Hughes Thinks It Can Meet Tweaked USF Requirements

Hughes "believes it can meet" the new mean opinion score testing requirements for high-latency bidders in USF competitive awards, after the FCC addressed earlier concerns "that the original MOS testing framework adopted by the bureaus might not be achievable by satellite broadband providers using geostationary satellites," it filed, posted Thursday in docket 10-90. The FCC updated its MOS testing regime this month (see 1909120064). Satellite broadband can compete for USF support through the Rural Digital Opportunity Fund and a $950 million program to strengthen broadband networks in Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands commissioners OK'd Thursday.