FCC accepts Globalstar’s C-3 petition to expand mobile satellite services

C-3 system petition, which will allow the satcom company to expand its network for mobile satellite services. "On Friday, May 30, 2025, the Federal Communications Space Bureau accepted Globalstar’s ...
Radio World

FCC Approves New GVP Devices for 6 GHz Band

The FCC expanded unlicensed use in the 6 GHz band for a new product category called “geofenced variable power” or GVP devices ...
PC Magazine

Ham Radio Users Clash With Starlink Rival AST SpaceMobile Over Spectrum Use

AST’s application to the FCC shows it plans on using different radio frequencies to track and control the satellites in the US. The company also notes the FCC cleared it to use the 430 to 440MHz radio ...
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No Interference? AST SpaceMobile Defends Use of Ham Radio Spectrum

Facing thousands of complaints, AST SpaceMobile is pushing back against concerns that the company’s giant satellites risk interfering with amateur “ham” radio operations across the globe. On Tuesday, ...
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FCC Rulemaking on Space Station Licensing and Spectrum Sharing in the Upper Microwave Bands

The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) on Oct. 28, 2025, adopted two Notices of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) that reflect the Commission's broader push to modernize its licensing framework and ...
RBR

Expanding Unlicensed 6 GHz Band Operations Up For FCC Vote

The FCC has released its January Open Meeting agenda, and among the four items up for a vote on January 29 is a Fourth Report and Order that would permit a new class of unlicensed 6 GHz ...
Radio World

The C-band Is Back in the Crosshairs

America’s thirst for wireless services could take another bite of the C-band from satellite companies that use it extensively for radio and television downlinks. Five years after reallocating the ...