LightSquared further urged the FCC to establish a rulemaking proceeding...
LightSquared further urged the FCC to establish a rulemaking proceeding from its petition to develop new technical operating parameters for terrestrial use of the 1526-1536 MHz portion of the L band. Broad recognition exists “that the proposed rulemaking would allow…
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LightSquared to use the lower 10 MHz in its 4G wireless network,” LightSquared said in reply comments in docket RM-11683 (http://xrl.us/bn83gm). Several commenters noted that the proposed approach “would seek to develop parameters for eventual terrestrial use of the lower 10 MHz while respecting the interests of spectrum users in adjacent bands,” including the GPS and aeronautical mobile telemetry bands, it said. FCC action in other proceedings “underscores the pressing need to free additional spectrum for mobile broadband applications,” LightSquared said. The AWS-4 order adopted last month, allowing Dish Network to build a terrestrial network with wireless spectrum, “recognizes that the short-term prospects for freeing additional spectrum for mobile broadband are quite limited,” it said.