On June 8, 2020, the Resilient Navigation and Timing Foundation (RNTF) filed a reply to Ligado Networks’ Opposition to petitions for reconsideration or clarification filed by RNTF.
In the filing, RNTF notes:
“Ligado, in its Opposition, misrepresents the history of the Commission’s proceeding on the Mobile-Satellite Service (MSS) Ancillary Terrestrial Component (ATC). The Commission specifically prohibited stand-alone terrestrial services in its 2003 MSS ATC Report and Order (2003 ATC Order), stating in section I paragraph 1 that ‘We do not intend, nor will we permit, the terrestrial component to become a stand-alone service.’ Simply put, the Commission provided welcome assurances that stand-alone terrestrial services would not be permitted in the spectrum bands reserved for satellite services. Ligado’s claim that the 2003 MSS ATC rulemaking addressed their current stand-alone terrestrial service in its Opposition is thus completely without merit.”