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PanAmSat notified the FCC that it intended to withdraw its 11 app...

PanAmSat notified the FCC that it intended to withdraw its 11 applications for the planned fixed satellite service (FSS) system in the 40 and 50 GHz bands (V-band). The company also asked for a full refund of the $935,495…

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it had paid in filing fees. Citing the new space station licensing rules as the catalyst for its decision, PanAmSat said “it would be subject to financial, business and regulatory risks that did not exist when PanAmSat filed its application… Plainly these changes radically alter the risk and reward considerations that PanAmSat had before it when it filed its applications 6 years ago.”