The Public Interest Spectrum Coalition, the Utilities Telecom...

The Public Interest Spectrum Coalition, the Utilities Telecom Council and the Wireless Internet Service Providers Association jointly asked the FCC to delay for two weeks the reply comment deadline on rules for the 3.5 GHz band. Industry commenters raised concerns about the FCC’s proposals for dedicating the band to a three-tiered system for sharing in the initial comment round (CD July 16 p4). The groups asked the FCC to extend the deadline until Aug. 15. Some 60 comments were filed and many raised “new and novel positions” that take time to digest, the groups said. “Many of the comments address complicated technical issues related to the size of federal and earth station exclusion zones, the requirements for the proposed Spectrum Access System and other interference and network management challenges.” The filing (http://bit.ly/1pkG7NI) was posted Friday in docket 12-354.