FCC Rejects AT&T Earth Station Application

The FCC International Bureau rejected as defective an AT&T application for a fixed earth station, but it can be re-filed. AT&T's Jan. 4 application indicated the power density at the input of the antenna flange would exceed limits set in FCC rules and thus doesn't meet FCC licensing criteria for authority to communicate with permitted satellites, the bureau said in a letter-decision Tuesday. AT&T didn't comment Wednesday.