WASHINGTON-The Telecommunications Industry Association last week urged the Federal Communications Commission to reject petitions on how to structure spectrum sharing between satellite earth stations and terrestrial fixed users in the future.
“The existing frequency coordination and licensing processes foster efficient use of spectrum through flexibility and availability of services. The action proposed in the petition would limit growth, increase cost to users and reduce the benefits of the frequency coordination and licensing processes that have worked so well,” stated TIA’s satellite communications division.
The Fixed Wireless Communications Coalition has asked the FCC for a declaratory ruling on partial-band licensing of earth stations in the fixed satellite service that shares with terrestrial spectrum, and filed a petition for rule making to set loading standards for earth stations in the same fixed satellite service.
TIA said FWCC’s petition “repeatedly makes statements and assertions that reflect a lack of understanding of satellite operations” and that it “does not present a true picture of the spectrum-sharing environment.”
