Viasat and EchoStar hold licences that are due to expire in May 2027 and the European Commission has been considering how to allocate future spectrum

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The EU will reserve two-thirds of its future 2 GHz mobile-satellite-services spectrum for European firms, leaving Starlink and Kuiper able to bid for the remaining third.