WRC-23 Showed No Appetite for Terrestrial Use of 12.7 GHz Band: Intelsat

ITU member states at the 2023 World Radiocommunication Conference were uninterested in studying the 12.7-13.25 GHz band for international mobile telecommunications, and instead adopted provisions to expand satellite operations there, Intelsat told FCC staffers, according to a docket 22-352 filing Friday. With the 12.7 GHz band intended to provide equitable access to geostationary orbit for ITU member states, any FCC action allowing terrestrial mobile use of the band "would not be aligned with international use and would lack the benefits of international harmonization," Intelsat told representatives of the Wireless and Space bureaus and Office of Engineering and Technology.