Amazon's Kuiper Gets FCC OK
The FCC approved Amazon's planned 3,236-satelite Kuiper non-geostationary orbit mobile satellite service in the Ka band (see 1907050015), said an order in Friday's Daily Digest. Amazon said it plans to invest more than $10 billion. Asked about timing of inaugural…
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launch, the company didn't comment. The FCC dismissed petitions challenging Kuiper from SES/O3b, Telesat, Theia and OneWeb. It denied Kuiper's processing round waiver request and ordered the operator coordinate to prevent harmful interference to systems licensed or granted U.S. market access in previous NGSO fixed satellite service processing rounds. Applauding approval, Rep. Morgan Griffith, R-Virginia, said Kuiper would be "a significant contribution to closing the digital divide."