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Modernizing and Expanding Access to the 70/80/90 GHz Bands; Report and Order
The Federal Communications Commission published this final rule in the Federal Register on April 29, 2024. It took effect on May 29, 2024.
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What the agency says
In this document, the Federal Communications Commission (Commission) continues to play a leading role in fostering innovation in the provisioning of broadband, including through novel technological solutions as well as fifth-generation wireless technology (5G). Meeting the non-stop growth in demand for wireless broadband connectivity is more important than ever due to the outsized impact the internet has on its work, education, health care, and personal connections. Recognizing this reality, and to help close the digital divide, the Report and Order adopts new rules and updates preexisting ones. The Commission also updates its rules to permit the use of smaller and lower-cost antennas to facilitate the provision of backhaul service and mandates a channelization plan . Finally, the Commission adopts changes to the link registration process in certain bands requiring certification of construction of registered links to promote more efficient use of this spectrum and improve the accuracy of the link registration database.
Key facts
- Document number
- 2024-05390
- Type
- Final rule
- Action
- Final rule
- Agency
- Federal Communications Commission
- Published
- April 29, 2024
- Takes effect
- May 29, 2024
- Dates
- Effective May 29, 2024, except for the addition of Sec. 101.147(z)(3) at instruction 9, which is effective on September 1, 2024. The amendments to Sec. Sec. 101.63(b) at instruction 5, 101.1523(a) and (e) at instruction 12, and 101.1528(a)(11), (b)(10), and (d) at instruction 14 are delayed indefinitely. The Federal Communications Commission will publish a document in the Federal Register announcing the effective date for the amendments to Sec. Sec. 101.63(b), 101.1523(a) and (e), and 101.1528(a)(11), (b)(10), and (d).
- Docket
- WT Docket No. 20-133; FCC 24-16; FR ID 207939
- Code of Federal Regulations
- 47 CFR 0; 47 CFR 101
- Topics
- Administrative practice and procedure; Authority delegations (Government agencies); Classified information; Communications; Communications common carriers; Communications equipment; Radio; Reporting and recordkeeping requirements; Satellites; Telecommunications
- Pages
- 23
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