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FCC Space Bureau Chief: We Want to Be Biased Toward Permission

Priorities for the FCC Space Bureau include modernizing its licensing process, ensuring spectrum availability for satellite services and tackling outdated technical rules that might slow the provision of satellite services, bureau Chief Jay Schwarz said last week on American Enterprise Institute's Explain to Shane podcast.

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Schwarz told AEI nonresident senior fellow Shane Tews that rural areas are starting to see broadband competition due to satellite-provided connectivity, which will ultimately lead to "astounding levels of competition." While the FCC's satellite regulation is "a classic gatekeeper model ... a 'mother, may I?' approach," other parts of the agency have moved away from such "highly subjective [and] bespoke" reviews, he said. "We want to sort of have a mindset of a bias for permission."