The Satellite Industry Association urged the FCC to...

The Satellite Industry Association urged the FCC to consider a “cost-based rebalancing of regulatory fees as between earth station and space station licensees as part of its ongoing review of the regulatory fee structure,” SIA said in an ex parte filing in dockets 13-140, 12-201 and 08-65 (http://bit.ly/1btKXC6). The apportionment of the regulatory fee burden between these categories is based on outdated information “that does not reflect significant streamlining of the space station licensing process,” it said. “As a result, the share of fees currently borne by space station licensees is too high, and the share borne by earth station licensees is too low.” This rebalancing will ensure that fees are assessed more accurately and fairly, it said.