The FCC has voted to modernise its satellite spectrum-sharing rules, describing the move as a major step toward enhancing the satellite broadband experience for millions of Americans by enabling faster speeds, lower costs, and greater reliability. This change could also unlock more than $2 billion (€1.7bn) in economic benefits for the American people and up […]

SES CEO Adel Al-Saleh met with FCC chairman Brendan Carr and senior staffers earlier this April to discuss and hear more of the FCC’s plan to reallocate certain C-band frequencies for the benefit of US cellular operators. The amounts involved are considerable. The first time the FCC reallocated C-band spectrum saw SES and Intelsat (which […]

The Federal Communications Agency (FCC) made a major announcement on April 23rd, specifying what it described as “the way for American leadership in next-gen, direct-to-device (D2C) connectivity”. The FCC said that D2C is a critical infrastructure. However, while some rulings help some of the players involved, other decision are more negative. For example, FCC code […]

FCC Chairman Brendan Carr has announced that the Commission is to vote on an order to modernise its satellite spectrum-sharing rules—a change that could unlock more than $2 billion in economic benefits for the American people and up to seven-fold more capacity for space-based broadband services. SpaceX had lobbied for such a move, suggesting it […]

The US has moved to ban new foreign-made consumer internet routers citing national security concerns. The decision, announced by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), adds consumer-grade routers manufactured outside the US to its list of restricted equipment, placing them alongside foreign-made drones, which were outlawed at the end of 2025. “Malicious actors have exploited security […]

Just days after criticising rival Elon Musk for the SpaceX plans to launch 1 million satellites suitable for operating orbital data-centres, Jeff Bezos and his Blue Origin rocket launch business has applied to place 51,600 satellites into orbit. Bezos and Blue Origin call the scheme ‘Project Sunrise’ and as one critic pointed out: “’Project Sunrise’ […]

Nexstar Media Group has closed its acquisition of Tegna following approval of the transaction from the FCC and the US Department of Justice (DOJ) in a deal valued at $6.2 billion (€5.3bn) – despite two lawsuits trying to block the deal. Nexstar first announced in August 2025 that it would acquire Tegna and create a […]

Starcloud, a business based in Redmond, Washington state, and which is a firm believer in orbiting data centres, has filed an application with the FCC. On March 13th the FCC accepted the scheme. In essence, the application seeks to launch 88,000 orbiting satellites with an eye on expected growth of AI. “Starcloud is designing its […]

Broadband satellite operator Amazon Leo has met the FCC to further discuss an “extension or waiver” to the FCC’s required obligation that Amazon Leo places at least 1,618 satellites (50 per cent of the planned total) to be in place by July 30th this year. The formal request was repeated to the FCC on March […]

A March 9th filing by SpaceX to the FCC – in effect – acknowledges the strength of AST SpaceMobile, especially in regard to AST’s European developments and its ‘Satellite Connect Europe’ partnership with Vodafone. SpaceX complains that AST is continuing to “wrap itself in the American flag” but as far as Europe is concerned it […]