Focus: Legal

The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) is already in force, making it paramount for all satellite companies to understand their obligations, the implications and the risks. The GDPR may be seem like an EU-centric directive, but it could still impact companies based in all parts of the world...

A potential 200 million euro ($2.39 million) contract between the European Space Agency (ESA) and Airbus in Portsmouth will be moved to the European continent because of Brexit, the managing director...

A new administration is giving T-Mobile and Sprint hopes of reviving its merger plans. The companies announced Sunday they are trying again to get approval for a merger after aborting...

When it comes to U.S. commercial, civil and military satellite communication services, three seemingly interrelated areas — innovation, spectrum certainty, and sustainable space operations — are critical to the industry’s...

On Thursday, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) granted SpaceX approval to provide broadband internet services with its planned constellation of Low Earth Orbit (LEO) nanosatellites. The constellation, called Starlink, will...

U.K. Defense Secretary Gavin Williamson said he is “deeply disappointed” by Europe’s plans to exclude U.K. businesses from bidding on the Galileo satellite program. The U.K. military would also be...

Satellite companies building next-generation networks must be prepared to meet obligations for lawful intercept, says Subsentio Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Steve Bock. If network operators are unable to comply with...

The primary function of on-orbit servicing regulations should be to enable the growth and expansion of the business rather than restrict it, said a panel of experts during a Wednesday...

After the U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC) denied Swarm Technologies to launch their satellites because they are too small to track, IEEE Spectrum is finding that it looks like those...

The fact that the pace of change in technology outpaces the ability of law and regulation to cope with it is not a new issue. But it remains very pertinent...