WIRELESS TECHNOLOGY SAID NOT TO INTERFERE WITH SATELLITE RADIO

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A demonstration showed that Wireless Communications Service transmissions don't pose a risk to Sirius XM reception, said Mary O'Connor, attorney for the WCS Coalition. Sirius XM officials declined to comment. The FCC Office of Engineering and Technology had said the coalition and Sirius-XM would do the tests to show whether WCS transmissions at 2305-2320 and 2345- 2360 MHz cause interference to Satellite Digital Audio Radio Service reception at 2320-2345 MHz. Commission officials were on hand as witnesses. O'Connor said coalition found no surprises after doing preliminary testing that found little interference. "There was a WCS base station and we provided different types of services ... and we had two cars, one with WCS in the laptop and one with a Sirius or XM radio on," O'Connor said. "We would drive the WCS car around the Sirius XM car to see if there was any muting of the signal to the radio." She said about 20 observers were on hand for the demonstration near Washington Dulles Airport. Demonstrations are to continue through Thursday.