The FCC decision last week streamlining rules to allow earth...
The FCC decision last week streamlining rules to allow earth stations to operate on aircraft follows a precedent set with earth stations on ships and vehicles in denying interference protections to the 10.95-11.2 GHz and 11.45-11.7 GHz downlink bands, said…
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Mitchell Lazarus, a broadband and technology attorney at Fletcher Heald. “This helps the new aircraft-based service conform to the existing U.S. allocations,” he said in a blog post (http://xrl.us/bn8paq). The FCC’s action established earth stations aboard aircraft as a licensed application for communication with fixed satellite service stations (CD Dec 31 p8). The order doesn’t address “whether passengers will be allowed to use their onboard connections for voice service via VoIP: cell phones in the sky,” he said. This matter is likely outside the commission’s jurisdiction, he added.