A meeting between Dish Network and FCC staff Wednesday focused...
A meeting between Dish Network and FCC staff Wednesday focused on a suggested 5 MHz uplink shift of the DBS company’s spectrum in the proceeding around final adoption of AWS-4 band rules for its 2 GHz frequencies. Dish supports adoption…
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of a 2 GHz order, which would lead to buildout of its terrestrial service. An upward shift “would needlessly inject serious regulatory and technical obstacles into Dish’s planned deployment,” Dish said in an ex parte filing on the meeting with its executives and Louis Peraertz, aide to Commissioner Mignon Clyburn (http://xrl.us/bnpmk7). It was filed in docket 12-70. Dish reiterated that the modification would limit opportunities for global mobile satellite services roaming and global economies of scale and it would expose AWS-4 base stations “to potential interference from federal and broadcast auxiliary station operations above 2025 MHz.” A Wireless Bureau draft order approving a waiver so Dish can begin selling a terrestrial-based wireless service, by using the 2 GHz spectrum, may circulate for an FCC vote next month (CD Sept 12 p6).