DSA, CTIA Seek Tweaks to 3.45 GHz Auction Rules

flexible-use licensees and "standard-power commercial use of the band.” Lobbying continued, with a vote scheduled for March 17 (see 2103090034). Filings were posted Wednesday in docket 19-348. “Adopt rules similar to the C-Band rules,” DSA said, suggesting as language to be added: “Nevertheless, we recognize the value of frameworks that foster innovation and opportunistic use, such as the CBRS rules, and we therefore commit to finding opportunities to adopt the CBRS framework elsewhere in the 3 GHz band.” The FCC proposes “an effective coordination regime modeled after the AWS-3 framework to facilitate coordination between new flexible-use licensees and incumbent federal operations, and it correctly avoids adding unnecessary complexity to 5G buildout by declining, for example, to authorize a use-or-share framework,” said CTIA and representatives from AT&T, T-Mobile, UScellular and Verizon, in calls with aides to all four commissioners. CTIA also sought tweaks. The association said the proposed two-step out-of-band emissions limit “would be unique to the 3.45 GHz band and to the United States, thereby requiring development of a radio specific to this band and risking slowing production and deployment.” CTIA urged instead "a -13dBm/MHz OOBE limit at the channel edge, which has proven successful in promoting deployment while protecting adjacent incumbents.” Executives from Comcast's NBCUniversal and Nexstar said the order correctly gives the five incumbent S-band digital Doppler weather radars “180 days to transition to the 2.9-3.0 GHz band after grant of new flexible-use Licenses,” which allows time “to procure, install, and test the new equipment necessary.”