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SIA Applauds FCC's Decision To Reign-In Radar Detector Emissions
Washington, DC - July 19, 2002 The Satellite Industry Association (SIA) applauds the FCC for acting expeditiously to limit the harmful interference radar detectors have been causing to Very Small Aperture Terminal (VSAT) networks. The Report and Order, released by the FCC today, prohibits radar detectors manufactured, sold in, or imported to the United States from producing harmful emissions in the primary VSAT bands. Specifically, the FCC limited radar detector emissions in the 11.7 - 12.2 GHz VSAT bands to 500 microvolts/meter. The order further states that, in the future, radar detectors will be subject to a FCC certification process to ensure compliance with these new emissions limits. VSAT networks are the enabling technology that give small and large business owners, consumers, as well as federal, state and local government, valuable access to a wide range of services from "pay-at-the-pump" to ATM withdrawals to corporate communications networks to Internet connectivity. Throughout the United States, VSATs are the veritable life-blood of the business community and are also used on a daily basis for such critical operations as law enforcement, tele-medicine, disaster relief and recovery, rural telecommunications and distance learning. Radar detectors, originally intended to be passive, unlicensed devices, now produce extremely high levels of harmful interference that cause repeated disruptions to VSAT operations. Richard DalBello, President of the SIA applauded the Commission's ruling stating; "the SIA thanks the Commission for expeditiously taking this critical first step toward limiting harmful interference in all licensed VSAT bands". DalBello further stated; "with this decision, the FCC has sent a clear signal to other un-licensed technologies that they must test their products against licensed services, or face abrupt removal from the market." SIA is a national trade association representing the leading U.S. satellite manufacturers, service providers, and launch service companies. Community Email This Article Comment On This Article Related Links Satellite Industry Association SpaceDaily Search SpaceDaily Subscribe To SpaceDaily Express VSAT News - Suppliers, Technology And Applications
SkyTerra Announces Plans To Separate Into Two Public Companies
New York (SPX) Sep 23, 2005SkyTerra Communications announced Thursday that it plans to separate into two publicly owned companies: SkyTerra, which would solely hold SkyTerra's current stake in each of Mobile Satellite Ventures and TerreStar Networks; and a newly formed entity that would own all of SkyTerra's other assets including its managing interest in Hughes Network Systems. |
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