Commissioners Discuss Spectrum, Infrastructure, Mapping at Annual Telecom Policy Institute

摘要

FCC Commissioner Mike O'Rielly recently defended the FCC's recent 3.5 gigahertz band order, saying to laughter that he is pleased with the "lack of outright hatred towards the item." Over the dissent of Commissioner Jessica Rosen-worcel, the FCC in October adopted a report and order that increased the size of 3.5 GHz band priority access license (PAL) areas from census tracts to counties (TR, Nov. 2). The item in GN docket 17-258 also indicated that the FCC plans to seek comment before an auction on whether it should allow package bidding for licenses in counties that comprise complete metropolitan statistical areas in the top 305 markets.