Focus: Regulatory

President-elect Donald Trump has nominated Brendan Carr to lead the Federal Communications Commission as chairman, announcing the appointment in a statement on Nov. 17.  Carr is the senior Republican on...

The FCC has revised its satellite spectrum sharing rules, releasing a Report and Order on Nov. 15 to clarify how spectrum is shared between different satellite systems. The FCC said...

SpaceX submitted a request to the FCC to modify the second generation, Gen2, of its Starlink satellite system with changes that SpaceX said will allow the constellation to deliver gigabit-speed...

SpaceX sent a letter to Congress this week taking issue with the speed that the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) is able to approve licensing materials, after the FAA proposed $633,009...

Imagine you are a European satellite operator looking to sell your capacity and land signals into a given region or territory. You’ve got the necessary ground segment and orbital resources...

The FCC, led by Chairwoman Jessica Rosenworcel, is working to develop a “single network future” in which satellite connectivity will help make terrestrial “dead zones” a thing of the past. ...

The FCC dismissed SpaceX’s request to use certain mobile satellite services (MSS) spectrum authorized to Globalstar and Dish in the Gen2 Starlink constellation, according to a March 26 FCC order. ...

The FCC adopted a new regulatory framework on Thursday to allow satellite operators to use mobile spectrum to provide satellite-to-cell coverage The FCC said this is the world’s first regulatory...

Rivada Space Networks’s now has market access in the United Kingdom after independent communications regulator Ofcom granted the company a license that enables the company to provide satellite communications services...

The FCC released a draft of the final order for a new regulatory framework for satellite-to-cell coverage, ahead of the Commission’s March meeting.  The FCC said that if approved, the...