Dish, Other MVDDS Licensees Petition FCC for FSS Sharing With 5G
Dish Network and other multichannel video distribution and data service (MVDDS) spectrum licensees are petitioning the FCC for use of the 12.2-12.7 GHz spectrum for two-way mobile broadband. Calling themselves the MVDDS 5G Coalition, the group in its petition Tuesday…
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said permitting sharing between mobile broadband and direct-to-home satellite service "will allow 500 MHz of underutilized MVDDS spectrum to be used as efficiently as possible [for] even faster speeds, enhanced connectivity ubiquity, and truly real-time services and applications." The MVDDS group said that spectrum meets FCC criteria for 5G suitability by offering 500 MHz of contiguous spectrum, a flexible regulatory framework, international harmonization and 5G sharing with incumbent uses. Dish et al. said the FCC should launch a rulemaking proposing adding a domestic mobile allocation to the 12.2-12.7 GHz band, updating MVDDS operation rules to let licensees provide two-way mobile broadband, updating MVDDS technical rules to enable 5G while protecting direct broadcast satellite from interference, deleting or designating as secondary the unused non-geostationary satellite orbit fixed satellite service allocation in the band and eliminating or modifying the MVDDS rules protecting non-geostationary satellite orbit fixed satellite service. "Consumers will not be impacted by losing a service that does not exist and that still would be able to use the 11.7-12.2 GHz band (and perhaps the 12.2-12.7 GHz band on a secondary basis) should it ever develop," they said. Seven coalition members -- Cass Cable TV, Go Long Wireless, MVD Number 53 Partners, Satellite Receivers, Story Communications, Vision Broadband and WCS Communications -- also have sought waivers of MVDDS technical rules (see 1510150050).