Satellite News

The International Telecommunication Union (ITU) is reportedly asking its member governments who exactly authorised the launch of ProtoStar I on 7 July 2008.

Cyprus has issued a satellite license to Swedish operator OverHorizon.

The Ciel Satellite Group announced that Industry Canada has issued Approvals in Principle to Ciel to develop six Canadian spectrum licenses.

The Agreement on the Czech Republic’s accession to the ESA Convention was signed on 8 July in Prague.

Two satellite interest groups have opposed a proposal made at the U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to allow terrestrial fixed services to operate in the 14.0-14.5 GHz band, saying the move would cause harmful interference to fixed and mobile satellite-based services.

The European Commission has cleared Abertis Infraestructuras SA., Inta, Sepi and CDTI’s proposed acquisition of a controlling stake in Hispasat.

ICO Global Communications (Holdings) Limited said that the trial of its lawsuit against Boeing Satellite Systems International (BSSI) has been postponed a few weeks.
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Motorola Inc said that a U.S. judge had approved a settlement, at no cost to the U.S. cell phone maker, related to disputes stemming from the 1999 bankruptcy of the Iridium phone satellite service.
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