VimpelCom will use 36 MHz of capacity on SES World Skies’ NSS-9 satellite for C-band communications in Russia, said SES. The satellite is at 183 degrees east. The terms weren’t released.
Russia export controls and sanctions
The use of export controls and sanctions on Russia has surged since the country's invasion of Crimea in 2014, and especially its invasion of Ukraine in in February 2022. Similar export controls and sanctions have been imposed by U.S. allies, including the EU, U.K. and Japan. The following is a listing of recent articles in Export Compliance Daily on export controls and sanctions imposed on Russia:
Globalstar is behind Iridium’s inability to get landing rights in foreign markets, Iridium said in a surreply for the FCC International Bureau’s satellite competition report. Globalstar has misrepresented Big Low Earth Orbit L-band spectrum allocations to French and German governments and prevented Iridium from applying for use of spectrum in Russia, said Iridium. “Globalstar’s past behavior has resulted in demonstrable competitive harm to Iridium in foreign markets and poses a unique threat to competition in the U.S. market and internationally.” Iridium was replying to Globalstar’s filing that discounted previous statements from Iridium. A Globalstar spokesman didn’t reply right away to a message seeking further comment.
The number of European fiber-to-the-home subscribers has jumped 22 percent in the past six months, driven by Eastern Europe’s burgeoning broadband market, the FTTH Council Europe said. The ranking included 17 countries, including Russia, where more than 1 percent of households have fiber broadband connections, it said. Lithuania still tops the list, just ahead of Sweden and Norway, it said. New entrant Romania came in 13th, the council said. Europe, including Russia, now has nearly 4.5 million FTTH subscribers and 26 million homes passed, it said. New EU members are leading in fiber adoption because the deployment of first-generation broadband over copper networks was less extensive in many of them, creating demand for competitively priced Internet connections, said Market Intelligence Committee Chairman Jan Schindler.
A stricter international mechanism for assigning liability for interference to satellite and terrestrial networks will likely be up for negotiation at the 2012 World Radiocommunication Conference, officials said during an ITU policy-setting conference in Guadalajara, Mexico. Existing administrative and regulatory procedures can cope with the “vast majority” of cases, the U.K. said.
Congress could move on spectrum legislation next year no matter which political party is in control, a telecom aide to Sen. Olympia Snowe, R-Maine, told a Law Seminars International conference Monday. A package of noncontroversial spectrum items could be attached to a reauthorization of the FCC’s auction authority, said the aide, Matthew Hussey. FCC Wireless Bureau Chief Ruth Milkman urged Congress to quickly authorize incentive auctions to free up broadcaster spectrum.
ITU member countries sidestepped jurisdictional troubles by tentatively agreeing to take no action beyond discussing further the idea of labeling Intelsat orbital slots and frequency assignments seen as crucial for broadband in remote regions and developing countries. Most countries whose representatives spoke in meetings at the ITU policy setting conference said the International Telecommunications Satellite Organization is already working on better protecting the resources. An African group of countries belonging to ITSO wants a proposal on the matter floated at the 2012 World Radiocommunication Conference, Zambia said on behalf of the group. A tentative compromise proposal emerged to continue dialogue between countries, the ITU secretary general and in ITU-R, but no decision has been made on that.
Russia passed “major pieces of legislation” and amendments to laws governing the effective protection of intellectual property rights (IPR), clearing a major hurdle in its bid to join the World Trade Organization, the White House press secretary said Friday following a phone call between President Obama and Russian President Dmitry Medvedev. The laws reflect relevant WTO requirements and earlier commitments made to the U.S. on IPR, the U.S. Trade Representative said. Sept. 30 was a mutually agreed deadline for Russian and American negotiators to resolve outstanding bilateral issues, the White House said.
Discovery said it will expand its Russian operations. The company said it will introduce its TLC network into Russia using locally produced programs. Discovery said it will also introduce an expanded, commercial-free educational programming block and increase its number of employees in Moscow.
John Ryan promoted by Level 3 to chief legal officer, succeeding Thomas Stortz, retiring at year-end … Verizon Wireless names Andrew Davies, ex-Vodafone, chief financial officer … Cynthia Hook, ex-Dell, becomes Comcast senior vice president-general auditor … Rhod Williams, ex-EchoStar Technologies, moves to EchoStar Europe as general manager, European operations … Jennifer Holtz, formerly of e-Copernicus and CTIA, becomes Booz Allen Hamilton associate, broadband policy … Wavestream names John Gray, ex-Advantech, vice president-sales, Europe, Middle East, Africa and Russia … Lynn Tinsley, ex-Weather Channel, hired by Hallmark Channel as ad sales director for Southeast.
Orion Express began selling direct-to-home TV in Russia using Intelsat’s IS-15 satellite through a multiyear, multitransponder contract, Intelsat said. It said Orion will offer access to 66 channels. The financial terms weren’t disclosed.