Today, the SpaceConnect Association filed comments in response to the FCC’s proposed rule changes to unleash unlicensed spectrum to expand direct-to-device (D2D) and other satellite connectivity. 

In the filing, SpaceConnect urges the Commission to preserve existing satellite spectrum allocations and protect incumbent satellite operations, while noting that unlicensed spectrum should “supplement, rather than substitute for, dedicated satellite spectrum.”

Read SpaceConnect’s full comments here.