ICLE Quoted in Communications Daily on Upper C-Band Coordination and Risk-Based Assessments
Communications Daily cited comments filed by ICLE regarding the FCC Notice of Proposed Rulemaking on the upper C-band. The article notes ICLE’s argument for regulatory coordination between the FCC and the Federal Aviation Administration to prevent deployment delays similar to those observed after the initial C-band auction. The piece further references ICLE’s recommendation to adopt a risk-based interference assessment framework over worst-case assumptions to facilitate flexible-use licensing and coexistence.
Read the full piece here.
The International Center for Law & Economics stressed in a filing this week the importance of close coordination between the FCC and FAA on the upper C band to “avoid the delays” seen after the first C-band auction. The group submitted early reply comments on the FCC’s NPRM, which were posted Thursday in docket 25-59. It also urged the FCC to align lower and upper C-band rules.
It matters how the FCC addresses interference concerns in general, the center argued. “A risk-based interference assessment — evaluating both the probability and severity of interference — will better support coexistence than worst-case assumptions that unnecessarily foreclose productive uses.” That framework could “accommodate flexible-use licensing while allowing compatible satellite, aviation, and shared-use operations where risk remains acceptable.”