FCC terminated its consideration of issues raised by Fixed Wirele...

necessary information on how to achieve more equitable sharing of spectrum. FWCC’s petition said it sought to maximize efficient use of radio spectrum for both satellite and point-to-point terrestrial. FWCC said band sharing had been disadvantageous to FS and gave 2 reasons that satellite earth station operators received preferential access to shared spectrum: (1) Commission licensed earth station for entire allocated band with no loading requirements, while point-to-point terrestrial operations were limited to frequencies actually needed and were subject to stringent spectrum efficiency requirements. (2) Commission licenses earth stations for full 360 of azimuths, so earth stations can deny coordination to terrestrial stations even in directions in which earth station isn’t currently operating. FWCC requested that, where FSS earth station was using spectrum that was shared with point-to-point terrestrial services, FCC should change its policy from authorizing an FSS earth station to use the entire frequency band, to requiring it to use no more than twice amount of spectrum for which it was able to demonstrate actual need. FWCC also asked that FCC require an FSS earth station licensed for more than minimal amounts of spectrum that’s shared with FS operator to meet minimum loading standards. It also proposed to require FSS earth station to accept interference in previous coordinations. Commission’s FWCC/Onsat/Hughes NPRM rejected FWCC’s specific proposals to achieve more equitable sharing. It did propose to achieve greater equity by amending rules to indicate, under certain circumstances, that FSS earth station licensee must demonstrate that it was using, had recently used or had plans to use requested spectrum in near future. FWCC rejected that, saying such procedures could result in disputes over earth station’s demonstrated use of frequencies when FS applicant was attempting to finalize coordination and begin operations.