Dish Urges FCC to Deny SpaceX G Block Direct-to-Handset Application
SpaceX's application for providing direct-to-handset service in the G block lacks enough information for the FCC to review it, Dish Network said Monday in docket 23-135 petition to dismiss or deny. It lacks explanation of how it will avoid out-of-band…
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emissions in the adjacent H block and AWS-4 spectrum, it said. SpaceX labels the application a modification of its second-generation Starlink system, but it's a modification for authority SpaceX doesn't have, Dish said. "It is a cardinal prerequisite to a modification request that there is an existing and valid authorization to be modified," it said. "Because SpaceX’s 'modification' application is really for a new system, it should not have even been accepted for filing." SpaceX didn't comment. The SpaceX/T-Mobile plans got pushback from wireless and satellite interests (see 2305190057).