Make More Changes to 5.9 GHz Rules, WISPA Says

The Wireless ISP Association urged the FCC Friday to adopt proposals in a Further NPRM (see 2011180043) liberalizing rules for the 5.9 GHz band. Replies were due Friday in docket 19-138. “Broad consensus exists for adoption of the Commission’s proposed technical rules, enabling widespread outdoor unlicensed use of the 5.9 GHz band,” said Louis Peraertz, WISPA vice president-policy: As FCC grants of special temporary authority to use the band make clear, “the demand is there for it to go into quick and innovative service, keeping American’s connected during the pandemic, and beyond,” he said.