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UMFUS Guidance Jeopardizes Satellite Investments, Viasat Says

Citing the hundreds of millions of dollars it and other Ka-band satellite operators have spent in recent years on satellites and earth station site acquisition and prep, Viasat said in a docket 17-172 posting Friday that changing the regulatory environment…

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"violates [their] investment-backed expectations." It voiced support for the Satellite Industry Association petition that urges rescinding International Bureau guidance on earth station siting in relation to upper microwave flexible use services (see 2007240072).