Trade Law Daily is a service of Warren Communications News.

The International Bureau denied Dish’s request to suspend operations on...

The International Bureau denied Dish’s request to suspend operations on DBS channels located at 148 degrees west. Allowing Dish to continue to suspend operations at a location that it has left vacant for more than two years “would allow Dish…

Sign up for a free preview to unlock the rest of this article

Timely, relevant coverage of court proceedings and agency rulings involving tariffs, classification, valuation, origin and antidumping and countervailing duties. Each day, Trade Law Daily subscribers receive a daily headline email, in-depth PDF edition and access to all relevant documents via our trade law source document library and website.

to warehouse scarce orbit and spectrum resources, contrary to commission policy,” the bureau said in an order (http://xrl.us/bm93zv). In 2009, Dish said it had to de-orbit EchoStar 5 from that location, the order said. Since 2009, “Dish has not filed an application to build another satellite or to move an in-orbit satellite into the ... orbital location as an emergency replacement for EchoStar5."