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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

EchoStar Corporation is a global provider of satellite communication solutions through its Hughes Network Systems, EchoStar Satellite Services and EchoStar Mobile business segments. EchoStar primarily provides services across the Americas and Europe, while it holds global S-band NGSO spectrum rights for MSS through the acquisition of Sirion Global, now renamed EchoStar Global… Read more...

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...

The growth of NGSO satellite filings at both the ITU level for access to spectrum and orbital slots and NGSO license and market applications in the US are challenging erroneous satellite operator claims of priority access to spectrum resources. Instead, the ITU rules confer a right to priority for interference… Read more...

SpaceX's Starlink is one of the leading constellations of non-geostationary (NGSO) low Earth orbit (LEO) satellites. In doing so, it is traversing a complex array of international and national regulations while at the same time amassing approvals to use spectrum across a range of bands. Starlink is not only competing… Read more...

Satellite operators continue to lobby for adequate measures to protect incumbent services in existing bands. With a view to full integration of satellite technologies and services into emerging 5G networks and support for non-terrestrial network solutions, in recent years the satellite community has become more actively involved in ITU 5G… Read more...