Entirety reports on February 13, 2019, the FCC announces that the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) has approved for a period of three years, the information collection requirement associated with the Commission’s Second Report and Order (Second R&O) and Third Report and Order (Third R&O).
The FCC added the 24GHz band (24.75-25.25 GHz) and 47 GHz (47.2-48.2 GHz) to the band that is subject to the framework for sharing between the Upper Microwave Flexible Use Service (UMFUS) and the Fixed-Satellite Service (FSS). This means the FCC scope of rules to include additional bands. This also means that the number of respondents, annual number of responses, annual burden hours and annual costs will increase for this collection. Additionally, the FCC modified the sharing criteria between UMSFS and FSS to make easiness the deployment of FSS ground stations in smaller markets and decrease the possibility of conflicts between UMFUS and FSS.
These rules came into force on February 7, 2019.