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Harmonize ESIM, UMFUS Rules or Keep Guard Band: Verizon

Harmonize FCC Part 25 rules governing satellites so that out-of-band-emission limits for non-geostationary orbit (NGSO) earth stations in motion are consistent with emissions limits for terrestrial wireless, Verizon representatives told FCC Space Bureau Chief Julie Kearney, per a docket 18-315…

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filing Friday. That harmonization would promote regulatory parity and efficient spectrum sharing between ESIM and upper microwave flexible use service operators, the wireless carrier said. But absent that harmonization, Verizon said it was "amenable" to keeping the current 50 MHz guard band between UMFUS operations in the 27.5-28.35 GHz band from NGSO ESIM operations in the adjacent 28.35-28.6 GHz band.