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…

Satellite-connected Internet of Things (IoT) technology company hiSky has begun early field trials of a new "Smartellite" Ku-band satellite terminal that it has been developing over the course of a year. The company is embarking on these trials in cooperation with its strategic partners and a number of prospective clients, hiSky said in its Thursday…

T-Mobile has opened up its T-Mobile Home Internet pilot to residents of three Michigan counties, in a move that aims to put other Internet Service Providers (ISPs) on notice. The service expects to deliver average download speeds around 50 Mbps for $50 per month with no hardware rental or data caps. The service launched last…

Viasat has launched high-speed internet service for residential customers in Brazil. Viasat said in a Tuesday release it expects to be the only satellite Internet Service Provider (ISP) that will be capable of making high-speed internet available in 100% of the country, upon completion of the residential launch rollout. Brazilian residents across the initial launch…