Northpoint said late Fri. that opponents of a spectrum- sharing a...
Northpoint said late Fri. that opponents of a spectrum- sharing amendment attached to the spectrum relocation trust fund bill “made erroneous comments to the media” by saying the amendment “sought an exemption to an existing auction policy. The amendment…
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would allow existing and proposed multichannel video distribution & data services (MVDDS) to share the 12.2-12.7 GHz band with DBS (CD June 27 p1). Northpoint said that, despite comments by opponents, “the amendment established licensing parity by extending an already existing prohibition on auctions obtained from Congress by the satellite industry in 2000 (the ORBIT Act) to all terrestrial applicants who would share spectrum with satellites in a specific narrow spectrum band.” The Satellite Bcstg. & Communications Assn. (SBCA) disputed that characterization and said the ORBIT Act didn’t include DBS and certainly not a “terrestrial wireless cable service like the one Northpoint has proposed.” Comments that the amendment is a “costly addition” the bill and that mobile telephone service would be offered also are false, Northpoint said.