IP: FCC Okays Bid for Broadband Satellite Service

[Dave Farber <dave () farber net>]

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From: Dewayne Hendricks <dewayne () warpspeed com>

[Note:  This item comes from reader Steve Stroh.  DLH]

At 10:41 -0700 4/19/02, Steve Stroh wrote:
> From: "Steve Stroh" <steve () strohpub com>
> To: "Dewayne Hendricks" <dewayne () warpspeed com>
> Subject: FCC Okays Bid for Broadband Satellite Service
> Date: Fri, 19 Apr 2002 10:41:50 -0700
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> FCC Okays Bid for Broadband Satellite Service
>
> Seven companies granted permission to offer high-speed Internet access using
> shared frequencies.
>
> Laura Rohde, IDG News Service
> Friday, April 19, 2002
>
> The U.S. Federal Communications Commission on Thursday granted seven
> companies permission to offer services such as broadband Internet over
> satellites.
>
> The satellite companies were given licenses to offer satellite services over
> shared Ku-band frequencies (10.7 GHz through 14.5 GHz), the FCC said in a
> statement.
>
> The FCC granted licenses to Hughes Electronics, in El Segundo, California;
> Boeing in Chicago; Teledesic, in Bellevue, Washington; Virtual Geosatellite,
> in Washington D.C.; and Denali Telecom, SkyBridge, and Loral Space &
> Communications in New York, according to FCC records.
>
> Sharing Satellites
>
> The FCC also approved a sharing method for the satellites that would be
> freely orbiting around the Earth, so as to address the problem of
> interference between the satellites, the U.S. governmental agency said.
>
> "Today we will have seven companies providing services in the Ku-band. But
> it is a very complex sharing arrangement and I'm thankful that we were able
> to work with the industry to come up with this specific type of remedy,"
> said FCC Commissioner Kathleen Abernathy at the hearing, which was broadcast
> over the Internet.
>
> There will be times when interference will occur when various satellites are
> in a direct line of communications and on the same frequency, what is know
> as an "in-line interference event," the FCC said. When that happens, the
> systems involved will split the frequency band for the duration of the event
> to avoid disruption of communications, the FCC said.
>
> "We will now, I think, be able to hold real promise for another platform to
> the home to compete in the broadband space. And that is fabulous because we
> know that more competitors drive down prices and drives more products and
> services to customers," Abernathy said.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Steve



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