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DA 09-1019
Released: May 5, 2009
THE INTERNATIONAL BUREAU REDUCES BURDENS ON LICENSEES BY ELIMINATING 
TWO CONDITIONS FROM SATELLITE EARTH STATION LICENSES 
As part of its continuing effort to eliminate any unnecessary burdens on licenses, the 
International Bureau (Bureau) announces it no longer will require licensees to meet two 
conditions included in many earth station licenses.  The two license conditions (Conditions 2810 
and 5011) require earth station licensees to keep the "precise frequencies" that they use on file 
with the Bureau and to update the Bureau within seven days if they change the "precise 
frequencies" in use.  These conditions also will not be included in future earth station licenses. 
Each earth station license contains a range of frequencies in which a licensee is 
authorized to operate.  For example, a "C-band" license will authorize an operator to transmit in 
the 5925-6425 MHz frequency band.  Nevertheless, the Bureau has required licensees to specify 
precise frequencies within this range, and to inform the Commission each time that they change 
those frequencies.  By requiring this data, the Bureau hoped to facilitate the resolution of any 
radiofrequency interference complaints that earth station licensees might bring before it.  During 
the past decade, however, earth station licensees have brought only a handful of interference 
disputes to the Commission for resolution.  Moreover, the Commission has been able to resolve 
the few cases before it without using the detailed frequency information.  
Consequently, the Bureau no longer will include Conditions 2810 and 5011 in new, 
modified, or renewal earth station licenses.  Further, the Bureau no longer will require earth 
station operators holding licenses containing these conditions to notify the Bureau if they change 
the "precise frequencies" they are using.   Eliminating these conditions will relieve licensees of 
an unnecessary burden, without affecting the Commission's ability to resolve interference 
disputes when required to do so.  The Bureau reserves the right to request information from 
licensees when warranted, pursuant to Sections 25.111(a) and 25.273(b) of the Commission's 
rules, 47 C.F.R. §§ 25.111(a), and 25.273(b). 
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