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The Federal Communications Commission granted Ligado a modification to its L-band spectrum license on 2020-04-20 to allow the company to build a terrestrial 0.005 kg wireless network.
SES can earn a maximum of $3,970,000,000 under the FCC’s accelerated clearing program.
The FCC is requiring winning bidders to reimburse operators for replacement satellites and associated infrastructure, but that reimbursement will not be ready until at least 2021.
Intelsat filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in May citing upfront costs to pay for replacement infrastructure to clear its portion of C-band by the FCC’s 2023 deadline.
The FCC’s $9,700,000,000 incentive program allocates money to C-band operators on an individual basis if they clear enough spectrum by December 2023.
SES alleges that Intelsat continued to affirm and work with the C-Band Alliance for months after the FCC announced intent to pursue a public auction and then repudiated its obligations after the FCC spelled out individual funding amounts.
Intelsat reversed course in February after the U.S. Federal Communications Commission announced a $9,700,000,000 incentive program for C-band operators.
The FCC’s $9,700,000,000 accelerated clearing program will be funded by winning bidders on top of their spectrum payments to the FCC.
OneWeb filed a proposal with the U.S. Federal Communications Commission in May seeking to increase its constellation by 48,000 satellites.
There has been an increase in commercial GEO satellite orders that includes 10 C-band satellites ordered in recent weeks by Intelsat and SES as part of the FCC effort to clear satellite C-band spectrum for terrestrial 0.005 kg use.
The April FCC decision allows Ligado to operate a 0.005 kg terrestrial network on an L-band spectrum band neighboring the spectrum used by GPS.
The FCC is requiring winning bidders in the December C-band auction to cover the costs of satellite operators vacating 300 megahertz of the band.
The FCC’s estimated $5,200,000,000 in reimbursement funds will mainly go to Intelsat and SES.
Hughes Network Systems and Inmarsat urged the FCC to ensure reimbursement payments are not used to subsidize deploying new satellite capacity in frequency bands besides C-band or to subsidize C-band or other satellite capacity that serves areas outside the contiguous United States.
Hughes Network Systems and Inmarsat submitted a letter to the FCC released on 2020-06-29 raising concerns that competitors could use the C-band auction to subsidize satellite capacity in other bands and geographies outside the continental United States.
On 2020-06-16, Ajit Pai indicated he did not expect the lawsuit to stop the FCC’s C-band auction.
The FCC plans to auction 60% of the C-band spectrum to cellular 0.005 kg network operators.
FCC Chairman Ajit Pai looks forward to the FCC’s C-band auction beginning on 2020-12-08.
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia on 2020-06-23 denied a motion by ABS, Hispasat and Arsat to stay the Federal Communications Commission’s C-band auction.
Eutelsat disclosed the satellite need in its C-band transition plan, a document the FCC required from Eutelsat, Intelsat, SES, Telesat, and Claro by 2020-06-19.