'Problematic' Spectrum Hoarding Necessitates Earth Station Rule Changes, FWCC Says
When spectrum was plentiful, full-band, full-arc coordination was a nonissue, but now earth station spectrum hoarding "has become problematic," the Fixed Wireless Communications Coalition said in a RM-11778 filing Monday. FWCC called it "unthinkable" that the FCC would adopt such…
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a rules approach today. "In no other service is a licensee permitted to block others from unused, non-auctioned spectrum," FWCC said. In response to satellite interest concerns raised about satellite spectrum needs in emergencies (see 1701250056), it said there's "no plausible logic" for fixed satellite service (FSS) to enjoy protection "at the expense of the co-primary" fixed services (FS). With FS also facing outages and emergencies, it "should not have to bear all of the risks as between the two services," FWCC said, saying its petition for changes in earth station siting rules (see 1610180035) would parcel out that risk more evenly. And FWCC disputed satellite interest arguments, saying neither the FS or FSS industries complained about FSS being restricted in earth station sitings for FS's 4 GHz terrestrial operations, not because the rules so favored FS incumbents but because spectrum pressures were far lower.