Gogo Seeks Protection for 800 MHz Operations
Gogo Business Aviation said it doesn’t support or oppose a proposal that the FCC launch a rulemaking authorizing 5/5 MHz broadband deployments in the 900 MHz band, but if the FCC moves forward it should protect Gogo’s operations. The FCC…
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recently took comment (see 2405030053). “If the Commission decides to move forward with adopting the requested notice of proposed rulemaking, it should incorporate the interference mitigation and remediation obligations proposed in Gogo BA’s recently filed comments,” said a filing last week in docket 24-99. The company supports its air-to-ground network traffic from aircraft through a network of some 260 ground stations in the U.S. and Canada, said the filing. “A major component of Gogo BA’s inflight service is maintaining consistent and reliable service links between ground stations and aircraft using a small amount of spectrum,” the filing said: Gogo’s ground stations “receive transmissions from aircraft via the 894-896 MHz band and transmit to aircraft via the 849-851 MHz band. Base stations receive transmissions from aircraft often at very low strengths due to the long transmission distances between aircraft and base stations.”