According to Newsline, the proposed service would operate between 3550 and 3650 MHz and would include three "tiers" of service: "Incumbent Access," which would protect current users of the band, including the Fixed Satellite Service and certain federal users; "Priority Access" for specific users such as hospitals, utilities or state/local governments; and finally, "General Authorized Access," which would permit "opportunistic use … for a variety of residential, business and enterprise purposes."
Providers using the new service - if it is created - would need to be licensed, and the Notice of Proposed Rule Making -- FCC 12-148 -- says they would be licensed under Part 95, which currently governs CB, the Family Radio Service (FRS) and the Multi-Use Radio Service (MURS). Comment deadlines had not been announced as of press time.
