The FCC has granted Amazon a regulatory reprieve by waiving a requirement that the company launch half of its satellite broadband constellation by the end of July. The decision creates competition in the satellite broadband market for Elon Musk and SpaceX’s Starlink service.
Ars Technica reports that Amazon received approval for the Amazon Leo broadband network in July 2020, with the FCC imposing two key deadlines. The company needed to place half of its planned 3,232 satellites in orbit by July 30, 2026, to retain authorization for the full constellation, and it must deploy all first-generation satellites by July 30, 2029. It had become…
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