spectrum will become more and more vital” over time as broadband expansion becomes more important.