24 GHz Service; Licensing and Operation

This document responds to two petitions for reconsideration of a previous decision to license the 24 GHz band by Economic Area (EA). Both petitions asked us to consider licensing the 24.25-24.45 GHz and 25.05-25.25 GHz band (24 GHz band) by smaller geographic areas, such as Metropolitan Statistical Areas (MSA) and Rural Statistical Areas (RSA). In this document we deny these petitions because we believe that licensing the 24 GHz band by EA not only offers economies of scale, but also serves a wider range of entities, including both large and small service providers. We further believe that our adoption of a three- tiered approach to bidding credits will enable small entities to participate in the auction. Also, we believe that our partitioning and disaggregation rules will further assist small and rural entities. This document terminates this proceeding.