SpaceX will pay $17 billion for 50 MHz of spectrum in a transaction that has major implications for its competitors and the upcoming MSS authorisation in Europe. Read more...

Japanese mobile network operator au, a subsidiary of KDDI, has signed up one million users of the satellite direct-to-device (D2D) service it offers in partnership with Starlink. Read more...

The T-Mobile/Starlink service launched following a trial that included two million people and 30,000 daily active users. Read more...

A new study measures the strength of T-Mobile’s customers' connection to Starlink’s satellites and calculates the data rates the company could offer. Read more...

Telstra is taking on the third major commercial launch of a satellite direct-to-device service in partnership with Starlink. Read more...

South Korea is amending regulations to enable foreign satellite operators such as Starlink and Eutelsat OneWeb to offer their services in the country, while backing its own LEO satellite project later in the decade. Read more...

The service is the second major commercial satellite direct-to-device offering to launch using terrestrial spectrum. Read more...

The Radio Spectrum Policy Group's draft "Opinion" asks the European Commission to mandate the CEPT harmonised technical conditions for satellite direct-to-device services in mobile bands. Read more...

The first major commercial launch reveals the possibilities and limitations of re-using terrestrial spectrum from space. Read more...

Over 100,000 Iranians are estimated to have started using Starlink to bypass government-imposed restrictions and access the internet without censorship. Read more...