The WCS Coalition, a group including Sprint Nextel, BellSouth, NextWave, AT&T, Comcast and the WCA, complained to the FCC that Sirius Satellite Radio and XM Satellite Radio should not be allowed to continue operating unauthorized and over-powered terrestrial repeaters in the 2 GHz band.

The group argue that XM and Sirius need to address interference problems from satellite radio terrestrial repeaters that are transmitting at higher-than-authorized levels and operating without authorizations.

In an FCC filing, the WCS Coalition said that the FCC needs to adopt rules "that provide for reasonable coexistence of WCS and DARS in the United States."

Recall that XM lowered or turned off repeaters that were operating above or outside the authorized levels in early October. Shortly afterwards Sirius shut down 11 repeaters that were operating outside of specified levels. The rhetoric from the wireless broadband industry has been much more aggressive since these filings.

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