SiriusXM: FCC Must Protect 7.025-7.075 GHz Band
Protect the 7.025-7.075 GHz band from harmful interference as it moves forward on a 6 GHz order, expected in April, SiriusXM representatives told the FCC. The frequencies offer “the sole feeder link spectrum available to and used by Sirius XM…
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to transmit programming to Satellite Digital Audio Radio Service satellites and control those spacecraft,” the company told International Bureau and Office of Engineering and Technology staff in a call, says a filing Monday in docket 18-295. CTIA urged the FCC to explore licensing spectrum in the upper part of the band (see 2003050058). “Sirius XM emphasized that proponents of possible licensed use of the Upper 6 GHz Band have ignored the fact that SDARS feeder links cannot be relocated to other spectrum or use a different transmission medium,” the filing says.