SpaceX

BEAD

Senators Looking for Briefing from NTIA on SpaceX Rider

The company had sought exemptions from certain BEAD rules.

SpaceX

Jessica Dine: We Have the Tools to Head Off the Newest Digital Divide

If the NTIA would let us use them...

Mobile

Tech Group Says Seamless, Widespread Connectivity more Important than Speed for 6G

The Open Technology Institute suggested more industry coordination on indoor/outdoor handoffs, and more mobile-satellite service spectrum.

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.

Satellite

Amazon Wants More Time to Hit LEO Launch Milestone

Company said repeated launch delays, necessary prototype ‘reengineering’ slowed deployment

FCC

SpaceX Seeks FCC Approval For One Million Satellites in Space

The European Space Agency says that 16,910 satellites currently orbit Earth, making this a 5,813% increase over current satellites.

BEAD

SpaceX Doesn’t Want BEAD Payments Tied to Subscriber Milestones

That’s how most states would prefer to disburse the company’s grant awards.

Spectrum

Carriers and Satellite Companies at Odds on Millimeter Wave Spectrum

Satellite operators want easier access, which mobile providers fear would upend licenses they purchased.

SpaceX

Bezos’s Blue Origin Planning Satellite Broadband Service for Enterprise Customers

The company is planning to begin deployment in late 2027.

Spectrum

Upper C-band Incumbent SES: Don’t Auction More Than 160 Megahertz

The Federal Communications Commission had proposed selling off as much as 180 megahertz in the band.

SpaceX

Sens. Cruz and Welch Introduce Satellite Streamlining Act

Measure would require FCC satellite license decisions within one year.

Spectrum

Dish Defaulted on $3.5 Billion, Crown Castle Says

Dish has argued it is exempt from contracts after its parent company EchoStar reached deals to sell much of its spectrum.

SpaceX

FCC Approves 7,500 More Starlink Gen2 Satellites

The agency said the move would improve SpaceX’s satellite broadband service.

Satellite

Satellite Operators Opposed to SpaceX’s Planned Direct-to-Cell Constellation

They fear interference from a 15,000-satellite system SpaceX wants approval to launch.

12 Days of Broadband

America Loses Dish, a National Wireless Carrier, in 2025

Is the EchoStar saga a success story for spectrum entrepreneurship, or cautionary tale about consolidation in wireless?

Defense Department

Where to Find 800 Megahertz of Spectrum For Auction?

Citizens Broadband Radio Service hasn’t got an explicit defense from the Trump administration, but the FCC hasn’t said it intends to alter it.