NCTA Lawyer Says It and CableLabs Want More Testing Before FCC Acts on Globalstar's TLPS

A lawyer for NCTA said it and CableLabs want more testing of Globalstar's terrestrial low-power service for broadband before the FCC allows TLPS. The company's proposal to provide a terrestrial service that's co-channel with its mobile satellite service operations shows that an emissions mask at the top of the 2.4 GHz unlicensed band isn't needed, wrote NCTA lawyer Paul Margie of Harris Wiltshire. "Any action on Globalstar’s TLPS proposal should be accompanied by a relaxation or elimination of the strict unwanted emissions mask." The company hasn't provided "compelling evidence" to keep the mask, said the filing posted Tuesday to docket 13-213 on a conversation Margie and CableLabs and NCTA officials had with an aide to FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler. Globalstar has said CableLabs' demos, which that R&D group said raised TLPS concerns, were flawed and the service would be a "good neighbor" to Wi-Fi operations in the band (see 1504240035).