What’s New In 5G – January 2023 – Broadcasting: Film, TV & Radio

The next-generation of wireless technologies – known as 5G
– is expected to revolutionize business and consumer
connectivity, offering network speeds that are up to 100 times
faster than 4G LTE, reducing latency to nearly zero, and allowing
networks to handle 100 times the number of connected devices,
enabling the “Internet of Things.” Leading policymakers
– federal regulators and legislators – are making it a
top priority to ensure that the wireless industry has the tools it
needs to maintain U.S. leadership in commercial 5G deployments.
This blog provides monthly updates on FCC actions and Congressional
efforts to win the race to 5G.

Regulatory Actions and Initiatives

Spectrum

• • The FCC announces that additional applications for mid-band
    spectrum in the 2.5 GHz band have been accepted for filing.
    • • On December 8, 2022, the FCC’s Wireless Telecommunications
        Bureau (“WTB”) released a Public Notice announcing that
        four additional applications for spectrum in the 2.5 GHz band, the
        auction for which concluded on September 1, 2022, have been
        accepted for filing. Petitions to deny the applications –
        listed here by licensee and here by market – were
        required to be filed by December 19, 2022. Oppositions to a
        petition to deny were due by December 27, 2022, and replies to
        oppositions are due by January 4, 2023.

     

• The FCC continues to transition incumbents from the 3.5 GHz
  band.
  • On December 21, 2022, the WTB released a Public Notice reminding
    grandfathered Part 90, Subpart Z wireless broadband licensees in
    the 3650-3700 MHz band that…