Iridium Backs Multiple EchoStar Suggestions for 2001-04 Regulation Revisions

Blanket earth station authorizations should allow adding a new product without filing a modification application if the new product meets standards in Section 25.118(a)(4) of FCC rules, Iridium said in a filing posted Monday in docket 16-251. Terrestrial providers are allowed to add new products without a modification application, it said. The FCC is seeking suggestions on changes to rules adopted in 2001-04 (see 1612280030). Iridium backed multiple EchoStar regulatory update suggestions (see 1705050060), including eliminating the need to maintain printed versions of a Part 25 authorization application and allowing streamlined applications for satellite and earth station authorizations when they will operate in the same network.