CTIA Pushes Back at Satellite Suggestions for Spectrum Frontiers Changes
Satellite pushes for a tiered approach for the 37.5-40 GHz band and for eliminating the cap of three earth stations per upper microwave flexible use system license area (see 1702270018) would undercut the sharing framework between terrestrial and satellite users…
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of millimeter wave spectrum laid out in the spectrum frontiers order, CTIA said in a docket 14-177 filing posted Monday. The order already is the result of substantial compromise, including grandfathering some fixed satellite service (FSS) earth stations, CTIA said. It dismissed satellite assertions that new FSS earth stations would be banned, since satellite operators still have "significant flexibility," and said satellite operators could access high-band spectrum through auction or purchase of license rights. It said the satellite proposal for tiered interference zone would preclude terrestrial mobile services by allowing far more FSS earth stations that would be permitted "to interfere with terrestrial operations with impunity." So too would satellite proposed changes to conditions for transient populations and the number of earth stations per market, CTIA said. A satellite representative didn't comment.