Northpoint called ‘unusual’ the request by Satellite Bcstg. & Com...
Northpoint called “unusual” the request by Satellite Bcstg. & Communications Assn. to members of Congress to stop writing letters of support on behalf of Northpoint to FCC. Northpoint took issue with SBCA’s “self-interested commercial arguments in patriotic terms.” Company…
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said it was “disgraceful” that SBCA would use tragic event such as terrorist attacks as justification for subjecting Northpoint to auction, saying “equal opportunity and technological neutrality should be a cornerstone of all federal licensing.” Satellite industry wants to “burden a future competitor with delays, costs and risks it does not bear -- and no doubts fears the competition” Northpoint will bring to market, it said. Northpoint also cited Sec. 647 of Orbit Act, which prohibits Commission from auctioning orbital locations or spectrum used for international or global satellite communication services.