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Investors commit another $1.25 billion to fund OneWeb’s internet satellite system

The international OneWeb consortium says it’s raised another $1.25 billion in funding for its internet satellite constellation, ensuring a ramp-up… Read More

OneWeb’s first satellites are launched into orbit for global internet constellation

A Russian-built, European-launched Soyuz rocket sent the first six satellites of OneWeb’s broadband data constellation into orbit today, kicking off… Read More

Astranis and Pacific Dataport team up on satellite broadband access for Alaska

Astranis Space Technologies says it has struck a deal with Alaska’s Pacific Dataport Inc. to provide America’s northernmost state with… Read More

SpaceX wins $28.7M contract from Air Force for data connectivity research

SpaceX has won a $28.7 million fixed-price contract from the Air Force Research Laboratory for experiments in data connectivity involving… Read More

Report: SpaceX raising $500M to get Starlink satellite service off the ground

SpaceX is set to raise $500 million in new investment to boost the development of its Starlink internet satellite service,… Read More

Washington state ranks in top 10 in annual Speedtest U.S. broadband performance report

Even if it feels like your broadband connection is slug-slow at times, on the whole fixed internet connection speeds are… Read More

SpaceX sets its sights on a lower orbit for Starlink broadband network’s first satellites

SpaceX wants to lower the bar for its first batch of Starlink broadband satellites, with the aim of beginning deployment… Read More

After midterm power shift, White House officials say tech transformation will go on

In the wake of Tuesday’s power-shifting midterm elections, the White House plans to stay the course in tech policy and… Read More

SpaceX reorganizes Starlink satellite operation, reportedly with high-level firings

SpaceX says it has reorganized its satellite development operation in Redmond, Wash., to accelerate design and testing of the elements… Read More

TLDR: Buy food and drinks with just a fingerprint, Seattle’s complex history of urban internet access, T-Mobile’s tech truck

Today’s featured stories Seattle sports stadiums all Clear for new biometric security, payments and alcohol ID verification Comcast’s Seattle expansion… Read More

Comcast’s Seattle expansion highlights complex history of urban internet access

Comcast will start serving two dense and popular Seattle neighborhoods for the first time Aug. 18. The company’s internet and… Read More

SpaceX’s prototype internet satellites are good enough for gaming, Elon Musk says

It’s been three months since SpaceX launched the first prototype satellites for its Starlink broadband internet network, and there’s been… Read More

FCC approves SpaceX’s plan to provide broadband services with Starlink satellites

The Federal Communications Commission says it has approved SpaceX’s application to provide broadband internet access via thousands of Starlink… Read More

Homework would be bus work in Microsoft’s plan to bring internet access to kids in rural areas

School kids in rural Michigan who have less-than-adequate internet connections at home could get some homework done on the bus… Read More

Q&A: Washington Gov. Jay Inslee talks net neutrality, states’ rights and taking on Trump

Washington Gov. Jay Inslee is making a habit of taking on the Trump administration. In the past week, he did… Read More

FCC Chairman Ajit Pai endorses SpaceX’s plan for satellite broadband service

SpaceX’s plan to beam broadband services to America and the world via its Starlink satellite constellation got a big thumbs-up… Read More

$2.36B acquisition of Wave Broadband closes, forming nation’s 6th largest cable company

A $2.36 billion deal to form the sixth largest cable company in the U.S. by combining Kirkland, Wash. broadband provider… Read More

Microsoft forms coalition to bring high-speed internet to rural communities

Microsoft is partnering with organizations across the country to form Connect Americans Now (CAN), a coalition that will pressure policymaker… Read More

Why net neutrality’s peril raises the stakes for future satellite broadband options

The Federal Communication Commission’s plan to start rolling back regulations on net neutrality comes as bad news for streaming video… Read More

Boeing to build seven ‘super-powered’ satellites for SES’ O3b broadband network

Boeing Satellite Systems International has signed up to build a fleet of seven satellites that will provide broadband internet connectivity… Read More

Kymeta reports successful sea trials for antennas; gears up for broadband service

Kymeta Corp. — a company based in Redmond, Wash. and backed by Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates — says it’s conducted successful sea… Read More

Speed report finds T-Mobile and Xfinity providing fastest mobile and broadband internet in U.S.

Mobile and fixed broadband internet speeds in the U.S. are improving, but not all carriers and providers are created equal… Read More

SpaceX’s broadband internet satellite plan reportedly runs into opposition

SpaceX’s plan to provide global broadband internet access using thousands of satellites in low-earth orbit has come under fire from… Read More

‘This is just going to make it more expensive’ — Sen. Cantwell warns business owners about net neutrality rollback

Sen. Maria Cantwell (D-Wash.) is calling on all her constituents to fight a Federal Communications Commission action that would roll… Read More

Wave scoops up Seattle internet service provider Cascadelink, its 22nd acquisition in 14 years

Wave Broadband has acquired Cascadelink, a Seattle-based gigabit internet service provider for apartment, condo and office buildings. Wave, which is… Read More

Google patent filing hints at how SpaceX’s satellite broadband network could work

When it comes to providing global broadband internet coverage, two satellite constellations in low Earth orbit are better than one.… Read More

SoftBank puts $1.7B into Intelsat merger with OneWeb satellite internet venture

Intelsat and OneWeb today laid out plans for a mega-merger aimed at bolstering their satellite internet services, with a $1.7… Read More

Washington state grapples with obstacles to implementing ultrafast 5G wireless

OLYMPIA, Wash. — 5G sounds cool. Who doesn’t want a faster Internet? But real-world problems — including safety, costs and… Read More

Bill Gates-backed Kymeta wows Monaco’s yacht crowd with its flat-panel antennas

Kymeta Corp., the flat-panel antenna company that’s backed by Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates, has demonstrated the capabilities of its satellite… Read More

Comcast expanding 1TB data limits across the country, starting Nov. 1 in Washington, Oregon and other states

Comcast will roll out its 1TB internet data usage limits to a large part of the U.S., including Washington, Oregon… Read More