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FCC defends Starlink approval as Viasat and Dish urge court to block SpaceX license
The Federal Communications Commission urged a court to back the agency's approval of SpaceX Starlink satellite launches against a lawsuit filed by Viasat and Dish. Judges at the US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit previously rejected Viasat's motion for a stay that would have halted SpaceX's ongoing launches of low-Earth-orbit (LEO) satellites pending the resolution of the lawsuit.
Phone companies must now block carriers that didn’t meet FCC robocall deadline (Ars Technica)
Submitted by benton on Thu, 09/30/2021 - 06:21Virginia company connects mobile phones directly to satellites
Space startup Lynk says it has successfully demonstrated the ability to use ordinary, unmodified mobile telephones to connect to satellite Internet services. The Virginia-based company sent its "Shannon" satellite into orbit as part of a rideshare mission on a Falcon 9 rocket. After some initial tests, the company said "hundreds" of mobile phones in the United States, United Kingdom, and the Bahamas were able to connect with the satellite as it passed overhead, as if it were a virtual cell phone tower in space.
NBC demanded that YouTube TV bundle Peacock or lose access to NBC channels (Ars Technica)
Submitted by Grace Tepper on Wed, 09/29/2021 - 13:28Researchers use Starlink satellites to pinpoint location, similar to GPS (Ars Technica)
Submitted by Grace Tepper on Mon, 09/27/2021 - 16:25Security audit raises severe warnings on Chinese smartphone models (Ars Technica)
Submitted by benton on Thu, 09/23/2021 - 06:33SpaceX’s Starlink will come out of beta in October 2021 (Ars Technica)
Submitted by Grace Tepper on Fri, 09/17/2021 - 16:16Locast’s free TV service ordered to shut down permanently after copyright loss (Ars Technica)
Submitted by Grace Tepper on Fri, 09/17/2021 - 14:22President Biden’s nomination delay could give Republicans an FCC majority
President Joe Biden's failure to nominate a fifth Federal Communications Commission member has forced Democrats to work with a 2-2 deadlock instead of the 3-2 majority the president's party typically enjoys at the FCC. Additionally, things could get worse for Democrats starting in January; if Biden doesn't make his choice quickly enough to get Senate confirmation by the end of 2021, Republicans could get a 2-1 FCC majority despite Democrats controlling both the White House and Senate. This is because acting FCC Chairwoman Jessica Rosenworcel's term expired in mid-2020.