End MVDDS Encumbrances in the 12 GHz Band, SpaceX Says

Given multichannel video and data distribution service interests' failure to actually show a terrestrial mobile service can operate in the 12 GHz band without interfering with authorized non-geostationary orbit (NGSO) services, or to propose rules for such a service, the FCC "should expeditiously remove the MVDDS encumbrance from the 12 GHz band" and end the proceeding, SpaceX said Friday in docket 20-443. It said studies submitted by both it and MVDDS interests show coexistence between MVDDS 5G and NGSO operations won't work.