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The FCC seeks Comments regarding the addition of yet more frequencies to the 5G spectrum.

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On July 14, 2016, the FCC enacted the Spectrum Frontiers Proceeding, 5th generation (5G) mobile operations. 5G will use millimeter wave bands including 24-25 GHz, 32 GHz, 42 GHz, 48 GHz and 51 GHz. Commercial deployments will begin in 2020.

Until September 30, the FCC seeks Comments regarding the use of additional 5G frequencies, including 71-76 GHz, 81-86 GHz and 95 GHz.

Kevin Mottus, a lobbyist with the California Brain Tumor Association, has written instructions for submitting a Comment.

For examples of submissions from the FCC's previous call for Comments about 5G, check out Blake Levitt and Starling Childs' Comment. See also Dr. Ronald M. Powell's Comment.

In your Comment, please consider addressing 5G's energy demands, cybersecurity risks, and risks to the public health. We cannot afford to deploy 5G until and unless it is proven energy efficient, secure and safe.

Posted by Katie Singer
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