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Representatives of in-flight wireless Internet provider Gogo recently met with FCC officials to discuss what the company describes as "potentially misleading claims" made by AT&T (NYSE: T) in support of AT&T's petition for a waiver of FCC rules related to power requirements in the 800 MHz band.
Gogo is concerned because adoption of a power spectral density (PSD) proposal for operations in the cellular band would increase the risk of out-of-band emission (OOBE) interference to its operations in the neighboring 800 MHz air-to-ground (ATG) band. Gogo is urging the commission to adopt more stringent OOBE limits on cellular operations near 800 MHz ATG base stations.
"Contrary to AT&T's assertions, if the FCC grants the Petition, AT&T would operate at power levels higher than currently allowed under the rules," Gogo said in an ex parte filing with the FCC. "Specifically, if AT&T was to deploy a five megahertz LTE carrier in the cellular band tomorrow, its power limit would be 100 watts/megahertz. But AT&T is seeking to deploy five megahertz LTE...