Amazon pays $11.5B to satisfy satellite-envy while cowering in Musk's shadow
Deal only comes with 24 operational sats, but also an Apple deal, spectrum licenses, and plenty of IP
Amazon has agreed to pay more than $11.5 billion to expand its satellite constellation by about two dozen units with the acquisition of Globalstar.
But it's more about the underlying technology that Amazon hopes will help it catch Elon Musk's Starlink. …
Amazon Buys Globalstar for $11.6B
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