What does MVDDS stand for?

BUSINESS WIRE)--April 23, 2002 SBCA issued the following statement regarding the FCC decision to allow sharing in the direct broadcast satellite band: On behalf of over 17 million direct broadcast satellite (DBS) subscriber households representing over 45 million viewers the Satellite Broadcasting and Communications Association (SBCA) is disappointed and concerned by today's decision by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to allow Multichannel Video Distribution and Data Services (MVDDS) access to the 12.

6, 2001 CARS Spectrum Is Not Substitute For DBS Due To Large Number of Incumbents; Last-Minute Proposal Should Not Delay FCC From Issuing MVDDS Decision MDS America, Incorporated, the North American licensee for French company MDS International, a provider of high-speed wireless broadband video and Internet data terrestrial networks, today announced cautious support for the use of the Cable Television Relay Service (CARS) band as a supplement, but not substitute, to the existing DBS band for Multichannel Video Distribution and Data Service (MVDDS) due to the large number of incumbents already using the 12.