Fred, Correct me if I'm wrong, but I am under the impression that 3.55 - 3.62 GHz (70 MHz) will be allocated to (7) 10 MHz PAL licenses, which will be auctioned per census tract. 3.62 - 3.70 GHz (80 MHz) will be allocated to GAA (General Authorized Access) with carve-outs for Incumbent Users such as the Satellite Earth Station Protection Zones and possibly Naval Radar entering an area.
And to Josh's comment, I do still have about 30 license holders looking for a buyer. Contact me off list at [email protected] if interested. Respectfully, Rick Harnish Director of WISP Markets Baicells Technologies, N.A. Mobile: +1.972.922.1443 Email: [email protected] Follow us on Facebook for the latest news -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Fred Goldstein Sent: Friday, November 18, 2016 12:11 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [WISPA] 3.65 Ghz License On 11/18/2016 11:09 AM, Chadwick Wachs wrote: > We are considering the purchase of a 3.65 license from an existing > license holder who is not using it. We would be using it for a handful > of backhauls to get off of crowded 5GHz space. However, I'm not sure > if this is a smart move (buying a 3.65 license) and wanted some > insight from those who have much more knowledge on where the FCC is > going with this and what the likely value of a 3.65 license will be > both today and next year (?) when the licenses are potentially opened > back up. > > It looks like these licenses, at least in my area, are selling between > $500 and $2000. It sounds like $1,000 tends to be about the sweet > spot for the few that have sold around here. > Existing 3.65 licenses all expire on the same date in 2020, *except* a few from late 2010- early 2013 that can expire as late as 2023. They allow you to add new radios under that license, but they are not protected (from other types of CBRS users) as "incumbent" under the now-operative Part 96 CBRS rules. Registration of devices that will qualify as "incumbent" closed in 2015. So you can operate new gear, but will have the same status as GAA (licensed-by-rule) users once CBRS gear has gone through the whole process to make the new band usable. There will be no Priority Access Licenses operating above 3.65; PAL is limited to 3.55 to 3.65. Of course 3.65 is still subject to satellite restrictions, if you're in one of the Protection Zones. Satellites are Incumbent, so on CBRS, they will get protection, and both GAA and PAL channels will be assigned around them. However, unlike today's 150km zones, CBRS will use the Spectrum Authorization System to compute the required protection. That will certainly mean less than 150 km. You can look in the FCC's ULS to see if anyone else is registered nearby. 3.65 is subject to a "sandbox clause", wherein users have to play nice with one another. It's unlikely that well-focused backhauls will run into a problem there, but you should know who's around. -- Fred R. Goldstein k1io fred "at" interisle.net Interisle Consulting Group +1 617 795 2701 _______________________________________________ Wireless mailing list [email protected] http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless
