by Toby Youell
February 15, 2019: This consultation is now scheduled to be published in the Federal Register here on Tuesday 19 February. Comments will be be due on April 5. November 20, 2018 The FCC has made a series of proposals designed to address the growing problem of space debris. Comments are due 45… Read more...
by Toby Youell
The US telecoms regulator, the FCC, is proposing to reform the way it processes competing applications for both noncommercial education broadcast and low power FM. According to the FCC, the current way the FCC assesses mutually exclusive applications is too complicated. The documents will be made available in FCC MB… Read more...
by Toby Youell
The US telecoms regulator, the FCC, has published a consultation in the Federal Register that proposes to harmonise the rules for Digital Broadcast Satellite Services at 12.2 - 12.7 GHz and 17.3 - 17.8 GHz with those that are applicable to geostationary-orbit Fixed Satellite Service systems. Comments on these proposals… Read more...
by Toby Youell
January 31, 2019: The proposed rules have now been published in the Federal Register here. Comments are due on March 18, 2019, and replies to those comments are due on April 16, 2019. November 20, 2018 The FCC has decided to issue a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking that would simplify satellite… Read more...
by Toby Youell
The FCC is proposing to allow Earth Stations in Motion (ESIMs) to use non-geostationary orbit satellites in the majority of the Ku and Ka bands. This follows an earlier decision to allow ESIMs to use these bands for communications with geo-stationary orbit satellites. A PolicyTracker article about this consultation is available here.… Read more...
by Toby Youell
The US regulator, the FCC, is consulting on a petition from Sennheiser Electronic Corporation to allow it to use 6 MHz channels for wireless microphones. The increase in permitted bandwidth from 200 kHz would allow the use of Wireless Multi-Channel Audio Systems (WMAS). Read more...
by Toby Youell
The US regulator, the FCC, has decided to extend the reply comment period for its Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) on the 3.7 - 4.2 GHz band by two weeks. The NPRM concerned repurposing parts of the 3.7 - 4.2 GHz band from satellite to mobile usage, as well as… Read more...
by Toby Youell
The FCC has issued a Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking related to the interference criteria given to Class A AM radio broadcast stations. Read more...
by PolicyTracker
The USA regulator, Federal Communication Commission (FCC), would like to hear views on their proposal to modify plans for the 700 MHz for public-safety usage in nine regions. The consultations, which were issued separately, concerns the regions of Alabama, Arizona, North California, Georgia, Indiana, Iowa, Michigan, Minnesota and Ohio. Under… Read more...