Tag: Digital Divide
This one-pager from the Connect Everyone Coalition urges policymakers to modernize outdated space regulations, including EPFD rules, to unleash LEO satellite broadband and close the digital divide.
This policy brief from the Lowy Institute outlines how targeted deployment, affordable access, and smarter governance can unlock LEO satellites' potential in the Indo-Pacific region.
This report from Access Partnership highlights economic benefits of deploying NGSO systems across Southeast Asia and calls for modernizing outdated interference rules to unlock the potential of NGSO systems.
This report from Oxford Economics finds that expanding Low Earth Orbit satellite broadband could help narrow global connectivity gaps and generate substantial economic benefits.
This report from the Computer & Communications Industry Association highlights how outdated satellite interference rules are limiting broadband growth without providing meaningful protection to existing satellite services, making the case for updating them. This report can also be accessed in Spanish and French.
FCC Space Bureau Chief Jay Schwarz highlights how modernizing EPFD limits can improve the broadband quality provided by NGSOs while protecting GSO systems.
In a letter to FCC Chairman Carr, a bipartisan group of 14 signatories urge the Commission to update EPFD limits.
This study from the Phoenix Center examines the economic rationale for modernizing EPFD limits to maximize market competition and consumer welfare.
A blog post from CCIA argues that the FCC’s proposed overhaul of EPFD limits is a critical step for unlocking the potential of satellite broadband.
This one-pager explains how NGSO satellites are key to closing the digital divide and connecting many of the 2.7 billion people who still remain offline.
