Sirius Satellite Radio last week rebutted concerns raised by AT&T...
Sirius Satellite Radio last week rebutted concerns raised by AT&T Wireless (ATTW) that Project Angel could be hampered by interference from high-powered repeaters that satellite digital audio radio (DARS) operators plan to use. Sirius disputed ATTW claim in earlier…
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ex parte filing (CD Feb 28 p1) that “mandating multiple 2 kw repeaters to mimic the coverage of 40 kw repeaters would reduce interference.” AT&T, which is using Wireless Communications Services (WCS) licenses to deploy fixed wireless broadband Project Angel, said it didn’t object to low-power repeaters at or below 2 kw. Company and other WCS licensees have raised concerns about interference on 40 kw terrestrial repeaters that satellite DARS operators could use to fill in gaps in satellite coverage. “ATTW has known since the time it acquired its WCS spectrum that it would have to operate without causing interference to satellite DARS,” Sirius told FCC. “ATTW conveniently forgets that its service rules were changed to protect satellite DARS transmissions and that these restrictions reflected the fact that the Commission designed WCS to protect satellite DARS, not the other way around.” Sirius contended ATTW misrepresented record by telling FCC plans for high-power repeaters were new “and justify late intervention in this proceeding.”