Mobile Future Opposes Aggregation Limits for High-Band Spectrum
Mobile Future told the FCC it should reject Competitive Carriers Association requests that the agency adopt band-specific spectrum aggregation limits for high-band spectrum addressed in the spectrum frontiers order. CCA filed a petition for reconsideration on the order in December…
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(see 1612140075). What CCA asks “would undermine the efficient allocation of spectrum and substitute the Commission’s static judgment about how the newly repurposed spectrum will be used and deployed for providers’ own business and technological assessments,” Mobile Future said. It supported other petitions asking the FCC to eliminate a cybersecurity reporting requirement also in rules. CCA, CTIA, NCTA and others sought elimination of the mandate. “The very notion of a cybersecurity reporting requirement fundamentally runs counter to the voluntary, industry-led approach that has served all stakeholders so well in this context,” Mobile Future said. “Collaborative efforts for enhancing cybersecurity protections have proven to be effective, and government officials and industry alike have recognized that multistakeholder cooperation on these issues through existing mechanisms, such as the Commission’s Communications Security, Reliability, and Interoperability Council, ‘addresses fast-changing technology-based issues better than prescriptive regulation.’” Mobile Future commented in docket 14-177.