The 3rd Generation Partnership Project's Release 17 earlier this spring opens the door to commercial satellite communications' role in 5G, but industry experts and insiders say rollout of 5G-type satcom services remains at least a couple years off, mainly due to the current lack of devices supporting both satellite and terrestrial 5G service.

The following are short summaries of recent CBP NY rulings issued by the agency's National Commodity Specialist Division in New York:

Supporters of a proposal to reallocate the 12 GHz band for 5G think the proposal will likely move forward in coming months, buoyed by responses by FCC Chairwoman Jessica Rosenworcel and Commissioner Brendan Carr to members of Congress last week, as a follow-up to the recent House hearing. Meanwhile, Dish Network Chairman Charlie Ergen offered a candid assessment of the future of DBS spectrum in a presentation to analysts.

The following are short summaries of recent CBP NY rulings issued by the agency's National Commodity Specialist Division in New York:

Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said during a press conference in Brussels that there's a variety of opinions in the administration about what to do on tariffs, and officials haven't been able to agree on how to proceed. "I've said previously that I think that some of the tariffs that were imposed by President Trump in retaliation for China's unfair trade practices, some of them, to me, seem as though they impose more harm on consumers and businesses and aren't very strategic in the sense of addressing real issues we have with China, whether it concerns supply chain vulnerabilities, national security issues, or other unfair trade practices," she said.

Supporters of a proposal to reallocate the 12 GHz band for 5G think the proposal will likely move forward in coming months, buoyed by responses by FCC Chairwoman Jessica Rosenworcel and Commissioner Brendan Carr to members of Congress last week, as a follow-up to the recent House hearing. Meanwhile, Dish Network Chairman Charlie Ergen offered a candid assessment of the future of DBS spectrum in a presentation to analysts.

SpaceX's planned expansion of its Starlink constellation falls short of various Communications Act and FCC rules requirements, not invented requirements as the company tries to portray them, Viasat told the International Bureau Monday. Those deficiencies include certification it would comply with applicable equivalent power flux density limits and providing an orbital debris mitigation plan that demonstrates an estimated per-satellite collision probability of less than 0.001, it said. The FCC should ignore SpaceX's claims about the alleged motivations of other parties in the proceeding, "as what really matters is whether a party’s arguments and evidence are valid," it said. SpaceX didn't comment.

Mangata expects to have Round B funding completed later this year, a trial network operational in late 2023, and full service launched in the first half of 2025, it told FCC International Bureau staffers, per an ex parte filing Friday. Launch, payload development and gateway development supplier contracts were signed this year, it said. It urged approval of its 2-year-old U.S. market access application for its planned 791-satellite non-geostationary orbit constellation (see 2005270010).

The U.S.-EU Trade and Technology Council agreed to several export control and investment screening initiatives during the TTC’s second meeting in Paris this week, including measures to better harmonize export licensing decisions and share information on screening practices (see 2205130071). The U.S. and the EU said these measures will help both sides continue their “unprecedented cooperation on export controls” against Russia and urged the working groups to “implement concrete actions” before the next ministerial meeting.

Given multichannel video and data distribution service interests' failure to actually show a terrestrial mobile service can operate in the 12 GHz band without interfering with authorized non-geostationary orbit (NGSO) services, or to propose rules for such a service, the FCC "should expeditiously remove the MVDDS encumbrance from the 12 GHz band" and end the proceeding, SpaceX said Friday in docket 20-443. It said studies submitted by both it and MVDDS interests show coexistence between MVDDS 5G and NGSO operations won't work.