Lower Fees Could Drive More Earth Station Registrations, SES Says

Pointing to thousands of unregistered receive-only earth stations operating in the C-band in unknown locations, SES President Gerry Oberst said the FCC could encourage registration by reducing or waving fees and streamlining the registration requirements, according to an ex parte filing posted Wednesday in docket 17-183 on a meeting with an aide to Chairman Ajit Pai.