by Toby Youell
The FCC has issued a week-long consultation on the WRC-19 positions that have been established by its private sector-led working group, the WAC. Feedback from the consultation will inform its negotiations with governmental users of the spectrum regarding the USA's final positions, which will then be taken to CITEL in… Read more...
by Toby Youell
March 19, 2019 This petition will be published in the Federal Register on March 20 here. Oppositions to this petition must be filed within 15 days, and reply comments to those are open for a further ten days. March 7, 2019 The FCC has received a petition for reconsideration in… Read more...
by Toby Youell
The US telecoms regulator, the FCC, has issued a Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking that would allow Earth Stations In Motion (ESIMs) to communicate with geostationary satellite across a larger number of frequencies in both the Ku and Ka bands. Specifically, it seeks comment on allowing downlinks to ESIMs from… Read more...
by Toby Youell
February 15, 2019: This consultation is now scheduled to be published in the Federal Register here on Tuesday 19 February. Comments will be be due on April 5. November 20, 2018 The FCC has made a series of proposals designed to address the growing problem of space debris. Comments are due 45… Read more...
by Toby Youell
The US telecoms regulator, the FCC, is proposing to reform the way it processes competing applications for both noncommercial education broadcast and low power FM. According to the FCC, the current way the FCC assesses mutually exclusive applications is too complicated. The documents will be made available in FCC MB… Read more...
by Toby Youell
The US telecoms regulator, the FCC, has published a consultation in the Federal Register that proposes to harmonise the rules for Digital Broadcast Satellite Services at 12.2 - 12.7 GHz and 17.3 - 17.8 GHz with those that are applicable to geostationary-orbit Fixed Satellite Service systems. Comments on these proposals… Read more...
by Toby Youell
January 31, 2019: The proposed rules have now been published in the Federal Register here. Comments are due on March 18, 2019, and replies to those comments are due on April 16, 2019. November 20, 2018 The FCC has decided to issue a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking that would simplify satellite… Read more...
by Toby Youell
Update: January 31, 2019. The FCC has extended the filing deadlines for this item, as the previous deadline fell during the partial U.S government shut-down. According to guidance released by the FCC, filing that was due between January 8 and February 7, which included this item, will now be due on… Read more...
by Toby Youell
The FCC is proposing to allow Earth Stations in Motion (ESIMs) to use non-geostationary orbit satellites in the majority of the Ku and Ka bands. This follows an earlier decision to allow ESIMs to use these bands for communications with geo-stationary orbit satellites. A PolicyTracker article about this consultation is available here.… Read more...
by Toby Youell
The National Telecommunications and Information Administration, a branch of the US Department of Commerce, has issued a Request for Comments on the development of a comprehensive, long-term national spectrum strategy. This consultation forms part of a broader effort within the US Government to develop a spectrum strategy. A PolicyTracker article about these… Read more...