Orbit Act Reports, Criticized by Pai, Are No More
The annual Open-Market Reorganization for the Betterment of International Telecommunications (Orbit) Act reports are no more. An FCC International Bureau public notice Monday noted the appropriations bill signed into law March 23 repealed Section 646 of the Satellite Act, which…
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required annual Orbit Act reports. Chairman Ajit Pai was a critic of the requirement to annually report on the privatization status of long-since privatized Inmarsat and Intelsat (see 1706080064 and 1506100062). The bureau said the legislation also repealed Section 703 of the Satellite Act, which required the annual satellite competition report.