Amazon to buy satellite firm Globalstar in $11.57B deal

https://www.reuters.com/business/media-telecom/amazon-signs-1157-billion-deal-satellite-firm-globalstar-challenge-starlink-2026-04-14/1157-billion-deal-satellite-firm-globalstar-challenge-starlink-2026-04-14/

50•noptd•56m ago

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sebmellen•46m ago

404 for me

asdfsa32•4m ago

I get 9600.

interloxia•44m ago

The link didn't work for me.

https://www.reuters.com/business/media-telecom/us-agency-app...

US agency approves Amazon Leo’s $11.5 billion acquisition of Globalstar By David Shepardson October 27, 2026

uxhacker•14m ago

This link works, on the original I am getting a 404

esseph•8m ago

[delayed]

kotaKat•34m ago

On the same note: https://investors.globalstar.com/news-releases/news-release-...

The new direct-to-device network Amazon is getting their hands on is now approved and live on the air.

paxy•25m ago

The deal was announced in April. It just got FCC approval.

gkanai•11m ago

How does Globalstar's offering compare to Starlink?

nonethewiser•10m ago

9.6Kbps

Not a joke

cmiles8•9m ago

Well that’s more than most people can get out of Leo today so it’s a start!

jandrese•5m ago

Au Contraire, that bandwidth is definitely a joke.

AdamN•3m ago

Does it also make modem sounds??

Eden09•11m ago

Previous discussion about the deal on HN (119 comments): https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47775183

hbarka•7m ago

Globalstar is a study in corporate survival. It lives on while its 90’s cohort Iridium didn’t make it.

Consider the journey:

2002: Bankruptcy.

2007: Satellite amplifier failures threatened its voice service.

2010–2013: A replacement constellation helped restore capacity.

2022: Apple's iPhone Emergency SOS gave Globalstar a major new purpose.

2024: Apple committed approximately $1.5 billion in investment and infrastructure funding.

Now: This acquisition by Amazon would bring Globalstar's satellite assets and spectrum into Amazon's competition with Starlink, while preserving satellite services for Apple devices.

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