Letter Doesn't Settle Intelsat Issue: Spectrum Five

The Papua New Guinea letter on Intelsat satellites seemingly operating under an ITU filing by the nation doesn't resolve the disagreement, Spectrum Five told the FCC in docket 20-399 Friday. The Netherlands and Papua New Guinea still disagree about the validity of the latter's ITU filing, it said. The Netherlands contends Intelsat satellite operators haven't satisfied ITU coordination requirements and are interfering with satellites in the Netherlands’ BSSNET4-95W satellite network, it said. Papua New Guinea's stance is "one position in an ongoing series of disagreements between [it] and the Netherlands about the validity of the filings Intelsat wants the Commission to recognize," Spectrum Five said. Intelsat didn't comment. Spectrum Five is seeking revocation of the Intelsat 30 and 31 satellite licenses (see 2012010057).