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Satellite and D2C Combined Markets Seen Exceeding $17 Billion by 2032. Direct-to-device (D2D) market annual revenue will exceed $17 billion by 2032, according to an ABI Research analysis Thursday (see [Ref:2403260063]). Apple's iOS 18 and Android 15 will add satellite messaging as a core feature in the coming months, it said... http://ow.ly/WKOA105ChAf

Spire Global Seeks OK for a Larger Lemur Satellite. Spire Global has plans for launching one of its Lemur-class earth observation satellites by early February on a SpaceX rideshare mission. In an FCC Space Bureau application posted Thursday seeking authorization for the Lemur mission, Spire said it would use... http://ow.ly/G2FM105ChAc

Communications Personals. Omnispace's Mindel De La Torre, former FCC international bureau chief, joins non-terrestrial network service provider Skylo Technologies as head-regulatory affairs ... Fox News Media names Katherine Meeks, previously Gibson, Dunn, as general counsel, effective Aug. 19; Bernard Gugar steps down... http://ow.ly/2t9v105ChAa

Funding Round Puts Astranis Closer to MicroGEO Constellation, CEO Says. Astranis is "one step closer" to launching 100 small geostationary orbit satellites by 2030 after having raised $200 million in its latest round of funding, CEO John Gedmark posted Wednesday on X. He said 10 of its communications satellites will... http://ow.ly/yhNK105C9Bq

SiriusXM Reorganization Eyes Sept. 9 Completion. Liberty Media's planned reorganization of SiriusXM's ownership structure (see [Ref:2406180005]) should be complete by Sept. 9, Liberty said Wednesday. Liberty scheduled a shareholder meeting for Aug. 23 when it will vote on the reorganization's transactions. http://ow.ly/xbkK105C9Bn

Communications Personals. CTIA promotes Umair Javed to senior vice president-general counsel, succeeding Tom Power, advising until end of year as senior counsel, and expands Vice President-Deputy General Counsel Kathryn Dall'Asta's role as also chief-corporate affairs and compliance (see [Ref:2407240022]) ... Fiber-optic company... http://ow.ly/sgTu105C9Bk

Peacock Revenue and Subscribers Rise in Comcast Q2 Earnings. Peacock subscribers and revenue were up year over year for Comcast, the company said Tuesday as it announced Q2 financial results. It said Peacock revenue rose $280 million, to $1 billion, with a year-over-year jump of more than 12 million... http://ow.ly/Hj7r105C2rY

U.S. and European Regulators Issue Collaborative Statement on AI and Competition. AI poses potential competition challenges and countries must work together to address them, DOJ, the FTC, the European Commission and the U.K. Competition and Markets Authority said in a joint statement Tuesday. "We are working to share an understanding of... http://ow.ly/eyUb105C2rX

Communications Personals. SmallSat Alliance hires Microsoft's Angel Smith as executive director, succeeding Steve Nixon, co-founder who remains as strategic adviser ... Digital services firm Orion Innovation appoints Cyrus Lam, ex-CDI, as CFO ... Data recovery company Clumio adds Jillian Souza, ex-BigPanda, as... http://ow.ly/jejM105C2rG