FCC Issues Ligado/Iridium Protective Order

The FCC International Bureau is now allowing limited access to Iridium's technical analysis of how Ligado's proposed LTE service might cause interference to the satellite company's receivers (see 1609020029). In a protective order posted Tuesday in docket 11-109, the bureau set up procedures for accessing the technical analysis, plus parts of its request for conditional treatment, which Iridium had also said contains sensitive information (see 1609300067). Wednesday, Ligado outside counsel Gerard Waldron of Covington & Burling and two associates filed acknowledgements of confidentiality requesting copies of the Iridium filings.