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Globalstar urged the FCC to adopt a proposal...

Globalstar urged the FCC to adopt a proposal to increase power limits for indoor unlicensed national information infrastructure (U-NII) devices by 500 percent. The commission also can expand the U-NII-3 band by 25 MHz and consolidate all U-NII-3 equipment authorizations…

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for digitally modulated devices under the U-NII rules, Globalstar said in an ex parte filing in docket 13-49 (http://bit.ly/1myjxFs). If millions of outdoor U-NII-1 access points were permitted to operate throughout the U.S., “it would be virtually impossible to repair the harm to Globalstar and those who rely on its licensed services,” Globalstar said. The filing recounted a phone conversation Feb. 18 between Globalstar attorney Regina Keeney and staff from Chairman Tom Wheeler’s office. Globalstar and NCTA, after being at odds on access to spectrum cable and other non-satellite communications companies want for Wi-Fi, had been talking about reaching a solution (CD Feb 19 p16).