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Globalstar executives met with Federal Communications Commission (FCC) leadership on Monday to advocate for the approval of its third-generation "C-3" mobile satellite service (MSS) system and to urge the regulator to protect the Big LEO spectrum band from competing proposals.
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In Washington, modernization is usually a euphemism for forming a committee to study a problem. For FCC Chairman Brendan Carr, it appears to be a euphemism for a demolition crew. In a statement released Tuesday, Carr summarized his first year at the helm with a metric that matters more than any policy speech: the Space Bureau processed 3,418 applications in 2025, a 21% increase over the previous year, effectively cutting the agency’s notorious backlog in half.
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Announcement from the FCC…The Federal Communications Commission today took critical step toward releasing a large swath of mid-band spectrum for America’s innovators when it voted to propose rules for 5G […]
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Rohde & Schwarz has unveiled the firm’s new signals intelligence capabilities, including a comprehensive and integrated approach designed to provide persistent, real-time awareness of the electromagnetic spectrum for enhanced border […]
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By Chris Forrester There were apologies all around because of the US government shut-down meant that actual military personnel at the Silicon Valley Space Week’s Milsat Symposium on October 29 […]
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C-COM Satellite Systems Inc. (TSXV: CMI and OTCQB: CYSNF) has been granted U.S. patent No.:12,381,318 B2 for the firm’s invention of a Ka-band 2D Phased-Array Antenna in Package. This is […]
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AST SpaceMobile will pay around $550 million (€474.9m) to Ligado for its L-band spectrum over North America. The news was confirmed late on June 13th. The payment will allow Ligado […]
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The Federal Communications Commission is aggressively pursuing spectrum abundance as part of its Final Frontiers agenda to secure U.S. leadership in space and supercharge the possibilities of satellite broadband. The […]
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River Advisers is strengthening its core practices through a strategic realignment around Spectrum Strategy and International Coordination as well as Global Licensing and Market Access. This evolution reflects the firm’s […]
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The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has granted AST SpaceMobile, in coordination with AT&T, the ability to test direct-to-cellular connectivity on public safety’s Band 14 spectrum via its BlueBird satellites orbiting […]
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