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[admin]

This companies stock has been appreciating in the last couple of months because of the FCC's approval of it's C Band wavelength spectrum to be used in the upcoming 5G wireless rollout.

Can anyone explain to me briefly why C Band is so special? Just curious as to exactly how a satellite company could offer anything of value to terrestrial cell tower companies.

[James Thomas Rook Jr.]

coverage with one transmitting station ?

Currently,  cell towers have to be about 16 miles apart with you somewhere  within 8 miles of a tower.

[admin]

So they could only provide 5g for outdoor unobstructured coverage similar to some satellite phones now?

So marginal usage overall? Like ships etc. 

[James Thomas Rook Jr.]

That would be my guess ... I have an Iridium Satellite Phone now, and could make a call from the middle of the Pacific Ocean, if I wanted ... but it is almost as big as a WWII walkie-talkie, and has a large folding antenna. 

It's not so much getting a signal FROM a Satellite, its the return signal. 

If memory serves, a cell phone has only .4 watts, and the power is turned up and down by the cell tower.

Perhaps I should work on a quantum entanglement phone, as conversation can now be reduced to zeros and ones (or on/off). and reconstructed at both ends. 

Perfect truly Instant communication across ANY distance,  even across the Universe, and it cannot be jammed or tapped.

Hmmmmm .....

[James Thomas Rook Jr.]

Perhaps I will start a GOFUNDME account to actually do it.