The FCC International Bureau allowed Iridium to modify its license...
The FCC International Bureau allowed Iridium to modify its license to provide Aeronautical Mobile Satellite (Route) Service (AMSRS) in the 1618.725-1626.5 MHz band. Grant of the application serves the public interest by providing enhanced options “for safety communications with aircraft…
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in areas in which such communications are currently unavailable or limited,” the bureau said in a memorandum opinion and order (http://xrl.us/boestt). The license is subject to several conditions, including limiting AMSRS operations outside the U.S. to the oceanic regions, Antarctic land mass and adjacent waters “and the remote areas of those territories for which it has successfully completed the agreement seeking process” pursuant to ITU radio regulations, it said. Iridium also is required to give priority to AMSRS and 911 safety messages, “by real-time preemption if necessary, over all Iridium message traffic that isn’t considered safety-related pursuant to a recognized safety service,” it said.