by Toby Youell
The FCC is seeking comments from private sector stakeholders on the remaining WRC-19 Agenda Item 7 issues for which the USA does not have a proposal/position. These include issues: C1, C2, C3, C4, C6, C7, E, I and J. Stakeholders with any concern with the USA joining any of the current draft… Read more...
by Toby Youell
April 10, 2019 Update: the FCC has clarified that interested parties on this matter may file comments by June 3, and that replies to those comments are due July 2. April 3, 2019 The FCC has published its Notice of Proposed Rulemaking on allowing broadband access in the 900 MHz… Read more...
by Toby Youell
April 8, 2019 Update: The FCC has now clarified that comments can be made until June 3, 2019. Replies to those comments are still due by July 1, 2019. April 1, 2019 Update: This consultation will be published on the Federal Register here on April 2, 2019. Comments can be… Read more...
by Toby Youell
The FCC is considering a petition that would allow encrypted messages on amateur bands, but only if they are easily decoded. The petition follows previous requests for the FCC to allow encrypted communications on the bands. These issues are being considered in the context of national security. The FCC will… Read more...
by Toby Youell
Rohde & Schwartz has asked the FCC to waive its rules so it can market a QPS 201 Personnel Security Scanner system in the 70 - 80 GHz range. Current regulations establish a portion of the band (71 - 75 GHz) as "restricted" but Rohde & Schwartz claim that these… Read more...
by Toby Youell
The US research university, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, has asked the FCC to waive some of its rules for Ultra Wide Band so it can deploy WiTrack indoor medical monitoring devices. The waive would be necessary because the equipment would use bandwidths smaller than those permitted in the relevant… Read more...
by Toby Youell
The US telecoms regulator, the FCC, has issued a consultation on how it should reconfigure current licences in the 38.6 - 40 GHz band (39 GHz band). The FCC plans to auction these frequencies in the second half of this year alongside the Upper 37 GHz (37.6 - 38.6 GHz)… Read more...
by Toby Youell
The FCC has issued a week-long consultation on the WRC-19 positions that have been established by its private sector-led working group, the WAC. Feedback from the consultation will inform its negotiations with governmental users of the spectrum regarding the USA's final positions, which will then be taken to CITEL in… Read more...
by Toby Youell
March 19, 2019 This petition will be published in the Federal Register on March 20 here. Oppositions to this petition must be filed within 15 days, and reply comments to those are open for a further ten days. March 7, 2019 The FCC has received a petition for reconsideration in… Read more...
by Toby Youell
The US telecoms regulator, the FCC, has issued a Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking that would allow Earth Stations In Motion (ESIMs) to communicate with geostationary satellite across a larger number of frequencies in both the Ku and Ka bands. Specifically, it seeks comment on allowing downlinks to ESIMs from… Read more...