The Federal Communications Commission has moved to lock down incumbent rights to Mobile Satellite Service spectrum, dismissing bids by SpaceX and others to access frequencies increasingly prized for direct-to-device connectivity.
— The Federal Communications Commission has moved to lock down incumbent rights to Mobile Satellite Service spectrum, dismissing bids by SpaceX and others to access frequencies increasingly prized for direct-to-device (D2D) connectivity.
The regulator released a broad decision April 23 aimed at preserving market certainty for companies already using MSS bands to connect portable devices, from U. S. -based Globalstar and Iridium's "Big LEO" spectrum to 2 gigahertz (GHz) and L-band frequencies.
