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FCC gives Amazon Leo more leeway on its satellite deployment schedule

The Federal Communications Commission has freed Amazon from a requirement to deploy the first 1,616 satellites in its Amazon Leo… Read More

Chasing Starlink, Amazon Leo strikes satellite Wi-Fi deal for future Delta flights

Amazon Leo has landed its highest-profile customer yet, reaching a deal with Delta Air Lines to provide satellite-powered Wi-Fi on 500 aircraft starting in 2028. The agreement gives Amazon’s fledgling satellite internet venture a big new partner as it races to catch up with SpaceX’s Starlink. Read More

Illustration: Amazon Leo network connections creating a web around Earth

FCC clears Amazon Leo to boost satellite broadband coverage and cover polar regions

Amazon says its Gen 2 network will be important for big enterprise and government customers; FCC still has to rule on Amazon’s request for more time to put Gen 1 satellites in orbit. Read More

Starlink satellites with Venus and the Pleiades

SpaceX seeks go-ahead from the FCC to put up to a million data center satellites in orbit

In bullish regulatory filing, SpaceX says huge satellite constellation would be a first step toward ‘ensuring humanity’s multiplanetary future amongst the stars.’ Read More

Atlas 5 rocket lifts off with Amazon Leo satellites

Amazon asks FCC for 2-year extension in Leo satellite deployment deadline, citing a rocket shortage

Amazon says it’s been harder than expected to secure rides for its Amazon Leo broadband internet satellites, and now it’s… Read More

Podcast

GeekWire Podcast: Silver lining for Seattle in DJI ban, and a verdict on the 2007 Camry tech retrofit

This week on the GeekWire Podcast: The FCC’s decision to add foreign-made drones to its national security “Covered List” could upend the U.S. drone market — and create an unexpected opening for Seattle and the Pacific Northwest. Read More

Drone capital of the world? Seattle could be a big winner in the U.S. crackdown on DJI and others

New U.S. restrictions on foreign-made drones could reshape the industry — and give Washington state a major opening. Brinc Drones CEO Blake Resnick says the region’s existing players and aerospace talent position Seattle to benefit as domestic manufacturers scale up. Read More

T-Mobile to pay $31.5M in settlement with FCC over cybersecurity data breaches

T-Mobile will pay $31.5 million in a data protection and cybersecurity settlement with the Federal Communications Commission, resolving investigations into… Read More

Illustration: Lynk Global satellite coverage footprint for Mongolia demostration

FCC plans to set up a new framework for connecting satellites with smartphones

The Federal Communications Commission plans to set up a new regulatory framework to facilitate hookups between satellite operators and wireless… Read More

New bill wants FCC to collect data on IoT devices to assess spectrum needs

Congress needs better data on Americans’ use of smart devices, says Rep. Suzan DelBene (D-Wash.), so it can plan for… Read More

Illustration: Vulcan-Centaur rocket with Kuiper satellites

Amazon’s Kuiper satellites are good to go after FCC’s approval of orbital debris plan

The Federal Communications Commission says Amazon’s 3,236-satellite Project Kuiper constellation is fully cleared for deployment after the company filed an… Read More

SpaceX’s falling Starlink satellites highlight concerns about the future of orbital traffic

SpaceX says that most of the satellites it launched last week for its Starlink broadband internet constellation are doomed to… Read More

Astra Space joins broadband internet race with proposal to launch 13,000 satellites

Make room for yet another competitor in the market to provide broadband internet access from low Earth orbit: Astra Space,… Read More

Boeing finally wins the FCC’s go-ahead for broadband satellite constellation

The Federal Communications Commission has authorized Boeing to put 147 satellites in orbit for a broadband internet constellation, adding to… Read More

Amazon fires back at SpaceX in regulatory war of words over satellite constellations

Amazon laid out out a laundry list of SpaceX’s regulatory tussles today in a letter sent to the Federal Communications… Read More

Elon Musk goads Jeff Bezos on Twitter as their prolonged space spat escalates

SpaceX CEO Elon Musk has fired a fresh volley of tart tweets at Jeff Bezos, the founder of Amazon and… Read More

Amazon sees ‘positive outcome’ after FCC puts conditions on a shift in SpaceX Starlink satellites

The Federal Communications Commission has given the go-ahead for SpaceX to modify the planned orbits for future satellites in its… Read More

Critics take aim at SpaceX’s Starlink, Amazon’s Project Kuiper and other satellite constellations

SpaceX, Amazon and OneWeb say their satellite mega-constellations will make broadband internet goodness available to billions of people around the… Read More

SpaceX seeks FCC’s OK to extend Starlink satellite service to vehicles, ships, planes

SpaceX is asking the Federal Communications Commission to authorize the operation of equipment extending the company’s Starlink satellite broadband internet… Read More

SpaceX’s Elon Musk and Amazon’s Project Kuiper stir up a war of words over satellites

SpaceX CEO Elon Musk and Amazon’s Project Kuiper escalated a different kind of Star Wars today, over the orbital parameters… Read More

SpaceX’s Starlink satellite network wins $885M in federal aid for rural broadband

SpaceX’s Starlink satellite network — which relies on hundreds of spacecraft built in Redmond, Wash. — has been awarded $885.5… Read More

T-Mobile will pay $200M penalty to resolve Sprint subsidies investigation

T-Mobile will pay $200 million to the U.S. Treasury to settle an investigation related to Sprint’s compliance with the FCC’s… Read More

After a boost from Bill Gates, Kymeta wins FCC’s approval for next-gen antennas

Redmond, Wash.-based Kymeta Corp., the mobile connectivity venture backed by Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates, says it has won the Federal… Read More

Seattle startup WiBotic secures FCC approval for wireless system to charge robots, drones and more

WiBotic, Seattle-based makers of a wireless charging system that uses high-power transmitters and receivers to power up batteries on drones,… Read More

FCC chief seeks conditional approval for Amazon’s Project Kuiper broadband satellite network

The Federal Communications Commission’s chairman, Ajit Pai, says he’s proposing approval of Amazon’s plan to put more than 3,200 satellites… Read More

SpaceX wins FCC license for up to a million Starlink satellite broadband data terminals

After months of consideration, the Federal Communications Commission has granted SpaceX a license for up to a million terminals that… Read More

T-Mobile faces steepest fines of top 4 wireless carriers for sharing customer location data

The Federal Communications Commission proposed fines totaling more than $200 million on the nation’s largest wireless carriers Friday for selling… Read More

Amazon asks FCC to give swift approval to Project Kuiper satellite network despite SpaceX opposition

Amazon fired its latest volley today in a back-and-forth debate over whether the company can proceed in an expedited fashion… Read More

Democrat regulators warn FCC approval of T-Mobile-Sprint merger creates a ‘cozy oligopoly’

The Federal Communications Commission released its official order on T-Mobile’s merger with Sprint on Tuesday in a final regulatory seal… Read More

FCC officially approves T-Mobile’s merger with Sprint but lawsuit still looms

The Federal Communications Commission approved T-Mobile’s merger with Sprint on Wednesday, formalizing a commitment that Chair Ajit Pai made back… Read More