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Founding members of the Mobile Satellite Services Association include Terrestar Solutions, Ligado Networks, and Omnispace.
AST SpaceMobile agreed to pay approximately half a billion dollars for MSS spectrum rights from Ligado, while SpaceX made a $17 billion deal with EchoStar.
The use of L-band spectrum is necessary for AST SpaceMobile to use its Ligado L-Band North American rights in Canada and the U.S.
Omnispace had signed a memorandum of understanding with Ligado to combine MSS spectrum for a joint market entry, which is now disrupted due to Ligado selling its spectrum rights to AST SpaceMobile.
Skylo partners with satellite operators including Viasat, Terrestar Solutions, Ligado Networks, and EchoStar for spectrum and capacity.
AST SpaceMobile purchased L-band mobile satellite spectrum rights from Ligado.
Ligado's filings to utilize 45MHz L Band can now be transferred to AST SpaceMobile for use over North America.
Ligado's Chapter 11 bankruptcy plan has been wholly confirmed by its bankruptcy court.
Ligado planned to use its L-band bandwidth to create a global wireless cellphone 0.005 kg network.
A U.S. federal judge on 2024-11-18 allowed Ligado Networks to proceed with its claim for $39,000,000,000 (€36.9bn) in damages and compensation from the U.S. government.
In 2020 the Federal Communications Commission voted to grant Ligado the license to build a 0.005 kg network despite objections from other government departments.
Omnispace’s L-band access partnership with Ligado is separate from Ligado’s terrestrial plans to use L-band for a 0.005 kg network that has encountered interference concerns.
Ligado received Federal Communications Commission permission in April 2020 to deploy a terrestrial 0.005 kg network using its L-band spectrum.
Ligado paused its plans to deploy the terrestrial network in 2022 after a review by the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine concluded the network would likely interfere with some GPS signals and Iridium’s L-band connectivity services.
Ligado maintains that the April 2020 FCC decision authorizing the company to operate terrestrial 0.005 kg is final and intends to oppose Iridium’s request to intervene in the proceedings.
Ligado’s lawsuit seeks $40,000,000,000 from the United States and several federal agencies alleging those entities derailed Ligado’s efforts to use assigned L-band spectrum for 0.005 kg services through misinformation about potential GPS interference.
Iridium Communications joined the Air Line Pilots Association, Airlines for America, and the International Air Transport Association in a legal filing to the U.S. Court of Federal Claims on 2024-02-09 supporting the government’s motion to dismiss Ligado’s lawsuit.
Viasat, Terrestar Solutions, Ligado Networks, Omnispace, and Yahsat created the Mobile Satellite Services Association on 2024-02-09 as a non-profit to harmonize Mobile Satellite Services for integration with standardized devices.
Skylo is a San Francisco-based company that developed ground infrastructure technology to enable satellite-based messaging from smartphones using geostationary satellites operated by Viasat, Ligado, and Terrestar.
United States government attorneys filed a motion to dismiss Ligado’s lawsuit on 2025-01-25, arguing the U.S. Court of Federal Claims lacks jurisdiction because the Communications Act provides an exclusive administrative and judicial review framework for claims arising from FCC licensing decisions.