OW49: D2D wants your phone bill

How LEO, GEO and D2D All Tried to Own the Customer (and the Sky)
This past week in satcom felt like watching a crossover episode where everyone insists they’re the main character. GEO strutted back on stage like a retired rock star booking a world tour, LEO kept dumping more hardware into orbit like there’s no tomorrow, regulators quietly sharpened their pencils, and direct-to-device tried very hard to stop being “buzzword cosplay” and become an actual business.

Theme of the week: Multi-orbit is the new monoculture, and D2D wants your phone bill

If you had to pick a thesis for this week, it would be: “Everything is converging, nobody is relaxed, and the customer may actually have leverage for once.”