EchoStar Urges Rejection of UNII-3 Petition for Reconsideration
Millions of UNII-3 (5.725-5.85 GHz) band-enabled devices are in operation, certified with out-of-band emission limits set by the FCC, and with no evidence they're causing harmful interference, a push by automaker groups to tighten OOBE limits loosened earlier this year…
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(see 1605090052) should be rejected, EchoStar said in a filing Thursday in docket 13-49. Initial OOBE limits "were overly restrictive and very costly to meet, without corresponding public benefit," EchoStar said, saying the automaker groups chose not to take part in the debate about adoption of the modified order, "thus their claim [it] was adopted without reasonable opportunity ... to be heard rings hollow." CTA commented that the FCC should "act swiftly" on the petition, though it didn't urge any particular decision. "Certainty is crucial to commercial investment," and delays deciding create "a lack of clarity that stalls the development and deployment of new technologies," the group said. Deadline for replies on the automaker groups' petition for reconsideration is July 5.