Comments on: Is that it? https://tmfassociates.com/blog/2011/03/11/is-that-it/ Satellites, spectrum and other stuff Tue, 03 Feb 2026 21:36:32 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: timfarrar https://tmfassociates.com/blog/2011/03/11/is-that-it/comment-page-1/#comment-513 timfarrar Sat, 12 Mar 2011 08:16:44 +0000 http://tmfassociates.com/blog/?p=1519#comment-513 You need to parse the press release very carefully. It states that Open Range will lease LightSquared's L-band spectrum not its L-band <em>satellite</em> spectrum. LightSquared controls 8MHz in the 1.4GHz band and 5MHz in the 1670-75MHz band (both terrestrial spectrum bands with no ATC requirements). To date there has been no indication how or whether these bands would be incorporated in the LightSquared FDD-LTE ATC network (indeed rights to use the 1.4GHz spectrum were granted "exclusively" <a href="http://tmfassociates.com/blog/2010/08/31/untangling-the-mystery-of-the-1-4ghz-spectrum/" rel="nofollow">to Airspan last August</a>). However, according to the <a href="http://www.tmfassociates.com/Harbinger-SkyterraOrder.pdf" rel="nofollow">March 2010 agreement with the FCC</a>, it appears LightSquared is potentially entitled to count any buildout in these bands towards its coverage obligations (including the need to build out 100M POPs by the end of 2012). It would therefore be logical to guess that Open Range is going to use a TDD-LTE architecture and build out in the 1670-75MHz band. You need to parse the press release very carefully. It states that Open Range will lease LightSquared’s L-band spectrum not its L-band satellite spectrum. LightSquared controls 8MHz in the 1.4GHz band and 5MHz in the 1670-75MHz band (both terrestrial spectrum bands with no ATC requirements).

To date there has been no indication how or whether these bands would be incorporated in the LightSquared FDD-LTE ATC network (indeed rights to use the 1.4GHz spectrum were granted “exclusively” to Airspan last August). However, according to the March 2010 agreement with the FCC, it appears LightSquared is potentially entitled to count any buildout in these bands towards its coverage obligations (including the need to build out 100M POPs by the end of 2012).

It would therefore be logical to guess that Open Range is going to use a TDD-LTE architecture and build out in the 1670-75MHz band.

]]> By: ORBITRAX https://tmfassociates.com/blog/2011/03/11/is-that-it/comment-page-1/#comment-512 ORBITRAX Sat, 12 Mar 2011 06:09:21 +0000 http://tmfassociates.com/blog/?p=1519#comment-512 “The partnership is expected to include a licensing arrangement whereby Open Range will lease LightSquared’s L-band spectrum.”

A spectrum lease??? So much for that promise of an “integrated offering”!

“Integrated network. The satellite and terrestrial components of LightSquared’s
network will be integrated technically. All traffic, whether it passes through the
satellite or terrestrial conduits, will be processed and handled by the same integrated core network and business/operations support systems (“B/OSS???). Similarly, a single set of Regional Aggregation Centers and National Data Centers will be used for satellite and terrestrial traffic. From an operational perspective, therefore, there is no separate “satellite network??? or “terrestrial network.??? There is only a single “integrated network,??? making for a seamless customer experience and thus a technically integrated network.”

At the end of the day. The IB got what they wanted. Which was Open Range cleared from the Big LEO S-Band. Next up.. Iridium S-Band application for NEXT?????

As Iridium stated in their October Space Station Renewal….

>>Iridium Constellation LLC (“Iridium???) seeks to renew its space station license for its Non-Geostationary Mobile Satellite Service (“NGSO MSS???) constellation, Call Sign S2110,for an additional fifteen-year license term. During the additional license period, Iridium will continue to operate existing in-orbit satellites until decommissioning at end-of-life,will replenish its existing constellation with in-orbit spares and will launch and operate new next generation satellites. Once the technical design of Iridium’s next generation satellites has been finalized, Iridium will request modification of its space station authorization to accommodate the new design.<<

ORBITRAX

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