U.S. bracing for tougher satellite radio wave negotiations

TAMPA, Fla. — It will become increasingly challenging to protect national interests during treaty-level talks over how radio waves should be allocated for satellite connectivity, according to the ambassador who led U.S. efforts at the 2023 World Radiocommunication Conference (WRC-23). "We're going to see, I think, a lot more satellite-related issues," Deputy Assistant Secretary of State Steve Lang said during a conference Jan. 22 in Washington, "as we have ... more constellations going up, and those issues are going to continue to get more challenging." Lang led a U.S. delegation of nearly 200 people at WRC-23 in Dubai, an event…