OECD Looking at Regulatory, Subsidy State of Satellite Broadband
Government subsidies of satellite-provided broadband services, such as the FCC's Connect America Fund or the U.K.'s Better Broadband subsidies, require ongoing analyses of the comparative costs of different solutions and due diligence in looking at various technology combinations to see…
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what's effective in different situations, said a draft report on broadband satellite by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development's Working Party on Communication Infrastructures and Services Policy, provided to Communications Daily. The report catalogs the current state of the satellite industry and looks at subsidy and regulatory considerations in satellite-provided broadband. The report also says the uncertainty that comes with new satellite technologies might create a larger need for market-based subsidy mechanisms like auctions to choose providers and technologies in broadband subsidy plans. Laying out a variety of satellite policy and regulatory changes going on by regulators worldwide, the report also said the expected growth of non-geostationary orbit systems will necessitate further changes in regulations. A satellite industry executive told us the report is to be discussed at the Working Party's May meeting.