Upcoming FCC decisions to shape spectrum policy2012-03-21 10:46 by DanielaTags: FCC, spectrum
The Federal Communications Commission is about to take some important decisions in the next months as it deals with a series of spectrum-related issues that will help determine who is a player in the mobile broadband market and who isn't. The commission will have to determine when or whether Dish Network can use its recently acquired spectrum for a competitive mobile broadband network. The discussion is expected to start Wednesday and could be completed by summer's end, according to Dish executives. Another problem to be discussed is the proposed network of LightSquared. In February the FCC said it planned to revoke LightSquared's conditional waiver to use its spectrum for a terrestrial-only service since there have been complaints that it interferes with GPS receivers. LightSquared says it's still going to fight on. And it's now asking the FCC to come up with an alternative plan. It wants the FCC and National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) to find spectrum that can be swapped for the troubled spectrum. The FCC will also have to decide whether Verizon should be allowed to buy spectrum from Spectrum Co., a consortium of cable providers that bought spectrum in the AWS auction. Verizon announced late last year it planned to buy 122 wireless licenses from the cable operators to help it keep up with capacity demands on its 4G LTE network. Read more -here-
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