EchoStar, Dish Oppose SpaceX Use of 2 GHz Band

SpaceX's attempt to use the AWS-4 band and adjacent 2020-2025 MHz band for mobile satellite service direct to handsets (see 2302080001) would be "a grenade thrown at a carefully considered regulatory framework," Dish Network and EchoStar said in a petition to deny Tuesday. Giving SpaceX rights in the band that are superior to Dish's would essentially upend Dish's use of that band for its 5G network and harm EchoStar's deployment of a non-geostationary orbit system which will use 2 GHz spectrum for service links, said the petition. Spectrum sharing and competition are generally good, but co-frequency sharing by two different high-power mobile services "is not feasible and would result in harmful interference in operations," it said. SpaceX didn't comment Wednesday.