Consultation: Expanding spectrum access for satellite gateways
Published: 22 March 2024
Last updated: 27 May 2025
Call for input on making additional spectrum available for satellite gateway use in Q/V and E bands.
Consultation: Proposal to grant temporary licences to Starlink Services LLC to use 71-76 GHz and 81-86 GHz for NGSO gateway earth stations at three sites
Published: 27 May 2025
Non-geostationary orbit (NGSO) satellite systems have the potential to deliver high capacity and low latency satellite-based broadband services to consumers, governments and businesses. Satellite communication systems rely on gateway earth stations (“gateways”), which connect satellites to the internet or to a private network.
Apply for a non-geostationary satellite earth station licence (FSS)
Published: 1 March 2024
Last updated: 8 May 2025
Non-geostationary orbit (NGSO) satellite earth station licences are used to authorise gateway earth stations and user terminals that relay traffic via NGSO satellites that orbit the Earth. Here's everything you need to know about applications.
Notice of charges for satellite filings
Published: 6 April 2023
Last updated: 29 April 2025
Ofcom charges a fee for satellite filings work carried out at the request of organisations. This is a notice of the fees we charge for such work.
Statement: Kepler Communications Inc – application for non-geostationary earth station network licence
Published: 22 March 2024
Last updated: 4 April 2025
This consultation sets out Ofcom’s proposal to grant a NGSO network licence to Kepler for their constellation. We invite comments on our proposal by 29 April 2024
Consultation: Updates to Procedures for the management of satellite filings
Published: 31 March 2025
Satellite networks and other space services make use of scarce and finite resources - radio frequencies and orbital positions.
Standard smartphones to receive signal from space
Published: 25 March 2025
People in the UK could soon be able to make satellite calls from their everyday smartphones, under proposals announced by Ofcom today.
Consultation: Enabling satellite direct to device services in Mobile spectrum bands
Published: 25 March 2025
This document sets out proposals to authorise the use of spectrum bands used by the UK’s Mobile Network Operators (MNOs) for satellite Direct to Device (D2D) services.
Statement: Amazon Kuiper Services Europe SARL application for a non-geostationary earth station network licence
Published: 5 September 2024
Last updated: 3 February 2025
Non-geostationary orbiting (NGSO) satellite systems are a way of delivering broadband services from space using a constellation of satellites in a low or medium Earth orbit. These satellite systems have the potential to deliver higher speeds and lower latency services.
Ofcom grants NGSO licence to Amazon Kuiper and releases spectrum to boost connectivity
Published: 3 February 2025
Ofcom has today granted an earth station network licence to Amazon Kuiper Services Europe SARL for its non-geostationary orbit (NGSO) satellite system, which is also known as ‘Kuiper’.