The FCC hopes to set air-to-ground (ATG) auction rules before Com...
The FCC hopes to set air-to-ground (ATG) auction rules before Comr. Abernathy leaves tomorrow (Fri.), sources said. A BRS/EBS order, also circulating on the 8th floor, probably will not see action by then. The ATG item got controversial last…
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month, when AirCell sent a revised request to the FCC (CD Nov 10 p4). AirCell wants the Commission to make Airfone quit the 3 MHz part of the band within a year of the ATG auction’s close, not 6 months as AirCell previously urged. Airfone’s renewed license to expire on “the sooner of December 31, 2007, or when 85% of its existing customer base… have discontinued use of the incumbent technology,” AirCell said. That would be 6 months more than the 2 years AirCell sought for the Airfone renewal. A separate draft BRS/EBS order would set performance rules for BRS and EBS licensees in the 2.5 GHz band. It also addresses related issues raised on reconsideration (CD Dec 1 p1). Resolution was expected before Dec. 9, but due to the document’s complexity, that’s unlikely, sources said. “People want to make sure it’s done right rather than rushed,” an FCC source said. Another agency source said the BRS/EBS item “is being done on a normal course” and no “certain day” is planned for action. “We didn’t do anything different in terms of speeding it up,” the source said.