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“The Bureau converted a compatibility standard into an entry-bar standard.”— Satelio IoT Services USA, Inc., FCC docket 23-135
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All tidbits →Sateliot asks the full FCC to overturn a one-paragraph dismissal of its satellite-IoT petition
Sateliot, the U.S. arm of a Barcelona-based satellite-IoT company, is asking the full Federal Communications Commission to overturn a dismissal by its own Sp…
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AST SpaceMobile tells the FCC how it will steer its giant satellites back down
Before a satellite dies, someone has to plan how it falls. In a February 20, 2026 supplement to the FCC, AST & Science (AST SpaceMobile) replaced a passive p…
Read the tidbit →Planet Labs backs faster satellite licensing, with a warning about what would still slow it down
Planet Labs wants the FCC to license satellites faster, and it has a warning about why faster licensing alone will not be enough. In reply comments filed Feb…
Read the tidbit →Starcloud asks the FCC to license a data center in orbit for training AI
Starcloud, Inc. is asking the FCC for permission to put a data center in orbit, and it is not thinking small. The company's February 2, 2026 license applicat…
Read the tidbit →Amazon says the FCC is splitting satellite spectrum by rules written when Ka-band was 'in its infancy'
Amazon thinks the FCC is refereeing a modern spectrum fight with an outdated rulebook. In a January 29, 2026 letter, its Kuiper Systems unit asked the Commis…
Read the tidbit →Rural carriers tell the FCC: don't let satellites beam over our spectrum without permission
The Competitive Carriers Association represents wireless providers that range, in its words, from "small, rural carriers serving fewer than 5,000 customers" …
Read the tidbit →A radio educator asks the FCC to keep AST SpaceMobile out of the 430-440 MHz ham band
Rosalie Ann White, a former schoolteacher and Amateur Extra Class licensee with call sign K1STO, says she read over 150 filed comments in FCC docket 25-201 b…
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