NAB Files Comments In FCC C-Band Wireless Inquiry

C-Band Comments

The NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF BROADCASTERS has weighed in on the FCC's request for comments on the feasibility of opening the 3.7-4.2 GHz band to commercial wireless use, calling on the Commission to require proponents of the plan to submit "specific and detailed technical proposals for such expanded use."

The comments filed in the proceeding by the FCC's Office of Engineering and Technology and the International and Wireless Bureaus state four factors it believes the FCC should consider in the decision-making process, including the use of C-band satellite for TV and radio distribution; the lack of "reasonable, practical alternative means of content delivery"; the need for "rigorous technical analysis of specific and detailed proposals before making decisions that will impact tens of millions of radio and television households"; and a call to "reject any proposal to eliminate or constrain (the FCC's) longstanding and highly successful full- band, full-arc earth station licensing policy, under which FSS earth stations may coordinate across the entire frequency band over the entire geostationary arc."

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