Globalstar Inc (GSAT)

[dshade]

FCC Chair Wheeler, "It would have made more sense to have that study take place in a setting where the satellite industry is an experienced and active participant in the process. The clear plan for the United States and other countries is to roll up our sleeves to make sharing possible in these bands.

"My preference would be for the satellite industry to work with the mobile industry and quickly come back to us with realistic sharing ideas for the coexistence of satellite and mobile in these upper bands. And quickly means now.

"Industry-driven win-win solutions that protect your existing and contemplated satellite services, while also enabling new terrestrial offerings – are likely to find regulatory favor. Claims that sharing is impossible are not.

"Those claims are particularly unpersuasive today –when satellite companies are seeking to deploy their licensed spectrum for terrestrial use. And in the process, insisting that sharing is both technically feasible and decidedly in the public interest. To this non-engineer, this seems completely inconsistent with claims that sharing is impossible.

"I am convinced that terrestrial and satellite systems can work effectively together to share these bands, and both can flourish – a conviction reinforced by the fact that our defense agencies have found ways to accommodate sharing with commercial interests.

"As someone who has spent decades practicing before the Commission, and now finds himself on the other side of the table, I offer a bit of hard-earned experience: it is far more practical to get on the train than to be run over by it."