The US Federal Communications Commission has started the process of opening up a lot more spectrum for satellites to talk straight to your phone. On 29 October, US time, the FCC voted unanimously to propose making an extra 482 megahertz available for what it calls Supplemental Coverage from Space.

File photo of a Starlink launch plume over Southern California, June 2025. Photo: Joey Zanotti / Wikimedia Commons (CC BY 4.0), cropped