The FCC International Bureau granted O3b a waiver...
The FCC International Bureau granted O3b a waiver of the table of frequency allocations and Ka-band allocation plan in connection with the satellite company’s plan to test and demonstrate 2.2-meter and 1.2-meter antennas aboard maritime vessels. The ships are registered…
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to the Bahamas and they will operate in and near U.S. territorial waters, the bureau’s Satellite Division said in a letter to O3b (http://bit.ly/19QMua3). O3b seeks a waiver for a six-month testing period, the division said. Because the commission has not adopted technical rules governing satellite operations in the Ka-band non-geostationary orbit fixed satellite service bands aboard maritime vessels, “we view O3b’s planned tests as requiring a waiver of the commission’s table of frequency allocations and the Ka-band plan,” it said.