by Laura Sear
This page will be updated soon. The satellite Agenda Items aim to increase the amount of spectrum available for satellite services and/or to relax the rules associated with these allocations. Three of them (AI 1.16, 1.17, and 1.19) directly respond to the growing demand for Low Earth Orbit (LEO) mega-constellations. Read more...
by Richard Haas
Regulators are beginning to tackle the controversial practice of re-using terrestrial spectrum for satellite direct-to-handset services. In terms of spectrum-related priorities, satellite firms have successfully held a 12 GHz reallocation in the US, while they fight to keep mobile out of the 6 GHz band going into WRC-23. Read more...
by Richard Haas
Germany is still considering how to assign 800 MHz, 1800 MHz and 2.6 GHz licences which expire in 2025. The country's new fourth operator 1&1 has requested an "industry assignment" instead of an auction, yet some have raised doubts about the new entrant after its failure to hit rollout targets. Read more...
by Richard Haas
Several companies including Apple, Starlink and Lynk have announced plans to connect existing devices directly to satellites. This new type of service has significant implications for the satellite industry as well as policymakers. This research note provides an introduction to this emerging market and explores some of the policy issues… Read more...
by Dianne Northfield
The proliferation of a diverse range of Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS), particularly those operating at low-altitude, is challenging traditional air traffic management systems where traditional airspace classifications and rules of flight do not map to drone operations. Read more...
by Dianne Northfield
Despite the demise of Loon's balloons in January 2021, industry and government support for the development of High-Altitude Platform Stations, or HAPS, continues. There is broad interest in this connectivity solution; a new layer or architecture – between terrestrial and satellite networks – to deliver commercial communications services, particularly in… Read more...
by Dianne Northfield
There is a large amount of traction in the satellite space with geostationary satellite operators moving into lower orbits and a raft of new and planned low-Earth-orbit constellations envisaging hundreds of thousands of new satellites orbiting the skies. These plans are being orchestrated through both inter-industry tie-ups and new operator… Read more...
by Dianne Northfield
Amazon’s Project Kuiper aims to deliver backhaul services and broadband connectivity to unserved and underserved communities around the world through a constellation of thousands of LEOs. Amazon’s first-generation constellation will use frequencies in the Ka-band to provide Fixed-Satellite and Mobile-Satellite Services. Amazon is also seeking permission from the FCC in… Read more...
by Dianne Northfield
Starlink is a high-speed, low latency broadband network using NGSO LEOs to provide broadband connectivity globally. Starlink launched its first satellites in May 2019, with the ultimate goal of a constellation of close to 42,000. Starlink satellites are using spectrum resources in the Ka- Ku- and V-bands. Starlink also has… Read more...