AT&T and Straight Path - No Like This!
Item 12 footnotes to the auction notice reads as follows:
"12. We disagree with commenters who argue that the Commission should add more bands to Auction 102, particularly the 37 GHz, 39 GHz, and 47 GHz bands, because we find that doing so will inevitably delay the auction of the 24 GHz band.
25 As an initial matter, the current configuration of the 39 GHz band is not conducive to 5G deployment because much of that spectrum is encumbered by legacy licenses that do not conform to our proposed licensing scheme for that band. That makes auctioning the 39 GHz band, as currently configured, incompatible with the generic-block clock auction we are adopting for the 24 GHz band.
26 Next, the 37 GHz band is adjacent to the 39 GHz band, so to maximize the efficiency of deployment in these two bands (and the allocation of spectrum across these bands), we conclude that it is appropriate to auction them off together.
To facilitate the transition and rationalization of the 39 GHz band and to continue to align the regulatory framework for the two bands to be licensed effectively as one contiguous band of spectrum, the Commission is also issuing a Notice of Proposed
Rulemaking (NPRM) that proposes an auction mechanism to realign the existing licenses in the 39 GHz band to achieve contiguity for both incumbents and new licensees in that band.
27 In doing so, we acknowledge that there appear to be alternative auction-based mechanisms that can contribute to an efficient restructuring of the band into a contiguous configuration that would support such deployment. In this regard, the NPRM also proposes to modify the block size for licenses in the 37 GHz and 39 GHz bands.
28 Accordingly, we find that the 37 GHz and 39 GHz bands will not be ready to be auctioned in the same timeframe as the 24 GHz band.
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