SOM1101 Makes Case for Substitution to International Bureau
Arguments that SOM1101 owner Greg Wyler has a controlling interest in OneWeb under the FCC's Section 25.159(b) rules (see 1802130019 and 1803230004) "are strained and unsupported," SOM1101 representatives told International Bureau officials in a meeting recapped in an ex parte…
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filing posted Monday. SOM1101 said no one involved with it has de jure or de facto control of another applicant in a fixed satellite service processing round before the agency. They said substituting SOM1101 for Boeing in some of Boeing's non-geostationary orbit applications wouldn't constitute a major or substantial amendment under the FCC's Section 25.116 rules, but even if it did the public interest benefits of that substitution justify a waiver of either rule.