5G Will Make the 12 GHz Band 'Unusable' by Satellites: SpaceX
Mobile service in the 12 GHz band would make it "effectively unusable" for satellite service, with SpaceX broadband terminals suffering harmful interference more than 77% of the time and outages 74% of the time, it said in docket 20-443 Tuesday.…
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Per its analysis, that interference would extend at least 21 km from every macro base station. SpaceX said its analysis used the same methodology as those submitted by RS Access but uses "assumptions that reflect reality." SpaceX urged the FCC to investigate if Dish and RS Access "filed intentionally misleading reports," saying they "simply cannot be squared " with Dish's previous stance that sharing between terrestrial and satellite isn't viable. "These 'studies' seem designed only to deceive the Commission into improperly granting them and other Multichannel Video and Data Distribution Service (“MVDDS”) licensees new spectrum rights" despite the harm to satellite services, it said. Dish Network and the 5G for 12 GHz Coalition said they were reviewing the filing. The Coalition tweeted Tuesday it "remain[s] committed to working in good faith with the @FCC and stakeholdrs to ensure that the American public is able to reap the immense benefits of #5G services in this band."