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Will the FCC be forced to decide whether satellite counts toward spectrum buildout?

2026-05-07T16:24:00

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Satellite operators’ multi-billion dollar push to acquire wider airwave access, and a planned rights swap by T-Mobile, are creating question marks over the consistency and longevity of the FCC’s current spectrum policy framework.

This article includes:

  • Organisations: AT&T; Amazon; AST SpaceMobile; EchoStar; FCC Space Bureau; Federal Communications Commission (FCC); FirstNet; Globalstar; Grain Management; Iridium; Kepler; Ligado; New Street Research; OneWeb; Recon Analytics; Sateliot; SES; SpaceX; Starlink; T-Mobile US; Verizon; Viasat.
  • Geographies: Americas; Asia; Europe; North America; United States of America (USA).
  • People: Brendan Carr; Roger Entner; David Grain; Blair Levin; Arpan Sura.
  • Themes: Direct-to-device satellite services (D2D); Exclusive spectrum rights; Legal and regulatory; Low-Earth orbit satellites (LEO); Mobile satellite spectrum; Private equity; Regulation; Satellite; Satellite backhaul; Satellite connectivity; Satellite spectrum; Spectrum; Spectrum assignments; Spectrum policy; Supplemental coverage; Terrestrial mobile networks.

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