UMFUS Not in Jeopardy from Updated Part 25 Satellite Rules, EchoStar Says
A unified satellite operator license regime covering base stations, user terminals and other transmission facilities as part of FCC streamlining of its Part 25 rules would still let upper microwave flexible use service (UMFUS) and other licensees have full notice…
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and opportunity to comment on planned earth station operations. That per EchoStar officials to International Bureau Chief Tom Sullivan, according to a docket 18-314 ex parte post Monday. It said there's no proof that aligning with international out-of-band emission limits will create harm to adjacent band UMFUS operations but doing so would resolve the inconsistencies in how different operators have applied those limits. Axing the requirement of notification about minor modifications would give earth station licensees regulatory parity with terrestrial licensees, and those minor modifications don't increase interference risks.