Ligado Talking Iridium's LTE Criticisms With FCC
Iridium's critiques of Ligado's planned LTE network (see 1607070010 and 1606220041) are full of holes, Ligado executives including Chief Legal Officer Valerie Green told FCC International Bureau officials including Satellite Division head Jose Albuquerque in a meeting recapped in an…
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ex parte filing posted Tuesday in docket 11-109. Ligado said there has been no technical analysis to substantiate Iridium's claims and it hasn't made a "clear 'ask' ... regarding a solution." Ligado also said the link budget margin Iridium already employs would protect from out-of-band emissions, and "millions" of authorized mobile satellite service uplinks could operate in neighboring bands under higher OOBE and in-band power levels than Ligado's 0.2-watt terminals. Iridium didn't comment.