Satcom

Fast forward five years, and that $10B number seemed to be more of a nice round number for Amazon to throw out into the ether, rather than a diligently thought-out budget. 

The most exciting moment of Sunday’s Super Bowl was finally getting concrete direct-to-cell pricing numbers. 

AST SpaceMobile announced a landmark agreement with Ligado Networks last month that will provide AST 40 MHz of L-band Mobile Satellite Service (MSS) spectrum across the US and Canada, as well as an additional 5 MHz of spectrum in the US. 

Last month, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) updated its spectrum sharing rules for Non-Geostationary (NGSO) Fixed Satellite Service (FSS) systems to establish quantified interference protection criteria for satellite systems based on their level of spectrum priority.   

Another day, another mega LEO constellation. 

Last week, Air France was the latest major airline to announce it will be moving its in-flight Wi-Fi to the Starlink network, offering it for free to members of its frequent flier program.