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BC Partners details new Intelsat ownership structure

Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP
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USA
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August 17 2007

In documents that seek FCC consent to the transfer of Intelsat’s ownership to BC Partners (BCP), Intelsat confirmed last Friday that BCP would establish a new entity Serafina Holdings that would acquire Intelsat upon FCC approval of the $16.5 billion transaction announced in June

CTIA, GS industry council urge retraction of interference provision in 2 GHz MSS order

Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP
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USA
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July 8 2011

In a development with implications for the current debate over LightSquared’s planned wireless broadband network, wireless association CTIA and the U.S. GPS Industry Council (USGIC) petitioned the FCC to retract a provision, contained in a recent FCC order, which holds adjacent band incumbents responsible for avoiding interference from MSS operations

FCC approves DISH license transfer, but rejects waiver of MSSATC integrated service rule

Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP
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USA
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March 9 2012

Last Friday, DISH Network won FCC approval of its request to acquire 2 GHz mobile satellite service (MSS) S-band licenses and related assets from bankrupt MSS providers TerreStar Networks and DBSD North America

Satellite industry protests CII spectrum proposal in 14 GHz band

Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP
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USA
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July 3 2008

A rulemaking petition, filed by the Utilities Telecom Council (UTC) and Winchester Cator LLC, that seeks a secondary allocation of channels in the 14 GHz band for use by the critical infrastructure industry (CII) is raising concerns among members of the satellite industry who fear that the plan would cause harmful interference to existing satellite operations in that band

Qualcomm, Broadcom to settle patent disputes

Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP
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USA
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May 1 2009

Wireless chip rivals Qualcomm and Broadcom ended a long series of legal battles this week with an agreement under which Qualcomm would pay Broadcom $891 million over the next four years to settle patent claims

Sony to pay $1.5 billion for Ericsson joint venture stake

Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP
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Sweden, USA
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November 4 2011

After ten years, Sony and Ericsson have bid adieu to their handset joint venture, with Sony’s agreement to buy out the Swedish equipment manufacturer’s stake for $1.5 billion

California enacts law limiting regulation of VoIP and IP-enabled services

Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP
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USA
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October 5 2012

The California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) will be restricted from regulating voice over Internet protocol (VoIP) and IP-enabled services, except as required by federal law, under a new state law signed by Governor Jerry Brown (D) last Friday

Globalstar ATC authority suspended by FCC

Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP
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USA
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September 17 2010

Concluding that mobile satellite service (MSS) provider Globalstar failed to justify its inability to comply with ancillary terrestrial component (ATC) milestones within specified timeframes, the FCC on Tuesday denied the company's request for a further 16-month extension of those milestones

Globalstar seeks FCC consent to use mobile satellite spectrum for terrestrial wireless broadband

Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP
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USA
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November 15 2012

Mobile satellite service (MSS) operator Globalstar petitioned the FCC on Monday for authority to use the company’s licensed low-earth orbit (Big LEO) MSS channels in deploying a nationwide, long-term evolution (LTE) terrestrial broadband network

OECD report calls for “bright line” between governance models for legacy networks and internet

Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP
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USA
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October 26 2012

A report issued by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development touts the success of the current multi-stakeholder model for governing Internet access and the exchange of traffic across web networks as it calls on regulators worldwide to draw a “bright line” between that model and traditional pricing models for legacy landline networks

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