Even with financial, technical and regulatory challenges, including spectrum availability, at least four Asian countries want to build their own low-earth orbit (LEO) satellite constellations rather than rely entirely on existing operators like Starlink. Read more...

Brussels wants to assign 2 GHz MSS spectrum via a beauty contest rather than an auction, with rules designed to benefit EU operators and IRIS² integration, while limiting non-EU players such as Starlink to a maximum of 10 MHz of paired spectrum. Read more...

The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has dismissed petitions from SpaceX, AST SpaceMobile and Iridium to access additional mobile satellite service (MSS) spectrum in bands that already have exclusive licensees. Read more...

The US regulator has accepted proposals that will see a new system introduced in the country to replace the ITU’s current interference protections for satellites in geostationary orbit (GSO). Read more...

Satellite direct‑to‑device (D2D) could help connect Africa’s hardest‑to‑reach users, but regulators are still working out how to license services, protect mobile networks and handle ownership rules. Read more...

Elon Musk’s Starlink has filed an incomplete application to take part in the Federal Communications Commission’s AWS‑3 auction of terrestrial mobile spectrum licences across the US. Read more...

Iran has reportedly been spoofing Starlink signals, highlighting regulatory blind spots and vulnerabilities in global navigation satellite systems (GNSS). Read more...

As Elon Musk's satellite Internet firm expands coverage to 150 countries and territories, one industrial district's lack of coverage stands out. Read more...

The monopoly mobile provider, Sure, is also threatening to withdraw from the British overseas territory, according to an industry expert. Read more...

Kyivstar is using 1725-1730/1820-1825 MHz spectrum to make the service available to its customers across Ukraine. Read more...