The current World Radiocommunication Conference preparation and i...
The current World Radiocommunication Conference preparation and interagency process “needs only a ’tune-up,’ not a major overhaul,” N.Y. Satellite Industries (NYSI) and Final Analysis Communications Services (FACS) told the NTIA. The agency had asked for comments on the process…
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and agency coordination (CD Oct 24 p6). NYSI and FACS said much of the criticism of NTIA and FCC implementation of WRC items was outdated. They said coordination on their issue, the operation of Little LEO systems and incumbent federal users of the 1.4 GHz band, and others was an example of the “positive and instructive” preparation process the agencies had implemented recently, resulting in WRC-03 adoption of Little LEO feeders links in the 1390-1392 MHz and 1430-1432 MHz bands. If anything, they said, “a more streamlined process” for implementing WRC decisions, “where appropriate, would better serve the public interest. Once an international allocation is added, applicants should be free to seek an assignment of the allocated frequencies. This will allow the Commission to review individual applications to ensure that the public interest is served by the licensee’s use of the spectrum as allocated.”