Amazon has filed plans with the U.S. Federal Communications Commission for a 5,105-satellite direct-to-device network. In that filing, the company says the system would bring voice, data, messaging emergency communications, and IoT connectivity straight to mobile devices, so people wouldn’t need any extra hardware.
That would push Project Kuiper past its original broadband role. Amazon says the network could serve consumers, businesses governments, and remote communities, with uses that range from mobile coverage and emergency links to fleet management, remote operations, supply-chain connections, and industrial IoT.
The FCC filing says direct-to-device service wouldn’t arrive until 2028. Project Kuiper broadband, though, is still scheduled to begin service later this year.
Amazon already has approval for 3,236 Project Kuiper satellites, and more than 390 are already in orbit. The new layer, according to the filing, would run across five orbital shells and rely on optical inter-satellite links as well as fiber-connected gateways.
If the idea of satellite service in your pocket, not bolted to your roof, sounds interesting, this is one to keep an eye on.
Amazon’s proposed $11.6 billion Globalstar deal would bring in assets, ground infrastructure, spectrum, and regulatory approvals. It would also let compatible phones connect without antennas, including Apple devices that use Emergency SOS, Messages, Find My, and Roadside Assistance.
You can follow the plan through the FCC filing while Amazon keeps building relationships with Vodafone, Vodacom, Vrio, NTT, SKY Perfect JSAT, DirecTV, Herotel, and Australia’s NBN, all while going up against Starlink, AST SpaceMobile, Lynk Global, and Iridium.
Author: Chema Carvajal Sarabia
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