TIA Supports FCC Proposed 2GHz Band Plan

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Arlington, VA (May 17, 2012) - The Telecommunication Industry Association today filed broadly supportive comments of the FCC proposed 2GHz band plan. TIA recommended the careful incorporation of several technical factors into the consideration of technical characteristic required for next generation broadband network design. These include the use of wide and contiguous bandwidth, contiguous spectrum blocks and appropriate separation for uplink and downlink frequency bands.  Regarding effective sharing technologies, TIA said that greater investment certainty will result from licensed spectrum allocations rather than a case-by-case, multi-factor basis, sharing efforts by the Commission. Commercial adoption of sharing models will be more responsive to economic, technological, operational and regulatory realities.

TIA also backed the Commission’s “goal of global harmonization of spectrum usage by enabling innovations that can be used both here and abroad, lessening the overall developmental costs of new and innovative technologies.”  The association said such spectrum allocations dramatically increase broadband service access and roaming capabilities, reduce manufacturing and consumer costs, and provide increased regulatory certainty regarding the future value of investments. The following standards are open for public review and comment until June 25.

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