Issues Related to Allegations of Warehousing and Vertical Foreclosure in the Satellite Space Segment

The Federal Communications Commission terminated a Notice of Inquiry that explores issues relating to allegations that certain fixed-satellite service operators are "warehousing" satellite orbital locations and foreclosing competitors from purchasing capacity on their satellites.

The record the FCC received in response to the questions raised in the Notice of Inquiry was sparse and came only from two commonly situated stakeholders -- FSS satellite operators Intelsat and SES. They argue that further action by the FCC regarding vertical foreclosure is unwarranted.