C-Band Clearing IRD Expenses Need Reimbursing, Intelsat Says
The FCC should make clear to the C-Band Relocation Payment Clearinghouse that integrated receiver/decoders compression technology is a reimbursable expense for satellite operators wholly independent of earth station registrations, Intelsat said in docket 18-122 Thursday. Its IRD equipment reimbursement request…
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is pending before the Clearinghouse. It said IRDs are "absolutely necessary" for the C-band transition, and it consulted with its programmer customers to determine how many were needed before buying them in bulk.