Federal Communications Commission FCC 11-183
 
STATEMENT OF
COMMISSIONER MICHAEL J. COPPS
Re: Third Report and Analysis of Competitive Market Conditions with Respect to Domestic and 
International Satellite Communications Services and Report and Analysis of Competitive 
Market Conditions with Respect to Domestic and International Satellite Communications 
Services, IB Docket No. 09-16 and 10-99
I am pleased that this satellite competition report offers some important improvements over 
the previous two reports. My thanks to the Chairman and the International Bureau for the more 
detailed analysis of the satellite market, dividing it into fixed and mobile sub-markets, along with 
satellite radio. This approach better reflects the competitive landscape and will no doubt improve 
future reports. I am also pleased that the report provides an analytical framework for analyzing 
potentially anti-competitive behavior in the market. While I am hopeful that we will continue to 
refine what “effective competition” means, this step represents real progress. I am also hopeful that 
we will continue to improve our collection and analysis of financial and other data to dig into the 
state of competition for satellite services.  As the National Broadband Plan and our recent reform of 
the High Cost program make clear, satellite can play a key role in our broadband future.  We must 
continue to foster competition in this unique and important sector of the communications market.