UHF NVNG Operators Continue Push Against Swarm
Hiber, Myriota and Kineis have worked since fall on a coordination agreement based on the UHF non-voice, non-geostationary mobile-satellite service processing round cutoff date, and it's baseless to say granting Swarm's late-filed petition and ask for a waiver (see 2005190001)…
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would cause no harm. That's what the three opponents to Swarm's petition told FCC International Bureau staff, said a posting Thursday. The three said they are hard-pressed to share the 120 kHz uplink band, and adding Swarm would mean less than 30 kHz per operator, which wouldn't help Swarm because it says it has a spectrum capacity shortfall in its VHF operations. Swarm outside counsel didn't comment Friday.