DBS Rule Changes Not the Place for 12 GHz Band Use Talk, FCC Told

band use (see 1903270006). Multichannel video and data distribution service operators -- urging two-way terrestrial mobile service in the 12.2-12.7 GHz band -- don't give any good reasons why, instead "recycl[ing] a litany of excuses" about why MVDDS deployments have "been practically non-existent," OneWeb said. It opposed allowing fixed satellite service downlinks to operate under primary status in the 12 GHz band. SES said it and other satellite operators use the 12 GHz band for FSS on a nonconforming basis, and allowing FSS protected status would meet demand for more FSS downlink spectrum. Beyond its previously urged extension of the license term for nonbroadcast DBS satellites to 15 years and requirement applicants that DBS services at reduced orbital spacing coordinate with existing DBS systems within six orbital degrees, AT&T said the FCC should decline here to address aggregate interference. Intelsat urged rejecting use of a corporate guarantee as an alternative to a surety bond. It also filed an opposition to 2016 petition for reconsideration filed by SES and New Skies seeking clarification of U.S. market access rules adopted the year before (see 1609200049), defending the U.S. two-step licensing process related to ITU submissions as giving equal opportunity to U.S. and other licensed operators.