FCC rules that grant earth stations aboard aircraft...

FCC rules that grant earth stations aboard aircraft (ESAA) primary allocation in the 14.0-14.5 GHz band will be effective June 11, the FCC said in a Federal Register notice (http://1.usa.gov/1ld4Ely). The commission granted the status and made other rule adjustments last month in a second report and order (CD April 21 p17). The ESAA allocation lets airlines test systems and demonstrate that providing in-flight broadband services doesn’t cause harmful interference to other radio service operations, instead of having to license on-board systems on an ad-hoc basis (CD Dec 31/12 p8).