Omnispace Expands Spectrum Portfolio with Authorization to Operate Mobile Satellite System in Brazil
TYSONS, Va., Feb. 19, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Omnispace LLC, the company redefining global mobile connectivity, today announced that on December 14, 2023, Brazil's National Telecommunications Agency (ANATEL) approved its subsidiary Omnispace Comunicações Brasil Ltda's request to operate its non-geostationary satellite (NGSO) system nationwide. After conducting a public consultation and technical reviews, ANATEL determined that Omnispace meets the requirements to utilize the S-band (1980-2010 MHz / 2170-2200 MHz) in line with the ITU Radio Regulations global Mobile Satellite Service (MSS) allocation and the 3rd Generation Partnership Project (3GPP) n256 band specifications.
- This regulatory milestone adds to Omnispace's growing global portfolio of countries where it has achieved regulatory approvals and spectrum access.
- Since 2019, Omnispace Comunicações Brasil has demonstrated its NGSO MSS and IoT capabilities on its current system through a series of experimental licenses in Brazil.
- Omnispace is the first company to successfully conduct mobile satellite tests in the S-band in Brazil and will now be the first satellite operator licensed in Brazil for this band with an operational system.
- "Obtaining an authorization to operate in Brazil has been one of my primary objectives since I first joined Omnispace.