Globalstar told the FCC it should allow the...

Globalstar told the FCC it should allow the ongoing discussions between Globalstar and NCTA to continue toward a mutually agreeable resolution of the outdoor Unlicensed National Information Infrastructure-1 (UNII-1) issues. A hastily adopted rule permitting unlimited, unlicensed outdoor deployment in the UNII-1 band “would be counter to the record evidence and permit harmful interference to Globalstar’s licensed MSS by unlicensed operations,” Globalstar said in an ex parte filing in docket 13-49 (http://bit.ly/1gSrVdd). “Neither NCTA nor any other party in this proceeding has identified an effective way to mitigate harmful interference to Globalstar and its customers.” The two sides had been at odds over access to spectrum for Wi-Fi (CD Feb 5 p11).