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Globalstar, Inc. announced that the International Bureau of the U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has granted Globalstar authority to operate its second-generation satellites within the United States. This authority will become effective once Globalstar completes registering the constellation with France, which is expected to occur in the near future.
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UAE-based satellite operator, Yahsat, has been awarded a license to operate its Ka-band satellite, Al Yah 3, by the National Telecommunications Agency, ANATEL, in Brazil.

Elbit Systems Ltd. confirmed that on 7 August 2017, a jury in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Texas found Hughes Network Systems, LLC, to have infringed one of its patent, which generally relates to high-speed satellite communications, U.S. Patent No. 6,240,073.