5G Automotive Association Statement of Support for C-V2X Joint Waiver Request

December 14, 2022 – A group of leading transportation stakeholders filed a request at the United States Federal Communications Commission (FCC) seeking immediate authority to move forward with Cellular Vehicle-to-Everything deployments. Signatories to the filing include automakers Ford, Audi, and Jaguar Land Rover, the Utah and Virginia state departments of transportation, and a number of equipment manufacturers, including 5GAA members Applied Information, Cohda Wireless, Commsignia, Danlaw, HARMAN and Panasonic.

The filing follows last year’s unanimous decision by the FCC concluding that the United States should move forward with C-V2X exclusively.  In that decision, the FCC invited automakers, road operators, and equipment manufacturers to seek rule waivers if interested in deploying C-V2X in the near term.   The FCC reasoned that these waivers would enable a smoother and more rapid deployment of C-V2X while the agency considered final rules for the technology.

“Today’s joint waiver request from leading automakers, state departments of transportation, and equipment manufacturers signifies the collaborative efforts underway to ensure the successful implementation of C-V2X,” stated 5GAA CTO Maxime Flament. “It also demonstrates the strong demand across the transportation industry to immediately deliver C-V2X safety services to American travelers, especially as deployments accelerate in other regions of the world.  On the heels of its recent unanimous decision to move forward with C-V2X, the FCC should quickly grant this waiver request and afford stakeholders the ability to move forward with this state-of-the-art roadway safety technology.”