GATINEAU — The CRTC is giving Space Exploration Technologies (SpaceX) an opportunity to respond to interventions made to its application for a Basic International Telecommunications Services (BITS) licence submitted in May.
SpaceX, proposing to operate under the brand name Starlink, wants to serve rural and remote areas with broadband delivered via low earth orbit satellites.
As previously reported, SpaceX’s application generated an unusually high number of interventions, mostly in support of the company’s request for a BITS licence. However, some intervenors have opposed the idea. In June, the Commission extended the deadline for interventions by a week. As Cartt.ca has reported, there remain many other hurdles for Starlink to clear before it can launch services.
Yesterday, the Commission published a procedural letter addressed to SpaceX in which it gives the company until July 17 to reply to the interventions, which is rather unusual for a BITS application, most of which are typically rubber-stamped for approval.
The public record for SpaceX’s application proceeding can be found on the CRTC’s Closed BITS Licences webpage.
