The Satellite Industry Association wants the FCC to deny Qualcomm’s petition for...
The Satellite Industry Association wants the FCC to deny Qualcomm’s petition for a proceeding to establish a new terrestrial-based, air-to-ground mobile service in the 14.0-14.5 GHz band. SIA reiterated its concern that Qualcomm’s proposed ATG operations in the Ku band,…
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“even on a secondary basis, would put many services at risk and retard further innovation in the satellite sector,” it said in an ex parte filing in RM-11640 (http://bit.ly/X0wLwb). Such a network will receive more interference from primary fixed satellite services than feasible for operation, it said. Satellite earth stations in the 14.0-14.5 GHz band “can be blanket-licensed and can be deployed anywhere at any time, which heightens the interference potential into ATG ground stations and aircraft,” SIA said. It may be possible for a terrestrial ATG network to share spectrum with other services in frequency bands, SIA added: But in the Ku band, skyward transmission paths, high satellite receiver sensitivity and other factors “suggest that such a shared use of the spectrum will not be viable.” The filing recounted a meeting between SIA members including Harris Corp. and SES and staff from FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski’s office and with International Bureau Chief Mindel De La Torre.