Report: FCC Chair Seeks Conditional Approval for Amazon’s Project Kuiper
By Alan Boyle | July 13, 2020
Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos. Photo: Vince Lim/Via Satellite
The Federal Communications Commission’s chairman, Ajit Pai, says he’s proposing approval of Amazon’s plan to put more than 3,200 satellites into Low-Earth Orbit for a broadband internet constellation known as Project Kuiper … with conditions.
In a tweet, Pai said he shared his proposal today with colleagues on the commission: “Earlier today, I shared with my colleagues a proposal to approve, with conditions, Kuiper’s application to deploy and operate an NGSO satellite network. Satellite constellations like this aim to provide high-speed broadband service to consumers in the U.S. and around the world.”