This Week: Starlink’s Victory Lap, Amazon’s Sprint, and GEOs Crashing

Analysts Don Kellogg and Roger Entner break down the satellite market’s shift toward three dominant players, as well as the complex mix of big personalities and government regulation shaping it.

00:00 Episode intro

00:25 The state of satellite and Starlink alternatives

03:01 Amazon Leo's status

03:40 The rise of the three-player market

04:18 Backstopping BEAD and rural access

06:27 Direct to Consumer questions remain

08:19 Shadows of Charlie Ergen

08:55 Episode wrap-up

The “Starlink’s Victory, Amazon’s Sprint and GEOs crashing: The divergent realities of Satellite Broadband” is available at:

https://www.reconanalytics.com/products/2027-november-satellite-report-vf/

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Tags: telecom, telecommunications, wireless, prepaid, postpaid, cellular phone, Don Kellogg, Roger Entner, satellite, Starlink, BEAD, Amazon, Leo, AST, AT&T, Verizon, Elon Musk, FCC, DoD, Golden Dome, rural, T-Mobile, B2C, spectrum, 5G, Charlie Ergen