A previous report alleged that the FCC had made a final decision to not relax the density limit waiver to SpaceX. But as it turns out, a decision is expected to made after August 29th.

The original article is below.

After trying to convince the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to reconsider its out-of-band power flux-density limit of -120 dBW/m2/MHz, the agency will have until August 29th to make a decision.

If the FCC decides not to grant a waiver, T-Mobile and SpaceX’s satellite ambitions will need to be put on hold for the time being. Prior to the decision, SpaceX had been hoping to get up to a ninefold increase on the limit. 

But because AT&T, Verizon, Omnispace, and EchoStar had strongly expressed their opposition on how this would cause interference with their networks, the FCC is carefully studying the request. If it would be permitted, this would allow SpaceX to use its Starlink satellites to make connectivity available in dead zones. 

If the FCC officially decides not to grant the waiver, a possible scenario would be that AT&T and Verizon could deploy their own satellite services before the Un-carrier. This is because SpaceX will still need to sort through the requirements set by the FCC. 

Source: PhoneArena