SPECTRUM: Operators tell Industry Canada to go with light licensing for high-capacity bands

By Perry Hoffman

OTTAWA - Industry Canada should avoid prescriptive and burdensome licensing of high-capacity spectrum in the 70 GHz, 80 GHz and 90 GHz ranges, according to comments filed in response to Gazette Notice SMSE-010-11, the ministry’s request for comments on the spectrum utilization. Companies submitting comments to the public notice suggest the department take a more light-handed approach to licensing the bandwidth and point to the “light licensing” method adopted in the U.K. and the U.S. as preferable. The comments come as Industry Canada continues to consider the best way to license spectrum in the 71-76 GHz, 81-86 GHz and 92-94...