The FCC should grant Comcast a waiver allowing...
The FCC should grant Comcast a waiver allowing it to operate 3,583 new unlicensed national information infrastructure (U-NII) devices designed for one part of the 5 GHz band in another, Comcast said in a petition posted in docket 13-49 Wednesday…
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(http://bit.ly/1tukd1f). The waiver would allow the company to operate U-NII-3 devices in the U-NII-1 band, it said. Though Comcast is working on creating access points that can use the U-NII-1 band, “the development and certification of such devices will take time, during which Comcast expects that customer demand for its Wi-Fi service will continue to skyrocket,” said the cable operator. In the meantime, Comcast wants the waiver so it can operate its U-NII-3 devices in the U-NII-1 band instead. “This waiver would serve the public interest by providing Comcast with immediate flexibility to use the U-NII-1 band, in addition to the U-NII-3 band, to provide outdoor Wi-Fi access to its customers,” said the company.