Author: Raul Magallanes

“Do I hear $3 billion for 20MHz? Going once, going twice …” As amusing as it might be to imagine a bunch of stressed telecom CEOs judiciously raising their hands...

Equipment authorization, also known as “homologation,” is critically important to any manufacturer or importer wishing to market telecom equipment in the United States. The U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC) is...

What comes to mind when you think of Ka-band? Maybe it is miniature dishes, broader bandwidth blocks or affordable Internet broadband. Perhaps the term has a negative connotation — as...

There have been important developments in Mexico but not the kind you would expect to hear on the evening news. Mexico has kept step with a telecom liberalization plan 15...

In September, we discussed maritime regulations in the United States as stated in the rules for Earth Stations on Vessels (ESV). Here, we expand our discussion to include general guidelines...

If a maritime vessel is in no-man’s land, does that equate to being in no-rules land? With regards to satellite maritime communications, it may appear so, but it’s not quite...

Where there is a will there is a way… or a “third way” in U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC) lingo. In its June 17 open meeting, the FCC released a...

What is telecommunications? Most people will point to the Greek prefix tele, meaning “distance,” and say that telecommunications is “communications at a distance.” Dictionaries define telecommunications as the science and...

Nearly everyone reading this article is involved in some way in the transmission of energy either to a satellite or a ground station. This means that you have probably heard...

Over the last few years the U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has streamlined its rules in order to expedite the process of authorizing the operation of satellites in the United...