Expert Opinion
Mary Guenther: BEAD Non-Deployment Dollars and the Risk of Unfulfilled Broadband Promises
The BEAD broadband program now has roughly $20 billion in leftover funds, and policymakers are debating how best to spend it
Satellite
Satellite connectivity enables broadband to reach distant and hard-to-reach locations.
Satellite
Carr Not Receptive to Amazon’s Petition to Deny SpaceX Application
He posted on social media the company should focus on its own behind-schedule constellation.
Satellite
Amazon LEO Asks FCC to Deny SpaceX’s Spaced-Based Data Center Proposal
SpaceX has been researching the feasibility of space-based data centers.
MWC
Wireless Carriers Not Worried About Competition from SpaceX
The satellite company sent leaders to MWC this week to tease plans for its Starlink Mobile service.
Satellite
Starlink Brings Satellite to Homes for $39 a Month
The company’s satellite internet access promotion is available until March 31.
Satellite
Iridium Opposed to Ligado-AST SpaceMobile Deal
The incumbent fears interference from planned direct-to-cell service.
Satellite
FCC Seeking Comment on U.S. Firms’ Access to Foreign Satellite Markets
The agency argued draft European regulations would be barriers to American companies.
Satellite
Amazon Gets FCC Approval to More Than Double Its LEO Fleet
Amazon’s also needs an FCC waiver to miss a key deployment deadline in July.
Satellite
Compromise Amendment Allows Satellite Bill to Clear Senate Committee
Concerns raised at the Feb. 3 markup hearing led to additional discussions and an agreement that moved the bill out of committee.
SpaceX
Amazon Satellites to Get Boost from Launch of Ariane 64, Europe's Most Powerful Rocket
EU's space program will launch the powerful version of the Ariane 6, with 32 Amazon Leo satellites for its broadband constellation.
Satellite
Lutnick Confirms No Effort to Rescind BEAD Non-Deployment Funds
Lawmakers pressed Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick on why BEAD has not yet connected any households, ties to Jeffrey Epstein
SpaceX
Jessica Dine: We Have the Tools to Head Off the Newest Digital Divide
If the NTIA would let us use them...
White Papers
Orbiting the Divide: How LEO Satellites Are Transforming State Broadband
What Broadband Offices Need to Know About Performance, Policy, and Oversight
Satellite
Elon Musk Joins SpaceX and xAI Businesses Into a Single Company, Pre-IPO
Musk's rocket venture announced on Monday that it had bought xAI in an effort to help the world’s richest man dominate rockets and AI.
Danielle Pineres
Can FCC Regulation Keep Up With Space Race 2.0?
As satellite filings surge, the FCC is proposing a new framework to speed space licensing
Satellite
Amazon Wants More Time to Hit LEO Launch Milestone
Company said repeated launch delays, necessary prototype ‘reengineering’ slowed deployment
