Globalstar again said the FCC should adopt safeguards...
Globalstar again said the FCC should adopt safeguards to minimize the risk of harmful interference to the company’s licensed services from the deployment of outdoor access points in the Unlicensed National Information Infrastructure band. Neither the commission nor parties to…
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this proceeding “truly know what new technologies and new services will be developed [for] this unlicensed spectrum over the next 15 years,” it said in an ex parte filing posted Tuesday to docket 13-49 (http://bit.ly/1gAdZB5). The commission should work to find solutions to increasing Wi-Fi congestion in the U.S., but it must ensure that Globalstar’s licensed mobile satellite services operations are protected from harmful interference, it said. Globalstar also urged the FCC to deny and dismiss Iridium’s petition to revisit the band plan in the Big Low Earth Orbit. Globalstar utilizes the full L band and the full S band in its Big LEO spectrum on a daily basis “throughout its global coverage area to provide critical voice and data communications,” it said. Last week, Globalstar and BNP Paribas met with International Bureau Chief Mindel De La Torre and other bureau staff, it said. The FCC is tentatively scheduled to vote March 31 on an order about spectrum cable operators, and allies seek to use for Wi-Fi that’s been the subject of conflicts with Globalstar (CD March 3 p1).