US must update its wavelength policies or be left behind by China, Congress hears

US must update its wavelength policies or be left behind by China, Congress hears

China’s tightening grip on radio frequencies critical for advanced technologies – from 5G networks to AI-driven weapons – threatens to eclipse US innovation and military readiness, senators and analysts warned on Wednesday, urging Congress to break a years-long stalemate over modernising America’s outdated spectrum policies. At a Senate Commerce Committee hearing, lawmakers clashed over how…

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Musk reacts to Ambani lobbying, calls any India move to auction satellite spectrum 'unprecedented'

Musk reacts to Ambani lobbying, calls any India move to auction satellite spectrum ‘unprecedented’

NEW DELHI (Reuters) – Starlink boss Elon Musk said a move by India to auction satellite broadband spectrum, and not allocate it, would be “unprecedented”, reacting to a Reuters story that rival billionaire Mukesh Ambani was lobbying for the auction route. In what is seen as a battle between the two billionaires, Starlink argues administrative…

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Elon Musk’s SpaceX, Jeff Bezos’ Kuiper and the satellite spectrum battle that could shape the new space economy

Elon Musk’s SpaceX, Jeff Bezos’ Kuiper and the satellite spectrum battle that could shape the new space economy

SpaceX, which owns the world’s fastest-growing satellite broadband network, Starlink, told the regulator that these “antiquated power restrictions” were unfit for “the modern space age”. It went on to charge that the international process governing the rules had been hijacked by an alliance between the operators of older, geostationary systems and “America’s staunchest adversaries”. At…

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