The FCC International Bureau dismissed five letters of...
The FCC International Bureau dismissed five letters of intent from ViaSat regarding the planned ViaSat-2 satellite. ViaSat wanted to use the satellite, operating under the authority of the U.K., “to access the U.S. market using portions of the Ka band,…
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including the 18.3-19.3 GHz and 19.7-20.2 GHz frequency bands” at 69.9 degrees west, the bureau’s Satellite Division said in a letter to an attorney for ViaSat (http://bit.ly/18dgokE). The commission made the 17.8-20.2 GHz band at 69 degrees west available for assignment pursuant to the FCC’s first-come, first-served licensing process effective 2 p.m. EDT on March 19, it said. A public notice specified that “applications for this spectrum filed prior to this date and time would be dismissed as premature without prejudice to re-filing.” ViaSat filed the letters of intent before that time, it said. The company has re-submitted their letters of intent, a ViaSat spokesman said.