7/29 FCC Opposition to Petitions Seeking Reconsideration of 6 GHz Band Order

New America's Open Technology Institute filed an opposition to multiple Petitions for Reconsideration that asked the Federal Communications Commission to pause and reconsider its landmark 6 GHz Report and Order which opened the band for unlicensed sharing. OTI's opposition highlights the numerous faults of these petitions, primarily that they fail to present any new arguments or evidence that the Commission had not considered during the lengthy NPRM proceeding. The Commission developed a robust record with comments, reply comments, ex parte presentations and letters, as well as research from engineers inside and outside the agency. The Commission has already considered all of the arguments and proposals brought forward by Verizon, CTIA, and the Fixed Wireless Communications Coalition and rejected all of them. The Commission should do so again. Below is an introduction from the opposition filing:

The Commission received petitions from CTIA , Verizon, the Fixed Wireless Communications Coalition (“FWCC”) and APCO International—although that group later withdrew its petition—seeking reconsideration of the Commission’s 6 GHz Report & Order. 6 The Commission should reject all three pending Petitions and move expeditiously forward to decide the critical additional issues pending in the FNPRM. OTI focuses its opposition here on the Petitions filed by CTIA and FWCC, both of which fail to set forth new evidence or arguments that would justify any reconsideration of the conclusions the Commission reached in its historic Report and Order based on an extensive technical record.