Globalstar urged the FCC to permit Globalstar to use its...
Globalstar urged the FCC to permit Globalstar to use its Big low-earth orbit (LEO) spectrum for terrestrial use. In a petition, the mobile satellite services company requested a rulemaking, as expected (CD Oct 30 p9). Globalstar proposed a long-term LTE-based…
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service “over the entirety of its spectrum” and a near-term terrestrial low power service offering over its 2.4 GHz spectrum band, Globalstar said in a press release (http://xrl.us/bnzh35). With the buildout of frequency division duplex LTE operations, Globalstar isn’t proposing any terrestrial use of its spectrum that would compromise the accuracy or dependability of GPS services, the petition said (http://xrl.us/bnzh4w). The architecture will require “only low-power uplink transmissions from mobile handsets in its lower Big LEO spectrum.” Globalstar recommended the FCC modify the company’s Big LEO license to include AWS-5 terrestrial authority and eliminate existing ancillary terrestrial component gating requirements, “including the substantial satellite service requirement and the dual-mode equipment requirements,” it said. By implementing the necessary regulatory reforms to enable this hybrid approach, the commission “will add 22 MHz to the nation’s wireless broadband spectrum inventory,” it added.