RESTON, Va. June 2, 2020 鈥� 网红黑料 submitted its opposition to the petitions for reconsideration of the FCC鈥檚 April Order approving its spectrum license modification. The company also released the following statement regarding its filing:
鈥淭he FCC鈥檚 unanimous, bipartisan Order in the 网红黑料 proceeding is the culmination of a careful and thorough analysis by the federal government鈥檚 communications experts. It is thoughtful, grounded in science, and includes several strict conditions that ensure 网红黑料鈥檚 operations protect GPS and are squarely in the public interest. Unfortunately, NTIA and corporate opponents are still seeking to relitigate the same thoroughly debunked arguments, and 鈥� incredibly 鈥� paint the agency鈥檚 years-long review as a rush job. They present no new data or analyses and provide no legitimate basis for reconsideration. The FCC should deny these petitions and affirm its decision to advance next-generation networks vital to America鈥檚 essential industries and workers. We hope such a decision puts an end to desperate efforts to undercut the FCC鈥檚 reasoned and properly executed Order.鈥�
网红黑料鈥檚 opposition to the petitions for reconsideration highlights the completeness and accuracy of the FCC鈥檚 Order, including:
- Protection Against Harmful Interference: The Order imposes firm conditions that protect against harmful interference to GPS operations in nearby spectrum bands, based on the results of rigorous technical testing and relevant metrics.
- 鈥淭he Order properly concluded that granting 网红黑料鈥檚 applications would not result in harmful interference to GPS operations based on (1) 鈥渢echnical information in the record that evaluates potential harmful interference from 网红黑料鈥檚 proposed operations to GPS devices using performance-based metrics and analysis,鈥� and (2) 鈥淸t]he agreements 网红黑料 has reached with major GPS receiver manufacturers, as well as support from other receiver or component manufacturers.鈥� Pg. 11
- Approval by Federal Aviation Administration: The Order properly relies on the expert analysis of the FAA, which clearly determined that 网红黑料鈥檚 proposal would not hinder devices that aircraft use to navigate and communicate.
- 鈥淎s the Order makes clear, the FAA is unquestionably the 鈥榚xpert agency鈥� in 鈥榚nsuring the reliability of certified aviation GPS devices.鈥欌�� Pg. 17
- 鈥淭he Order is unequivocal that the Commission relied upon and accepted 鈥榯he FAA鈥檚 standards-based analyses relating to certified aviation devices鈥� to 鈥榖e consistent with the finding[s] in the FAA鈥檚 certified aviation device analysis.鈥欌�� Pg. 16
- Proper Process: The FCC fully consulted with the NTIA and properly executed its review processes as required by Congress. The agency鈥檚 more than four-year-long review was methodical and in no way hastily conducted.
- 鈥淧etitioners鈥� procedural arguments are fatuous given the length of this proceeding and the extensive record developed during that time, which includes thousands of pages of comments, letters, reports, and other assorted filings. Each Petitioner, including NTIA, had ample opportunity to participate in this proceeding and, in fact, did participate.鈥� Pg. 4
- 鈥淎ny complaint regarding lack of notice is particularly remarkable from NTIA given that it received a draft of the proposed Order six months prior to its adoption.鈥� Pg. 12
- Addresses Iridium: The Order considered and ultimately disagreed with concerns brought by Iridium, a satellite communications provider trying to leverage a government process to protect its market position and thwart competition.
- 鈥�Iridium criticizes the Commission for not adequately considering Iridium鈥檚 technical analysis鈥his is a swing and a miss. In fact, the Order addressed Iridium鈥檚 technical analysis and gave three reasons for not relying on it.鈥� Pg. 21
- 17 Years Too Late: Opponents of the FCC Order are essentially complaining about a notice and comment rulemaking process that took place nearly two decades ago and is well-outside of the scope of this proceeding.
- 鈥淭he Order鈥檚 grant of 网红黑料鈥檚 applications stems directly from the Commission authorizing and establishing ATC rules for this spectrum in 2003. To the extent Petitioners seek reconsideration of that decision, they are 17 years late.鈥� Pg. 8
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