Pai Announces Public Auction For C-Band Spectrum

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FCC will run auction that will sell 280 MHz for the development of 5G

Michael Balderston, TV Technology

WASHINGTON—The FCC is preparing to launch a public spectrum auction for C-band spectrum with the goal of developing 5G wireless connectivity in the mid-band spectrum, according to an announcement today from FCC Chairman Ajit Pai.

Pai made his plans clear in a letter to Sen. Roger Wicker (R-Miss.), chairman of the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation, on Monday, Nov. 18.

Pai had previously announced that he would determine how the FCC would go about making the C-band spectrum, which resides in the 3.7-4.2 GHz band, by this fall. He also outlined four principles that he believed needed to be achieved through the FCC’s rulemaking on the matter: 1) that a significant amount of C-band spectrum be made available for 5G; 2) the spectrum must be made available quickly; 3) revenue must be generated for the federal government; and 4) the services currently using C-band must be protected so as to still serve the Americans who rely on them.

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Emergency Alert System was delayed during El Paso’s Walmart shooting; why it took 77 minutes

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Madeline Ottilie, KVIA

EL PASO, Texas — No matter how you were affected, you probably remember where you were on August 3rd, the morning an active shooter entered the Cielo Vista Walmart and took 22 lives.

“I remember our phones going off with alerts from the police saying to stay clear of the area,” said El Paso resident Jennifer Gurrola.

“It was just crazy to hear that people that are not even here in El Paso had to notify me,” said El Pasoan Kaitlyn Deguire.

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NJBA Warns About EAS Potential Failure

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Radio World, EMILY M. REIGART

Garden State’s current EMNET-EAS is more than a decade old and has become unreliable, association says

The New Jersey Broadcasters Association sounded an alarm about New Jersey’s emergency alert system in its latest e-newsletter, stating that “EAS failure” might occur as soon as the New Year unless something changes in the state.

The current EMNET-EAS is more than a decade old, and NJBA President Paul S. Rotella wrote that it “has flaws that make it unreliable.” Therefore, the association is lobbying state officials and lawmakers to augment, upgrade or replace the system as soon as possible.

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FCC Gives Stations More Time To Update EAS Equipment.

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A later than expected release of a technical update to Emergency Alert System (EAS) hardware used by broadcasters has led the Federal Communications Commission to give stations more time to install the software without running afoul of its rules. Stations were to have had the update installed by Friday, Nov. 8. But the Public Safety and Homeland Security Bureau will give an extra 60 days on the clock, meaning the updates need to be in place by Jan. 7, 2020.

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Day: November 20, 2019

Pai Announces Public Auction For C-Band Spectrum

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FCC will run auction that will sell 280 MHz for the development of 5G

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Emergency Alert System was delayed during El Paso’s Walmart shooting; why it took 77 minutes

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NJBA Warns About EAS Potential Failure

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FCC Gives Stations More Time To Update EAS Equipment.

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