AT&T is trying to block T-Mobile’s plan to use SpaceX’s Starlink satellite network To expand mobile service.
The FCC asked for public comment on T-Mobile’s SpaceX plan last month. AT&T and its affiliates File a complaint Thursday, asking the agency to halt the plan saying it could “compromise or prevent” wireless and mobile broadband services.
AT&T has spectrum rights adjacent to the band SpaceX will use for this plan, which would require the latter to adjust its license to its network of orbiting satellites to receive and broadcast the signal to and from mobile devices. SpaceX will use a so-called PCS G-Block for signal bands between 1.9GHz and 2GHz, according to Ars Technica, which published the story earlier Friday.
SpaceX has asked for concessions to use this signal range. AT&T says its proposal is not enough to prevent interference with other networks, saying in its submission that SpaceX’s “technical offerings are woefully inadequate with respect to the risk of harmful interference posed by its scheme.” [supplemental coverage from space] Publications”.
Although SpaceX and T-Mobile haven’t announced a successful call from space that would indicate there’s no overlap in the plan, AT&T noted that it has already conducted a surface call through space with its satellite partner AST SpaceMobile.
AT&T has not announced when consumers will see its benefits Satellite partnership with AST, which aims to increase regular 5G service. It has the advantage that AST has been connecting satellite calls for years, while SpaceX’s network of small satellites will need approval before you can place calls. Verizon has also announced that it will Using Amazon’s Project Kuiper satellites (none have been launched into orbit yet) to expand its mobile network.
Meanwhile, Apple SOS emergency The system is only available on the latest iPhone 14 The series is the only widely available satellite-to-cell system in use to date. Qualcomm Snapdragon Satellite Service It is expected to go live later this year for phones using the latest Snapdragon chipset.
Neither AT&T nor T-Mobile immediately responded to a request for comment.
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