Sprint, WCAI Back Globalstar on Stripped-Down TLPS Plans
Sprint and the Wireless Communications Association International threw their weight behind approval of Globalstar's pared-back broadband terrestrial low-power service plans. In a joint filing Thursday in docket 13-213, Globalstar and the two urged the FCC to adopt the proposal. They…
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also said that since the satellite company put forward its revised TLPS plan earlier this month (see 1611100031), the three have talked about the out-of-band emissions limit at the upper edge of its licensed spectrum at 2495 MHz and have worked out emissions limits above 2495 MHz. Globalstar said its TLPS service at 2483.5-2495 MHz shouldn't cause interference issues for Sprint or other broadband radio service (BRS) operators at 2496-2502 MHz or for any educational broadband service (EBS) operators above 2502 MHz. The company also said if it happened to cause BRS or EBS interference, it would "meet its absolute obligation ... to mitigate and resolve such interference." The three also said that they would work together on technical issues during a follow-up FCC proceeding on Globalstar's application to modify its mobile satellite service licenses to provide TLPS.