NCTA continued to urge the FCC to move...

NCTA continued to urge the FCC to move forward with an order permitting unlicensed national information infrastructure in the 5 GHz band. NCTA also stressed the importance to outdoor Wi-Fi systems of FCC rules that permit 1-watt outdoor access points in U-NII-1, it said in an ex parte filing in docket 13-49 (http://bit.ly/1nnxpmz). NCTA was at odds with Globalstar over rule changes allowing access of additional unlicensed spectrum in the 5 GHz band (CD March 3 p10). Globalstar said NCTA’s proposal of antenna requirements this month is a step toward resolving technical issues (CD March 10 p10). The filing recounts a meeting with NCTA, its members Time Warner Cable and Cablevision, and staff from Commissioner Ajit Pai’s office.