U.S. and Canada sign new spectrum agreement

OTTAWA — Canada’s new Innovation, Science and Industry minister, François-Philippe Champagne, apparently got right to work on his new portfolio, judging from a press release issued today by the U.S. Embassy in Ottawa announcing the United States and Canada have signed a new general coordination agreement on the use of the radio frequency spectrum by terrestrial radiocommunication stations and earth stations (the GCA). Signed by U.S. Chargé d’Affaires Katherine Brucker, on behalf of the U.S. government, and Minister Champagne, the new GCA updates the “Above 30 Agreement”, which acted as the framework for coordination of cross-border radio frequency spectrum between...