Verizon accused of causing interference to ABC station in New York via its AWS spectrum

Verizon Wireless is facing an informal complaint from ABC, which claims Verizon's AWS-1 network is interfering with its WABC-TV station in New York City.

ABC said its newsgathering operations have been affected, and that Verizon has taken steps to mitigate the interference it is not doing nearly enough. In a filing with the Federal Communications Commission, ABC told the agency that Verizon had caused substantial interference to WABC-TV and "has done little to mitigate it." The broadcaster is asking the FCC's Enforcement Bureau to find Verizon in violation of FCC rules and wants Verizon to add new filters to its AWS sites or to be forced to stop deploying AWS sites in the area. Verizon's AWS-1 spectrum in the area includes the 2110-2130 MHz band, which sits adjacent to ABC's Electronic Newsgathering (ENG) spectrum at 2025-2110 MHz. ABC said its ENG operations have been affected since September 2013.