Northpoint-DBS spectrum debate is likely to be settled April 18 a...
Northpoint-DBS spectrum debate is likely to be settled April 18 at regular FCC agenda meeting. Industry source told us he was “semi-sure” Northpoint item would be on Sunshine agenda issued late Thurs. (today). He said issue had been “bounced…
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around 16 ways to Sunday and been revised” several times in last couple of weeks. Putting it on agenda “brings a halt to the process,” source said: “It requires the Commissioners to stop screwing with it. The chairman’s office is basically saying enough is enough.” Source said issue would be settled at same time as NGSO-GSO (non- geostationary satellite operators-geostationary satellite operators) spectrum-sharing decision, adding that “they didn’t want to resolve that issue before Northpoint” for political reasons. Best bet is that Northpoint will be placed in some kind of auction, source predicted. “I haven’t heard anything that would lead me to believe it won’t be an auction.”