On April 2, 2018, the FCC proposed new rules and is looking for comments, opinions, or feedback.
The FCC proposed the following rules:
- FCC wants to permit licensed for fixed point-to-point operations for 102.2 gigahertz of spectrum; making 15.2 of the gigahertz of spectrum available for unlicensed use.
- Create a new category of experimental licenses to increase opportunities for entities to develop new services and technologies from 95 GHz to 3 THz with no limits on geography or technology.
According to the FCC, it’s main objective is to incentivize and create opportunities for new technologies, “the frequencies in the 95 GHz to 275 GHz range are allocated for federal government and non-federal government use across multiple services on a co-primary basis, while the frequencies above 275 GHz are not allocated. The proposed approach is intended to provide incentives and opportunities for investment in the development of innovative new technologies and services while remaining cognizant of the flexible international, federal and non-federal allocations.”
Comments are due May 2, 2018. Reply comments are due May 17, 2018.