NTIA urged the FCC to avoid proposing rules...
NTIA urged the FCC to avoid proposing rules or procedures that would increase the burdens placed on non-federal satellite operators in its proceeding to improve interference protection for communications between commercial satellites and federal earth stations. The commission adopted an…
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NPRM on the issue last week (CD May 10 p1). The FCC also should not consider imposing any requirements “affecting federal agencies that are not applicable to non-federal applicants and licensees,” NTIA said in a letter to Chairman Julius Genachowski (http://bit.ly/104MTva). The proceeding stemmed from an NTIA petition (CD May 6 p5). NTIA wants a modification of the national table of frequency allocations so that federal earth stations are treated the same as non-federal earth stations, “but we are not expecting the FCC or non-federal users to consult or coordinate with NTIA or other federal agencies to any greater extent than they already do under current rules and procedures,” it said.