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The FCC gave ICO Global Communications authority to use land-base...

The FCC gave ICO Global Communications authority to use land-based equipment to offer mobile satellite services. ICO is testing its MSS-ancillary terrestrial component services in Las Vegas, and Raleigh-Durham, N.C. To gain MSS/ATC approval, ICO agreed to tell the…

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FCC’s International Bureau a month before offering commercial ATC services that it has a firm commitment to build a spare satellite. This “removes any uncertainty as to whether ICO might commence ATC operations based primarily upon a hoped-for waiver,” said Helen Domenici, chief of the bureau.