Amazon Presses FCC on Licensing Draft Order
The FCC proposal that satellite operators with an earth station license in the upper microwave flexible-use service bands re-coordinate with UMFUS operators if the station isn't built out within a year creates uncertainty in deployment plans, Amazon Kuiper representatives told…
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aides to all five commissioners, per a docket 18-314 posting Monday. Re-coordination could mean changes to earth station ability to operate without providing more terrestrial service protections, it said, and re-coordination is unnecessary since rules require satellite operators coordinate with UMFUS operators and place earth stations where UMFUS deployment is unlikely. The satellite industry seeks changes to proposed licensing rules on Nov. 18's agenda (see 2011050010).