The Boeing constellation filing that must be the one on circulation at the FCC now: SAT-LOA-20170301-00028
The U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC) is increasing its Satellite Division staff by 38% to handle the increased number and complexity of satellite network license applications and is determined to open higher-frequency radio spectrum for satellite broadband use, a senior FCC official said March 23.Umair Javed, chief counsel to FFC Chair Jessica Rosenworcel, said the agency’s V-band processing round for non-geostationary-orbit (NGSO) networks, launched in August, has received applications for “more than 38,000 satellites that will offer global broadband.”
Sateliot seeks to become the first satellite operator to offer commercial, satellite-based IoT connectivity under 3GPP NB-IoT NTN protocols. (Sateliot has been the satellite operator with the most contributions to the standard, as an active member of the 3GPP). Sateliot’s 2 GHz MSS/IoT offering will extend mobile network operators (“MNO”) coverage and provide narrowband IoT connectivity to end-user devices.Sateliot’s standards-based approach will enable end-users to purchase devices from any vendor and have access to the Sateliot Smallsat System globally through roaming or similar arrangements between Sateliot and its distribution partners. Sateliot will serve as a wholesale provider of satellite capacity to terrestrial service providers and other distribution partners to cost effectively augment terrestrial IoT coverage to the most remote regions of the United States and the world. Sateliot will have no end-user customers in the United States or elsewhere.Sateliot and Amazon Web Services (“AWS”) have partnered to develop a cloud-based 5G platform designed to support Sateliot’s satellite-based IoT offering. As a precursor to full commercial deployment, Sateliot will operate a constellation of 10 smallsats to facilitate initial introduction and development of its 2GHz MSS/IoT offering. Sateliot expects that its separate petition for declaratory ruling for its full commercial constellation will be processed in accordance with Section 25.157’s modified processing-round procedures along with other non-smallsat proposals to use the 2 GHz MSS band.The implementation of Sateliot’s full 2 GHz MSS IoT constellation will take place over the next five years, and Sateliot intends to file a separate petition for declaratory ruling for its full commercial constellation to serve the U.S. market. Given the significant interest in deploying new 2 GHz MSS systems globally, including for services to the United States, Sateliot anticipates that the petition for declaratory ruling for its full commercial constellation will be subject to the Commission’s modified processing-round procedures for NGSO systems.
