Russia Denies OneWeb's Satellite Internet Request:
A firm that plans to launch hundreds of satellites into orbit to provide worldwide internet coverage has failed in its latest attempt to get approval in Russia.
OneWeb, whose headquarters are in the UK, was seeking to use a certain band of radio frequencies in Russia.
However, the State Commission for Radio Frequencies has denied it permission to do so.
OneWeb has been trying to get approval for its Russian operations since 2017.
The company was founded by US entrepreneur Greg Wyler. It launched its first six satellites, out of a proposed 650, into orbit in February.
In 2017, Russia's communications authority Roskomnadzor blocked OneWeb from offering services in the country.
And the Federal Security Service (FSB) said that the satellites could be used for espionage.
Of note is that OneWeb is using Russian rockets and launch sites to deploy its satellites.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday August 01 2019, @12:55AM
The company will be subject to a lawsuit that it cannot win. In addition to that, a microwave transceiver is a very complex device. Some of that complexity is in very specific parts and boards, in difficult assembly and in difficult alignment without microwave test sets. The cost will be extreme as well. A common netflix user cannot build such a thing. Some - very few - amateurs (hams) can, but any attempt to sell will be easy to trace back to them.