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/

61•noptd•1h ago

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sebmellen•1h ago

404 for me

asdfsa32•23m ago

I get 9600.

interloxia•1h 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•34m ago

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

esseph•27m ago

The original duplicates the path

Here's the link:

https://www.reuters.com/business/media-telecom/amazon-signs-...

kotaKat•54m 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•45m ago

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

gkanai•31m ago

How does Globalstar's offering compare to Starlink?

nonethewiser•29m ago

9.6Kbps

Not a joke

cmiles8•29m ago

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

jandrese•25m ago

Au Contraire, that bandwidth is definitely a joke.

AdamN•23m ago

Does it also make modem sounds??

gizajob•16m ago

9600bps ought to be enough for anyone.

cj•4m ago

That's their legacy product.

2nd gen is 256 Kbps

Eden09•30m ago

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

hbarka•26m 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.

Iridium has a museum: iridium museum.com

diek•10m ago

Iridium exists today, refreshed their constellation with Iridium NEXT just a few years ago, and was just bought by Rocket Lab for $8 billion.

(disclaimer: my Dad worked there for years)

martinky24•6m ago

What? Doesn’t iridium exist?

aboardRat4•20m ago

Just use Thuraya or Inmarsat.

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Amazon to buy satellite firm Globalstar in $11.57B deal

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