O3b Pushes Back Against Iridium Petition to Deny
O3b committed to coordinate its non-geostationary orbit network with Iridium in the 29.1-29.3 and 19.4-19.6 GHz bands, and Iridium hasn't shown any harm from O3b operations, so its petition to deny or have O3b removed from the NGSO processing round…
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(see 1801100044) should be rejected, O3b said in an opposition filed Wednesday. It told the FCC International Bureau Iridium has no standing to object to O3b's planned use of the 19.7-20.2 and 29.5030 GHz bands since it doesn't use them, or to challenge O3b's status in the processing rounds in which it isn't participating. And O3b said changing the designation of its planned feeder link operations doesn't change their operational characteristics or make them "any more interfering." Iridium said Thursday it "stand[s] by our filing" and O3b "should either be removed from the processing round or denied access to Iridium’s feeder link band."