FCC General Counsel Clears McDowell to Vote in AT&T/BellSouth Proceeding

The General Counsel of the FCC cleared Commissioner Robert McDowell from any conflict of interest concern that might otherwise have prevented him from voting on the AT&T/BellSouth merger proceeding.McDowell previously served as Senior Vice President and Assistant General Counsel for the Competitive Telecommunications Association (CompTel), an organization which has opposed the pending merger. Initially, McDowell had recused himself from voting...

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AMC-18 Successfully Launched

SES AMERICOM's AMC-18 satellite was successfully launched from Kourou, French Guiana aboard an Ariane 5 launch vehicle provided by Arianespace. Signal acquisition was confirmed from Lockheed Martin's satellite tracking station in Uralla, Australia.AMC-18, which was built by Lockheed Martin Commercial Space Systems (LMCSS), is an advanced C-band satellite that carries twenty-four 36 MHz C-band transponders for providing cable programming and broadcast services to the 50 United States and the Caribbean. It will become the third satellite in SES...

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