Carriers, CTA Ask FCC to Make More High-Frequency Spectrum Available for 5G
CTIA stressed the importance of high-frequency spectrum to wireless operators and urged the FCC to finalize rules for numerous bands, in a filing in docket 14-177 in response to a second Further NPRM on spectrum frontiers. “Millimeter wave spectrum will…
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play a vital role in supporting the successful roll-out of next-generation products and services for American consumers, particularly as we race with other nations to lead in 5G, and the Commission’s efforts in this proceeding have been instrumental in achieving that goal.” The FCC should “promptly seek comment on auction procedures to allow the rapid auction” of the 24, 28, 37/39 and 47 GHz bands, it said. Also in CTIA’s crosshairs -- allocation of the 29, 31, 32, 42 and 50 GHz bands. The FCC should also “prioritize the identification, allocation, and licensing of additional spectrum for exclusively licensed terrestrial flexible use,” the group argued. The 26 GHz band should be “allocated for flexible, exclusive use licensing, as international entities have focused on this band for the deployment of 5G services,” CTIA said. Separately, CTA said the FCC should both make more spectrum available and lay out a timetable for future auctions. “These next generation services and applications will improve consumers’ lives, make industry more efficient, power smarter cities and government, foster American leadership, and create new jobs,” CTA commented. Making "this spectrum available brings opportunity for investment, innovation and competition, all of which the Commission must be mindful when finalizing the [millimeter wave] band service rules,” the Competitive Carriers Association said. If the agency gets the rules right, CCA members could “develop next-generation technologies,” from 5G to the IoT “on an equal playing field with the largest carriers,” it said.