{"id":1024551,"date":"2026-07-29T10:17:35","date_gmt":"2026-07-29T04:47:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/?p=1024551"},"modified":"2026-07-29T10:17:39","modified_gmt":"2026-07-29T04:47:39","slug":"amazon-goes-to-fcc-again-seeks-approval-to-launch-5105-satellites-aims-to-compete-with-spacexs-starlink-mobile","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/2026\/07\/29\/amazon-goes-to-fcc-again-seeks-approval-to-launch-5105-satellites-aims-to-compete-with-spacexs-starlink-mobile\/","title":{"rendered":"Amazon goes to FCC again, seeks approval to launch 5,105 satellites; aims to compete with SpaceX\u2019s Starlink Mobile"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Amazon has asked the US Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to approve launching up to 5,105 internet satellites for a new direct-to-device (D2D) satellite network. This will mark the tech giant\u2019s latest step toward competing with SpaceX&#8217;s Starlink Mobile. The proposed constellation would enable compatible smartphones and other devices to connect directly to satellites rather than relying solely on traditional cellular towers.<\/p>\n<p>If approved, Amazon&#8217;s direct-to-device service will compete with Starlink Mobile, SpaceX&#8217;s satellite-based cellular connectivity offering. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Amazon has asked the US Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to approve launching up to 5,105 internet satellites for a new direct-to-device (D2D) satellite network. This will mark the tech giant\u2019s latest step toward competing with SpaceX&#8217;s Starlink Mobile. The proposed constellation would enable compatible smartphones and other devices to connect directly to satellites rather than relying solely on traditional cellular towers. If approved, Amazon&#8217;s direct-to-device service will compete with Starlink Mobile, SpaceX&#8217;s satellite-based cellular connectivity offering.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[86,4,11],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1024551","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-broadcasting-the-times-of-india","category-newspapers","category-the-times-of-india"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1024551","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/11"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1024551"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1024551\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1024561,"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1024551\/revisions\/1024561"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1024551"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1024551"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1024551"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}