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BREAKING: SpaceX Just Bought the Sky (Literally)
SpaceX has reportedly spent $2.6 billion to acquire EchoStar’s AWS-3 spectrum rights
— some of the most valuable wireless frequency space in the United States.
In simpler terms:
Starlink didn’t just expand internet service…
They just bought part of the airwaves themselves.
Why this matters
This spectrum can beam high-speed broadband directly from satellites to phones —
no cell towers, no ground networks, no middlemen. Control the spectrum → Control the connection → Control the network.
This move quietly ties into the $17B merger between EchoStar and DISH signed back in September. Now, the deal is awaiting FCC approval.
Make no mistake — this is bigger than rural WiFi.
This is:
“Own the signal, own the sky.”
Elon’s long-term strategy is becoming clearer:
-Launch the satellites
-Build the coverage
-Acquire the frequencies they broadcast on
The internet of the future might not run through cables in the ground…
It might run through Starlink.
And whoever owns that…
owns global connectivity.
Source: Reuters, Bloomberg
SpaceX has reportedly spent $2.6 billion to acquire EchoStar’s AWS-3 spectrum rights
— some of the most valuable wireless frequency space in the United States.
In simpler terms:
Starlink didn’t just expand internet service…
They just bought part of the airwaves themselves.
Why this matters
This spectrum can beam high-speed broadband directly from satellites to phones —
no cell towers, no ground networks, no middlemen. Control the spectrum → Control the connection → Control the network.
This move quietly ties into the $17B merger between EchoStar and DISH signed back in September. Now, the deal is awaiting FCC approval.
Make no mistake — this is bigger than rural WiFi.
This is:
“Own the signal, own the sky.”
Elon’s long-term strategy is becoming clearer:
-Launch the satellites
-Build the coverage
-Acquire the frequencies they broadcast on
The internet of the future might not run through cables in the ground…
It might run through Starlink.
And whoever owns that…
owns global connectivity.
Source: Reuters, Bloomberg
