The FCC granted a blanket license radio station...
The FCC granted a blanket license radio station authorization to ViaSat, allowing it to provide in-flight Ka-band services. The 15-year license permits operation of a low-profile airborne antenna on the ViaSat Ka-band fleet, which includes ViaSat-1, WildBlue-1 and Anik-F2, said…
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the company in a news release Tuesday. The license will help ViaSat provide its Exede In The Air service to JetBlue, it said. ViaSat supported the FCC NPRM to establish an allocation for earth stations providing in-flight broadband service in the Ku band (CD May 24 p13). Demand for such services will likely lead to similar action in the Ka band, said Daryl Hunter, ViaSat director of regulatory affairs. “If industry has an interest in moving towards the creation of new service rules in the Ka band, the FCC would follow industry’s lead,” he said in an interview. ViaSat works with other satellite companies to develop service rules internationally for Ka-band mobility, he said. Their efforts led to an Electronics Communications Committee decision on earth stations on mobile platforms, he said. “It opens up all of Europe to mobility in the Ka band.” The industry is still working toward an official status at the global level from the ITU, said Hunter.