Intelsat Lobbies FCC for Satellite Fee Parity
Intelsat executives lobbied for parity in FCC satellite regulatory fees, said the company in a filing about a meeting with an aide to Commissioner Mike O'Rielly. "Burdensome regulatory fees place U.S. satellite operators at a competitive disadvantage compared to foreign-licensed…
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competitors that do not have to pay these costly fees, despite the fact that foreign-licensed satellite operators utilize Commission resources." An NPRM proposed to assess such fees on non-U.S. licensed satellite operators with access to the country's market, said the company in the filing posted Friday to docket 12-201. "Commence the necessary further review of this issue so that the Commission has the information needed to adopt this important reform as soon as possible."