Globalstar is optimistic that NCTA, its members and...

Globalstar is optimistic that NCTA, its members and the FCC can move toward a mutually acceptable resolution on expanding use in the unlicensed national information infrastructure (U-NII). Globalstar and NCTA discussed specific antenna requirements and NCTA’s proposal “represents a significant step toward resolving the technical issues pending in this proceeding,” Globalstar said in an ex parte filing in docket 13-49 (http://bit.ly/1chimpy). With NCTA’s antenna standard, a notification requirement for significant outdoor U-NII-1 deployments and a 2 dB noise rise backstop, Globalstar is hopeful that the FCC can move forward this month with an order, the company said. The FCC should apply the antenna requirement generally to outdoor U-NII-1 access points that operate up to 1 watt, it said. The FCC shouldn’t adopt NCTA’s proposed exemption from this requirement for outdoor U-NII-1 access points “that operate at a maximum conducted power of 250 mW or lower.” The filing is a response to NCTA’s letter to the Office of Engineering and Technology (http://bit.ly/1fdX2fk).