FCC is seeking additional technical comments on proposals that wo...
FCC is seeking additional technical comments on proposals that would allow flexibility in services delivered on mobile satellite service (MSS) spectrum. Commission already has sought comment on proposals for whether and how to add flexibility to MSS spectrum, including…
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plan that would let MSS operators in certain bands provide service in areas where MSS signals are attenuated by integrating terrestrial operations with their networks using assigned MSS frequencies. Alternate proposal on which agency seeks comment would open parts of MSS bands for any operator to offer terrestrial service that could be provided in conjunction with MSS or alternative mobile service altogether. FCC requested comments on whether, “from a purely technical point of view,” operations of MSS in 2 GHz band, L-band and Big Low Earth Orbiting (LEO) satellite band can be “severed” from terrestrial operations in each band. “In other words, is it technically feasible for one operator to provide terrestrial services and another operator to provide satellite services in the same MSS band?” agency asked in notice released late Tues. If terrestrial and satellite operations can be severed, FCC said, it seeks comment on issues that include: (1) How severing operations would affect domestic and foreign satellite operations and terrestrial operations. (2) How technical requirements for separate services would differ from technical requirements for integrated MSS ATC. (3) “How do the technical requirements that integrated MSS ATC systems must observe to avoid creating harmful interference differ from those that freestanding terrestrial mobile systems would have to observe?” Comments are due March 15.