LightSquared requested a rulemaking to add a primary allocation that...
LightSquared requested a rulemaking to add a primary allocation that would permit terrestrial mobile use of the 1675-1680 MHz band as an alternative to use of the 1545-1555 MHz portion of the L band for terrestrial mobile purposes. This additional…
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use of the 1675-1680 band should be permitted “only if such use is coordinated to protect government systems that will remain in the band,” including critical operations of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, LightSquared said in its petition (http://xrl.us/bnx53f). The company said it’s “uniquely suited to efficiently integrate this contiguous 10 MHz band segment into a 4G LTE network in a manner that will protect the integrity of continuing, essential government operations” in that band. LightSquared intends to deploy a terrestrial network, which was halted this year when the FCC proposed to take away its ancillary terrestrial component authority (CD Feb 15 p1).