LG Electronics USA requested a waiver of FCC cellular vehicle-to-everything rules as the agency finalizes revised rules for the 5.9 GHz band (see 2407170042). The company said it’s prepared to deploy C-V2X on-board units “to improve roadway safety but cannot do so absent a waiver.” As interest from "public and private transportation stakeholders in C-V2X continues to grow, so does the importance of its accelerated deployment,” a filing Wednesday in docket 19-138 said: “Investing in and deploying C-V2X devices and services will not only advance public safety but also increase efficiency and comfort for consumers.”
Matthew Pearl, National Security Council director-emerging technologies and special adviser, announced he has left that job. “Having the opportunity to serve at the White House and advance our nation’s interests in tech and telecom policy was the honor of a lifetime,” Pearl said on LinkedIn. Pearl highlighted his work on such items as the national spectrum strategy and the cyber trust mark.
The FirstNet Authority Board will meet Aug. 21, starting at 9:30 a.m., a notice in Wednesday’s Federal Register said. The meeting, at the University of Utah Department of Public Safety in Salt Lake City, will include the board and its committees.
The FCC on Wednesday approved a waiver of its rules for Federated Wireless requiring environmental sensing capability (ESC) systems to protect federal incumbents in the citizens broadband radio service band from harmful interference for markets that Hurricane Ernesto hits. The Wireless Bureau said the waiver is similar to those granted for similar storms and applies only to areas that experience power outages. It expires Aug. 28 or when commercial power and backhaul service are restored to the ESC sensors involved. Hurricane Ernesto made landfall as a Category 1 hurricane in Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands late Tuesday.
More than 100 amateur radio operators have now filed objections to a NextNav proposal asking that the FCC seek comment on revised rules for the 902-928 MHz band (see 2408120024). Comments are due Sept. 5, replies Sept. 20, on a public notice from the FCC in docket 24-240.
CTIA asked for FCC clarity on the agency’s latest broadband data collection order, released July 12. The item created “a pathway” for restoring fixed locations previously removed from the BDC maps, CTIA said. “While the best reading of the text is that use of the restoration process established in the Declaratory Ruling is optional, there is some uncertainty,” a filing posted Tuesday in docket 19-195 said: “CTIA encourages the Commission to promptly clarify that the restoration process -- in particular, the use of infrastructure information outlined in the Data Specifications to restore locations or areas -- is not mandatory.”
CTIA representatives told staff from the FCC Consumer and Governmental Affairs Bureau that new rules for robotexting aren't needed. Developed in an ongoing proceeding, the record “shows that the wireless ecosystem’s efforts to combat spam and scam text messages are working, as evidenced by the significant drop in consumer complaints reported over the last few years,” a filing made Monday in docket 21-402 said. “While some advocates for non-consumer message senders recognize the importance of strong blocking and other policies that protect consumers from receiving messaging content they do not want, their requests for the FCC to restrict current spam-prevention efforts are factually inaccurate and legally insufficient,” CTIA said.
AT&T opted to file in opposition to North East Offshore’s request for an FCC waiver of the freeze on nonfederal applications for new or expanded Part 90 operations in the lower 3 GHz band even though the wind farm company has dropped the request (see 2408010039). North East’s request “touches on broader issues that merit addressing on the record,” a filing posted Tuesday in docket 24-212 said. The lower 3 GHz band is “an incredibly important piece of the National Spectrum Strategy and the Commission should not be issuing new authorizations that would complicate the reallocation of that band for future mobile broadband services,” AT&T said. The waiver request also raises “complex questions about the Commission’s licensing jurisdiction and potential offshore uses of spectrum that are most appropriately addressed in the Commission’s broader inquiry on the subject,” AT&T said. The FCC sought comment in 2022 on the offshore use of spectrum (see 2209020052).
C3Spectra, which hopes to join the list of companies operating an automated frequency coordination (AFC) system that manages access to the 6 GHz band, notified the FCC that its system will be available for public trial beginning Aug. 20. The test portal will close Oct. 4, the company said in a filing posted Tuesday in docket 21-352.
Elkhart, Indiana, and the Dorchester County, Maryland, 911 Communications Division on Monday became the latest local government units objecting to the Public Safety Spectrum Alliance’s (PSSA) proposal to assign the 4.9 GHz band to FirstNet. The proposal has been highly divisive (see 2408050009). “Many local and regional authorities currently operate point-to-point communications on the 4.9 GHz band, during natural disasters, natural disaster recovery, and other life-threatening emergencies,” said Elkhart Mayor Rod Roberson (D). “The local nature of the 4.9 GHz band is crucial for future preparedness and providing network resiliency to first responders,” the Maryland county said.