FCC Prepares For Free Wi-Fi
The FCC’s plan to tender free nationwide broadband has decided a measure ahead as the agency said the potential intervention with wireless carriers’ networks is marginal.
The commission had counted auctioning off the frequencies in the 2,155-2,175 MHz band and demanding the winner to offer free Wi-Fi across the United States. Wireless carriers had been contradicted to this move because of potential intervention.
In particular, T-Mobile was concerned that the Wi-Fi would interfere with the Advanced Wireless Services-1 spectrum it lately bought for more than $4 billion. The FCC conveyed interference tests in early September near Seattle, and its Office of Engineering and Technology released a report viewing these concerns were mature.
The analysis exhibits that an AWS-1 and AWS-3 device operating in close proximity does not necessarily lead to interference. And when factoring in actual operation under non-static terms, the situation only improves.