The U.S. Federal Communications Commission awarded TMI Communications and Co. LP (Terrestar) and ICO Satellite Services S-Band Spectrumunder an order adopted Dec. 9, the FCC announced.

The two companies have been assigned 20 megahertz apiece — 10 megahertz in the uplink band and 10 megahertz in the downlink band — in the 2 gigahertz Mobile Satellite Services band or S-band.

In a separate order, the FCC’s International Bureau dismissed Inmarsat Global Ltd.‘s petition for declaratory ruling seeking to reserve spectrum in the 2 GHz band for a geostationary satellite to be located at 113 degrees West.