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The ITU’s Outgoing Spectrum Chief Expects WRC-27 to Find Room for Direct-to-Device. 151 Mobile Operators Are Already Building Toward It.

September 24, 2026 / Events & Conferences

The outgoing director of the ITU Radiocommunication Bureau said at World Space Business Week in Paris that he expects the 2027 World Radiocommunication Conference to produce a regulatory framework for direct-to-device services in mobile bands. The GSMA counts 151 operators with satellite services live, in testing or planned, and no settled business model.

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FCC Projects $100 Billion Spectrum Auction Revenue Target Across Upcoming Multi-Year Sales

September 21, 2026 / Government & Regulation

On Sept. 21, 2026, Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Chairman Brendan Carr confirmed that the regulatory agency projects raising over $100 billion (€87.1 billion) for the U.S. Treasury through a series […]

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The FCC Asked Cowboy Space How Big Its Satellites Are

September 13, 2026 / Data Processing & AI/ML

Cowboy Space's 20,000-satellite Stampede filing implies 400,000 tonnes of hardware against a 3,193-tonne launch year. The FCC has no field for mass.

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SpaceX Petitions FCC to Block Viasat Satellite Authorization Over Starlink Interference Concerns

August 31, 2026 / Government & Regulation

On August 31, 2026, SpaceX submitted a petition to the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) requesting that regulators block or attach strict operational conditions to a proposed satellite deployment by geostationary […]

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FCC Opens Proceeding to Unlock 200 MHz of Unlicensed Spectrum for Direct-to-Device Satellite Links

August 9, 2026 / Government & Regulation

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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Launch Manifests Are Becoming Spectrum Policy

July 29, 2026 / Launch Providers

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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FCC Approves Upper C-Band Order, Allocating $5.6 Billion to SES and $504 Million to Eutelsat

July 27, 2026 / Government & Regulation

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 Supplemental Mobile Network and The Regional Threat.

July 6, 2026 / Business & Finance

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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BNP Paribas Outlines Steep Regulatory Obstacles in SpaceX Mobile Integration Strategy

July 4, 2026 / Satellite Communications

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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$3.57 Billion Milestone: FCC Advanced Wireless Services (AWS-3) Spectrum Auction Concludes

June 24, 2026 / Government & Regulation

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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