AT&T filed some concerns with the Federal Communications Fee (FCC) on Thursday over T-Cell and Starlink proprietor SpaceX’s plans to let cellphones hook up with Starlink satellites (via Ars Technica).
In its submitting, AT&T argues that SCS, or “supplemental protection from house,” mustn’t inhibit terrestrial wi-fi service and that the FCC “should prioritize” defending terrestrial networks, and that T-Cell and SpaceX’s proposals don’t have sufficient details about potential interference. “The Candidates’ technical showings are woefully inadequate relating to the danger of dangerous interference posed by their deliberate SCS deployments,” AT&T stated. “SpaceX and T-Cell’s purposes fall far wanting assembly the edge for waiver and can’t be granted of their present state.”
AT&T’s submitting was a part of a call for comments from the FCC on T-Cell and SpaceX’s plans for the satellite-to-cellular service, which had been introduced in August 2022. The concept is that you just’d be capable to hook up with SpaceX’s second-generation Starlink satellites set to launch this year out of your cell phone to do issues like textual content or ship MMS messages.
T-Cell and SpaceX’s service isn’t anticipated to launch in beta till someday earlier than the tip of this yr. But when the FCC throws up roadblocks following this name for feedback, we is perhaps ready even longer.
