FCC Application for Radio Service Authorization Wireless Telecommunications Bureau; Public Safety and Homeland Security Bureau

On January 18, 2023, the Commission adopted the 4.9 GHz Seventh Report and Order (FCC 23-3) where it concluded that collecting additional technical data on public safety operations in the 4.94-4.99 GHz band (4.9 GHz band) will improve interference protection and give public safety licensees more confidence in the band without adding a significant burden on licensees or applicants. The Commission also established a Band Manager to coordinate operations in the 4.9 GHz band. The Band Manager will use the more granular technical data collected on public safety operations in ULS via the FCC Form 601 to perform frequency coordination and will be empowered to work with public safety licensees to ensure efficient use of this spectrum and enable new, non-commercial operations on a secondary, preemptable basis. On July 18, 2022, the Commission released a Report and Order and Second Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking, Partitioning, Disaggregation, and Leasing of Spectrum, WT Docket No. 19-38, FCC 22-53, in which the Commission established the Enhanced Competition Incentive Program (ECIP) to establish incentives for wireless radio service licensees to make underutilized spectrum available to small carriers, Tribal Nations, and entities serving rural areas (ECIP Report and Order in WT Docket No. 19-38, FCC 22-53). In the Report and Order, the Commission adopted a program under which any covered geographic area licensee may offer spectrum to an unaffiliated eligible entity through a partition and/or disaggregation, and any covered geographic area licensee eligible to lease in an included service may offer spectrum to an unaffiliated eligible entity through a long-term leasing arrangement. If the FCC finds that approval of an ECIP eligible assignment or lease is in the public interest, the agency will consent to the transaction and confer benefits, including five-year license term extensions, one year construction extensions, and substituted alternative construction requirements for rural-focused transactions. The Commission also established rules to permit reaggregation of geographic licenses. Please see the non-substantive change request justification for the reason behind this change request submission to the Office of Management and Budget for review and approval.

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