T-Mobile Opposes MatrixSpace Waiver Request
T-Mobile urged the FCC to deny MatrixSpace's petition for waiver of the U.S. table of frequency allocations and the commission’s Part 87 rules for radars mounted on drones that could provide radionavigation or radiolocation in the 24.45-24.65 GHz band. The…
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use would be similar to use of the band by Echodyne, which the FCC OK'd in 2019 (see 1906130051). The FCC should delay approval until MatrixSpace “submits technical details regarding its proposed operations and a comprehensive interference analysis similar to the one Echodyne Corporation … performed to demonstrate that its proposed radiolocation operations will not cause harmful interference to licensed users with primary status in the band,” T-Mobile said in a filing posted Wednesday. It said it doesn’t “oppose using the 24.45-24.65 GHz band for radiolocation on a secondary basis as a general matter” and “agrees that radiolocation uses in the band can help government and private entities secure sensitive areas and protect critical infrastructure.” Comments were due Wednesday in docket 23-216 and T-Mobile was the only party to file. MatrixSpace sought the waiver in January.