{"id":42908,"date":"2023-11-13T07:25:48","date_gmt":"2023-11-13T12:25:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.technewsday.com\/?p=42908"},"modified":"2023-11-14T09:56:56","modified_gmt":"2023-11-14T14:56:56","slug":"fcc-scrutinizes-spacexs-starlink-cellular-service","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/technewsday.com\/staging\/fcc-scrutinizes-spacexs-starlink-cellular-service\/","title":{"rendered":"FCC scrutinizes SpaceX&#8217;s Starlink cellular service"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>SpaceX&#8217;s plans to launch a satellite-based cellular service, Starlink, have raised concerns about potential interference with existing communication networks.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has sent a letter to SpaceX requesting a comprehensive interference analysis and emphasizing the need to prevent harm to other authorized operators.<\/p>\n<p>The FCC&#8217;s concerns center on the potential for SpaceX&#8217;s satellites to disrupt existing satellite and terrestrial networks, particularly in areas where T-Mobile operates on similar frequency bands. The regulatory body has asked SpaceX to map the projected beam coverage of its satellites within T-Mobile&#8217;s licensed areas and to clarify its ability to quickly cease emissions in case of harmful interference.<\/p>\n<p>SpaceX&#8217;s expedited timeline for launching Starlink has drawn opposition from major U.S. telecoms companies, including DISH and AT&amp;T, who argue that the company is not adhering to proper regulatory procedures. The FCC&#8217;s scrutiny could delay SpaceX&#8217;s plans for Starlink&#8217;s deployment.<\/p>\n<p>The sources for this piece include an article in <a href=\"https:\/\/driveteslacanada.ca\/news\/spacexs-starlink-cellular-service-faces-fcc-scrutiny-over-concerns-of-potential-interference\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">DriveTeslaCanada<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>SpaceX&#8217;s plans to launch a satellite-based cellular service, Starlink, have raised concerns about potential interference with existing communication networks.\u00a0 The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has sent a letter to SpaceX requesting a comprehensive interference analysis and emphasizing the need to prevent harm to other authorized operators. The FCC&#8217;s concerns center on the potential for SpaceX&#8217;s [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[356],"tags":[37],"class_list":["post-42908","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-legislation-regulation","tag-starlink"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/technewsday.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42908","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/technewsday.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/technewsday.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/technewsday.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/technewsday.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=42908"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/technewsday.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42908\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":42910,"href":"https:\/\/technewsday.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42908\/revisions\/42910"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/technewsday.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=42908"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/technewsday.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=42908"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/technewsday.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=42908"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}