Globalstar TLPS Plans Still Need 'Controlled, Quantitative Testing,' Opponent Says

Globalstar's terrestrial low-powered service (TLPS) plans need "controlled, quantitative testing" to answer questions about how the service might affect the adjacent public Wi-Fi band, Gerst Capital said in an ex parte filing Thursday in docket 13-213. The filing recapped a meeting with a Commissioner Mike O'Rielly staffer on coexistence testing, Gerst said. Such Globalstar testing done in March was set "well below 'real world' levels," Gerst said, saying the packet error rate at those levels raises questions about what would then happen at higher levels. Gerst has been a frequent TLPS plan critic (see 1509230064). Globalstar didn't comment.