12 GHz Sharing With 5G Criticized by AT&T, Small Government Advocates
Dish Network and RS Access (RSA) arguments that 5G and incumbent direct broadcast satellite services can safely share the 12 GHz band are an attempt by terrestrial licensees to increase the value of their licenses at the expense of fellow…
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incumbents, AT&T said in an RM-11768 post Monday. Given all the effort going toward preventing adjacent-band interference in the FCC C-band clearing proceeding, neither Dish nor RSA explains why the 12 GHz interference picture would be any different, especially when vastly more earth stations are in the 12 GHz band than in the C band, it said. RSA didn't comment. Dish Executive Vice President-External and Legislative Affairs Jeffrey Blum told us the company and others, including many public interest groups, see a neutral NPRM on 12 GHz being in the public interest and worthwhile, and it would be a missed opportunity to overlook 500 MHz of centimeter wave spectrum. Small government interest groups support expanded access to spectrum for 5G, but the 12 GHz petition would come "at a cost of severe interference to the latest generation of satellite broadband networks that are a year out or less from providing full service." They said such non-geostationary operators would have a tougher time providing service, especially in remote and rural areas "where 5G is a very, very distant reality." Signatories included Americans for Tax Reform, American Consumer Institute, TechFreedom, Digital Liberty and National Taxpayers Union. Dell CEO Michael Dell talked up the 12 GHz petition in a call with Commissioner Mike O'Rielly, per a Monday posting. Dell met with Commissioner Geoffrey Starks earlier this month (see 2010090048).