FCC Releases Order on 3.5 GHz Shared Spectrum Band

The FCC released its order on the 3.5 GHz shared spectrum band, approved at last Friday’s open meeting (see 1504170055). “We live in a world of wirelessly connected people, apps, and things,” the Tuesday order said. “The 3.5 GHz Band has physical characteristics that make it particularly well-suited for mobile broadband employing small cell technology. The creation of our new Citizens Broadband Radio Service in this band will therefore add much-needed capacity to meet the ever-increasing demands of wireless innovation.” A further notice asks a battery of questions on how the agency should define the rights of priority access licensees (PALs), allow for a secondary market for PALs and protect fixed satellite service use of the 3650-3700 MHz portion of the band.