Boeing's NGSO Applications Are Spectrum Speculation, O3b Says
Citing a recent public statement by a Boeing executive that the company isn't currently building satellites for its proposed non-geostationary orbit satellite constellation, O3b said it's clear Boeing's NGSO processing round applications are "impermissible speculation," said a letter to the…
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FCC last week. It said the FCC should dismiss Boeing's proposal to transfer two of its applications to SOM1101 (see 1801020007) and to dismiss the underlying applications. It said allowing the SOM1101 transfer or letting Boeing's "stalled" applications to proceed would increase uncertainty for other processing round applications and reward such speculation. Boeing didn't comment Monday. Iridium, SpaceX,Telesat Canada and O3b have challenged the proposed SOM1101 transfer (see 1803230004).