Eutelsat CEO Urges Against NGSO Unavailability Proposal

Eutelsat Group CEO Eva Berneke argued against the proposed absolute increase in unavailability limit for non-geostationary orbit systems in a meeting with FCC Commissioner Anna Gomez. In a docket 21-456 filing posted Friday recapping the meeting, Eutelsat representatives said the unavailability limit in the draft NGSO fixed satellite service spectrum sharing rules on circulation (see 2410040025) would end the ability of NGSO FSS operators to meet high-availability requirements that come with public safety, government and enterprise applications. It said too-lax protection metrics could undermine the desire to invest in the U.S. and make foreign systems avoid coordination with U.S. systems.