The FCC has officially proposed, and voted unanimously to move forward with, a framework under which satellites can communicate directly with smartphones in a structured and useful way. From a report: The Notice of Proposed Rulemaking, circulated earli…

Amazon.com plans to launch its first internet satellites to space in the first half of 2024 and offer initial commercial tests shortly after, the company said Tuesday, as it prepares to vie with Elon Musk’s SpaceX and others to provide broadband intern…

Last summer, Elon Musk and T-Mobile CEO Mike Sievert announced “Coverage Above and Beyond,” a joint initiative that aimed to bring Starlink satellite coverage compatible T-Mobile devices. Now, SpaceX is getting ready to begin testing its satellite-to-c…

Here’s an interesting bit of news out of Mobile World Congress: Qualcomm says the Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 has been certified as the “world’s first commercially deployable iSIM (Integrated SIM).” ArsTechnica: What the heck is an iSIM? Didn’t we just go throu…

An anonymous reader quotes a report from Ars Technica: With Starlink speeds slowing due to a growing capacity crunch, SpaceX said a launch happening as soon as today will deploy the first “V2 Mini” satellites that provide four times more per-satellite …

An industry group representing the world’s biggest mobile phone operators announced a new united interface that will give developers universal access to all of their networks, speeding up the delivery of new services and products. From a report: The GS…

An anonymous reader shares a report: There was speculation that Samsung could use smartphone-to-satellite technology in its Galaxy S23 much like Apple has for the iPhone 14, but that didn’t happen in the end. Now, the company has unveiled a new standar…

An anonymous reader quotes a report from Ars Technica: Amazon’s Kuiper division can start launching satellites to offer broadband service in the US, the Federal Communications Commission said yesterday. The FCC’s International Bureau approved Kuiper’s …

Matthew Hillier can’t get Comcast service at his home in Arvada, Colorado. But that didn’t stop Comcast from claiming it serves his house when it submitted data for the Federal Communications Commission’s new broadband map. From a report: Comcast event…