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Amazon says Project Kuiper satellites ace orbital tests — including video streaming and online sale

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Amazon Photo) Amazon’s Project Kuiper satellite network streamed its first video and facilitated its first online sale during a monthlong series of orbital tests that the company says achieved a “100% success rate.” for a two-way satellite video call on the Amazon Chime videoconferencing platform.

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Kuiper satellite network gets a big lift from Amazon’s CEO, but timeline is a bit hazy

GeekWire

Under the terms of the Federal Communications Commission’s license, half of that total would have to be deployed by mid-2026. Those organizations include telecommunications companies ( Verizon, Vodafone and Vodacom , NTT and Sky Perfect JSAT ) as well as NASA , DARPA and the Pentagon’s Defense Innovation Unit.

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What Can CIOs Learn From 5G Early Adaptors?

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Ambassadors from Norway and Finland forge ties in Seattle, offer glimmer of hope on cybersecurity

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Fraport goes all in on private 5G network

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Lumentum CIO Ralph Loura on adopting a challenger mindset

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The company is a key player in the telecommunications industry, with annual revenues of $1.7 For more of Loura’s insights, watch the full video embedded below. Obviously, it is not a license to be a jerk, it is not about being argumentative, but it is about having a creative tension and a positive tension and sharing ideas.

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Amazon vows to invest $10B in Kuiper satellites after getting FCC’s go-ahead

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The details will have to be cleared with the FCC as well as the International Telecommunication Union once they’re available. “The FCC is requiring Amazon to demonstrate that it will not cause any interference to previously licensed systems from the November 2016 processing round.

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