The Land Mobile Communications Council (LMCC) has filed comments encouraging the FCC to adopt consistent rules addressing the Commission's license renewal and discontinuance of operation requirements. LMCC's comments stress the need for regulatory simplicity and commonality amongst similar wireless radio services regulated by the Commission including those subject to Parts 22, 90, and 101. LMCC endorsed an "affirmative certification" for site-based renewal filings in which the licensee would confirm that it continues to operate consistent with the terms of its authorization.  LMCC did not support a proposed "regulatory compliance demonstration" noting that it would impose an unnecessary burden on licensees and the Commission itself. The comments also voiced support for retention of the current one-year rule for discontinuance of operations for most site-based Part 90 licensees. LMCC's comments were filed in response to the FCC's Notice of Proposed Rulemaking in WT Docket No. 10-112.  UTC is a long-standing member of LMCC and sits on its Board of Directors.

The FCC has approved rule changes that would allow up to 30 MHz bandwidth on channels in the upper 6 GHz band (6525-6875 MHz). In the same rule making, the FCC said they will allow applicants to operate pursuant to conditional authority on two additional channel pairs in the 23 GHz Band. Both items were recommended by the Fixed Wireless Communications Coalition (FWCC).

To implement these new 6 GHz rules, the FCC will adopt the specific channel plan proposed in the NPRM, with the corrections noted by AT&T and FWCC,i.e., 30 MHz bandwidth paired channels (for 60 MHz total for each authorized path) at 6555 and 6725 MHz, 6595 and 6755 MHz, 6625 and 6785 MHz, 6655 MHz and 6815 MHz, and 6685 MHz and 6845 MHz. Read more »