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FCC approves Starlink plan for cellular phone service, with some limits
Starlink can provide cell service but FCC defers action on waiver of power limits.
"Of the more than 2,600 Gen2 Starlink satellites in low Earth orbit, around 320 are equipped with a direct-to-smartphone payload, enough to enable the texting services SpaceX has said it could launch this year," SpaceNews yesterday. The FCC said it will "continue to monitor operations, noting additional issues raised in the Gen2 application record regarding interference, orbital debris mitigation, and impacts on optical astronomy with respect to SpaceX's entire proposed constellation of nearly 30,000 satellites." AT&T and Verizon had urged the FCC to reject SpaceX's request for a waiver of rules regarding out-of-band emission (OOBE) limits, alleging that the satellite system would interfere with and degrade service for terrestrial mobile broadband networks.
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