SIA Pushes for Spectrum Frontiers-Related PN, Docket

With some satellite providers having pending and forthcoming satellite and ground station license requests, the FCC should within the next 90 days issue a public notice on earth station siting and open a docket about potential aggregation interference into satellites, said the Satellite Industry Association in an ex parte meeting this week. SIA said the proposed PN about rules for siting in the 28 GHz and 37/39 GHz bands and methodology for figuring out interference zones comes as the FCC already has said it needs to refine the existing earth station requirements put forward in the spectrum frontiers report and order. It said opening a docket about aggregate interference from upper microwave fixed use services (UMFUS) in the 28 GHz bands would allow filling out the record on such issues as planned UMFUS operations and sharing approaches to protect current and future satellite operations. An ex parte filing posted Wednesday in docket 14-177 recapped a meeting between Commissioner Ajit Pai aide Brendan Carr and representatives of SIA, SpaceX and EchoStar.