The Satellite Industry Assn. (SIA), in a letter to the FCC, propo...
The Satellite Industry Assn. (SIA), in a letter to the FCC, proposed adding 5 MHz to the adopted 5 MHz guard band (1995-200 MHz) for nonancillary terrestrial component (ATC) mobile satellite service (MSS). The guard band was adopted in…
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the Commission’s order assigning spectrum below 3 GHz for advanced wireless services and 3rd-generation wireless systems (3G). SIA said while PCS carriers claimed MSS ATC systems would cause harmful interference above 1990 MHz, there had been no “demonstrated technical basis… for those claims.” Creation of a non-ATC MSS band would give MSS operators an additional 5 MHz of 2 GHz spectrum to use and wouldn’t leave the spectrum wasted, SIA said. The proposal wouldn’t change SIA’s previously stated position that the spectrum shouldn’t be reallocated in the first place, SIA said: “SIA proposes this compromise, however, in hopes of bringing an expedient resolution of this proceeding, thereby providing greater regulatory certainty for spectrum users in the 2 GHz band.”