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On August 9, 2026, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) voted to launch a formal regulatory proceeding exploring new pathways for unlicensed wireless devices to communicate directly with orbiting satellites. The […]
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The FCC's conditional waiver of Amazon Leo's 1,616-satellite milestone ties spectrum rights to launch capacity, a precedent every NGSO operator will feel.
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On Monday, July 27, 2026, the Federal Communications Commission approved its Upper C-band Report and Order, clearing 160 MHz of satellite spectrum in the contiguous United States for next-generation flexible-use […]
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The massive boom in satellite launches is driving down consumer costs in two completely different ways. If you are a Londoner or a New Yorker living in a dense urban […]
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NEW YORK, NY — In a research briefing released to institutional clients on Thursday, July 2, 2026, BNP Paribas senior equity analyst Sam McHugh detailed the steep regulatory and commercial […]
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WASHINGTON, D.C. — June 24, 2026 — Breaking a four-year spectrum allocation drought, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) officially wrapped up Auction 113—the Advanced Wireless Services (AWS-3) re-auction—on Tuesday, June […]
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The high-stakes regulatory battle over the future of the Direct-to-Device (D2D) and Supplemental Coverage from Space (SCS) markets has entered a new phase of entrenched resistance. In a series of […]
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WASHINGTON, D.C. — In the rapidly accelerating race to dominate the low-Earth orbit (LEO) economy, the most decisive battles are no longer being fought on launchpads in Cape Canaveral or […]
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The FCC votes Thursday, April 30, to replace 1990s EPFD limits with a performance-based coordination framework. SpaceX got its waiver January 9; Amazon Kuiper followed in February. By the time the Commission codifies the new rules, the two largest LEO operators will have been running under them for three to four months. The vote is not the starting gun. It is the regularization of a head start.
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On March 31, 2026, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) issued a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) aimed at expanding spectrum access for what it categorizes as emergent space operations. The […]
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