SATELLITE BROADCASTERS GET LITTLE HELP FROM BA
Satellite broadcasters and pay-television operators have taken their grievances on interference caused by broadband wireless technologies further by approaching the Broadcasting Authority (BA) for help, Earful hears.
The group are among 13 operators - including telecoms and undersea cable firms - which made a joint submission to the Office of the Telecommunications Authority last year to express their dissatisfaction with the telecommunications watchdog pressing ahead with its plan to tender spectrum for broadband wireless access (BWA) technologies such as WiMAX this year.
Ofta has proposed issuing BWA licences in the 3.4 gigahertz to 3.6 GHz band, which directly overlaps with the 3.4 GHz to 4.2 GHz used by satellite and pay-television operators, causing signal interference.
The group of 13 has argued that, with many relevant issues still pending Ofta's deliberations, tendering BWA spectrum is not a sensible move.
A source told Earful that the satellite broadcasters and pay-TV firms wanted the BA to step in to fix the problem.
