12 GHz Petition Gets 5G Defense, Criticisms

Countering repeated SpaceX arguments against allowing 5G in the 12 GHz band (see 2008070028), RS Access said in an RM-11768 posting Friday that inaction in the band would stunt 5G deployment for "years to come." It said SpaceX wrongly indicates satellite/terrestrial sharing can't work in the band, though radio engineering organizations say otherwise. SpaceX didn't comment. Criticizing overenthusiasm for 5G, TechFreedom said a request for spectrum for 5G shouldn't make the FCC "genuflect and pull that spectrum from any other use." The agency "must not 'eat the seed corn' of satellite spectrum to feed the hungry 5G beast," it said. Dell CEO Michael Dell, in a call with Commissioner Geoffrey Starks, urged the FCC to keep identifying spectrum for 5G deployment, including the 12 GHz band, per an ex parte posting.