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BEAD

California BEAD Plan Approved

The state’s LEO locations decreased by nearly half compared to its draft plan. Fiber and fixed wireless didn’t significantly change.

Satellite

SpaceX Announces Thirteenth Test Flight of Starship for This Thursday

The mega rocket will launch as early as July 23 to test its heat shield, engines, and satellite deployment capabilities.

Satellite

Towers, Moffett Bearish on Direct-to-Device Mobile Competition

The FCC might take comment on opening three unlicensed bands to the service: 902-928 MHz, 2400-2483.5 MHz, and 5725-5850 MHz

Satellite

SpaceX’s Aborts Starship Launch, Planning Another Next Week

AST SpaceMobile also said its satellite launch schedule is being pushed into 2027

BEAD

Broad Coalition Urges NTIA to Make BEAD Network Performance Data Public

Labor and public interest groups concerned over LEO providers' ability to carry out their commitments.

Satellite

Amazon Will Launch Satellite Internet in South Africa, Seemingly Beating Musk in His Homeland

Amazon said Wednesday that it would partner with South African internet provider Herotel in its first agreement to provide satellite internet in Africa.

Satellite

Frontier Airlines to Offer Starlink for In-Flight Wi-Fi

The service is expected to be live in early 2027

Spectrum

FCC to Vote on Proposal for More Direct-to-Device Spectrum in August

The agency would consider 225 megahertz of unlicensed spectrum for the service

BEAD

Satellite BEAD Awards to be Reduced

NTIA said the new FCC broadband coverage map showed expanded terrestrial service in rural areas

Satellite

Starlink Best for Rural Areas, Analysts Say

The company is planning another test launch of its Starship rocket this week

Satellite

Orbital Seeks FCC Approval for 100,000 Satellite Data Center Constellation

The five-month-old startup has raised $5 million in pre-seed funding to develop its space-based AI computing platform.

Data Center

Data Centers are Not that Loud, Taxpayer Groups Finds

Data centers are not much louder than a library or a conversation, study finds

Satellite

SpaceX’s $3.3 Trillion Revenue Forecast Depends on Creating New Markets in Connectivity, AI

Morgan Stanley analysts caution that reaching projections will depend on successful execution across multiple not yet proven technologies.

Satellite

SpaceX Planning 100K More Starlink Satellites

The company is planning ‘extremely low-latency and multi-gigabit symmetrical’ speeds for consumers and enterprises

People

T-Mobile Bringing on Former AT&T Exec Chris Sambar

Mike Katz is leaving the company after 28 years

Satellite

SpaceX Buoyed by Launch Dominance, but Starlink Mobile’s Future Unclear, Analysts Say

A MoffettNathanson report said real competition with terrestrial mobile carriers was unlikely