#d2d — Public Fediverse posts
Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #d2d, aggregated by home.social.
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The FCC has opened a proceeding on unlicensed spectrum for satellite direct-to-device communications. https://www.telecomstechnews.com/news/fcc-examines-unlicensed-spectrum-for-satellite-d2d/ #fcc #satellites #telecoms #iot #d2d #space #tech
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The FCC has opened a proceeding on unlicensed spectrum for satellite direct-to-device communications. https://www.telecomstechnews.com/news/fcc-examines-unlicensed-spectrum-for-satellite-d2d/ #fcc #satellites #telecoms #iot #d2d #space #tech
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Starlink to trial Direct-to-Cell in Malaysia: Works with normal 4G phones, no satellite phone required #d2d #directtocell #fahmifadzil #featured #mcmc #news #spacex #starlink #telco
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Starlink to trial Direct-to-Cell in Malaysia: Works with normal 4G phones, no satellite phone required #d2d #directtocell #fahmifadzil #featured #mcmc #news #spacex #starlink #telco
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#Amazon has applied to the #FCC for approval to launch up to 5,105 #satellites for a #directtodevice #D2D network. The network, which will combine Amazon’s infrastructure with #Globalstar’s satellites and spectrum, aims to provide connectivity to underserved areas and support emergency operations. Amazon expects the Globalstar deal to close in 2027 and D2D network deployment to begin in 2028. https://www.cnbc.com/2026/07/27/amazon-satellite-internet-network.html?eicker.news #tech #media #news
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#Amazon has applied to the #FCC for approval to launch up to 5,105 #satellites for a #directtodevice #D2D network. The network, which will combine Amazon’s infrastructure with #Globalstar’s satellites and spectrum, aims to provide connectivity to underserved areas and support emergency operations. Amazon expects the Globalstar deal to close in 2027 and D2D network deployment to begin in 2028. https://www.cnbc.com/2026/07/27/amazon-satellite-internet-network.html?eicker.news #tech #media #news
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Amazon quer lugar na disputa do D2D e parte para enfrentar a SpaceX
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Amazon files application for direct-to-device satellite constellation
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AST SpaceMobile re-calibrates its space based cellular (Direct-to-Device) roll out into 2027 after impacts by rocket launch failures, satellite loss, and subsequent shift to using SpaceX Falcon 9 launch systems for its next 3 satellites - BlueBird 11,12,13 with target launch dates in Aug 2026. https://satnews.com/2026/07/16/ast-spacemobile-defers-commercial-direct-to-device-timeline-to-early-2027/ #ASTSpaceMobile #Space #Satellites #DirecttoDevice #D2D #SpaceX #Falcon9 #NewGlenn #BlueBird
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AST SpaceMobile re-calibrates its space based cellular (Direct-to-Device) roll out into 2027 after impacts by rocket launch failures, satellite loss, and subsequent shift to using SpaceX Falcon 9 launch systems for its next 3 satellites - BlueBird 11,12,13 with target launch dates in Aug 2026. https://satnews.com/2026/07/16/ast-spacemobile-defers-commercial-direct-to-device-timeline-to-early-2027/ #ASTSpaceMobile #Space #Satellites #DirecttoDevice #D2D #SpaceX #Falcon9 #NewGlenn #BlueBird
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Anatel decide que serviço de satélite D2D só será ofertado em parceria com as teles
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Satélites: Rocket Lab ousa e compra Iridium por US$ 8 bilhões e mostra suas armas para SpaceX
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#RocketLab:
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Rocket Lab to Acquire Iridium in Historic Deal, Creating A Fully Vertically Integrated Space Powerhouse Primed for Growth
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"Unites Rocket Lab's leading launch and satellite manufacturing capabilities with Iridium's global network, spectrum, and experience to unlock critical space applications...
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https://investors.rocketlabcorp.com/news-releases/news-release-details/rocket-lab-acquire-iridium-historic-deal-creating-fully29.6.2026
#D2D #IOT #Iridium #PNT #Raumfahrt #satcom #Satelliten #Satellitenkommunikation #SpaceFlight
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#RocketLab:
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Rocket Lab to Acquire Iridium in Historic Deal, Creating A Fully Vertically Integrated Space Powerhouse Primed for Growth
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"Unites Rocket Lab's leading launch and satellite manufacturing capabilities with Iridium's global network, spectrum, and experience to unlock critical space applications...
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https://investors.rocketlabcorp.com/news-releases/news-release-details/rocket-lab-acquire-iridium-historic-deal-creating-fully29.6.2026
#D2D #IOT #Iridium #PNT #Raumfahrt #satcom #Satelliten #Satellitenkommunikation #SpaceFlight
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Starlink e Amazon se unem para comprar espectro satelital na Europa, que reage e sai em defesa da soberania tecnológica
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Gigantes se unem para massificar D2D e eliminar zonas mortas de conexão nos EUA
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🇺🇸 Amazon официально объявила о покупке Globalstar за $9,4 млрд (по $90 за акцию), фактически спасая свой спутниковый проект LEO, который заметно отставал от Starlink.
Сделка решает сразу несколько критических задач: компания получает доступ к уже развернутой орбитальной группировке и лицензированному частотному спектру, а также снижает регуляторные риски, связанные со срывом сроков развертывания собственной сети.
Ключевой технологический апгрейд — запуск системы Direct-to-Device (D2D) к 2028 году. Она позволит стандартным смартфонам подключаться к спутникам напрямую без дополнительного оборудования, обеспечивая голосовую связь и передачу данных в зонах без покрытия сотовых сетей.
Отдельный стратегический слой — участие Apple, которая ранее инвестировала в Globalstar и уже использует её инфраструктуру для функции экстренной связи на iPhone. В новой конфигурации Amazon LEO может стать базовым провайдером спутниковых сервисов для будущих поколений iPhone и Apple Watch.
Фактически формируется альянс, направленный на сдерживание доминирования SpaceX в сегменте спутникового интернета.
Для рынка это позитивный сигнал: усиление конкуренции в спутниковой связи обычно приводит к ускорению внедрения технологий и давлению на стоимость услуг в долгосрочной перспективе.
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#Amazon #Globalstar #Starlink #SpaceX #Apple #iPhone #AppleWatch #SatelliteInternet #LEO #D2D #DirectToDevice #СпутниковаяСвязь #Технологии #Космос #Интернет #Связь #BigTech #Конкуренция #Инновации #5G #Телеком #Orbital #SatCom #FutureTech
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I have officially delisted my books from D2D, and sent them a formal complaint through their system (which is delightfully flooded by complaints; so much so that they have an big notice at the top of the contact form that they are absolutely drowning!).
Hopefully they will fix the "let's make the poorest pay" bullshit and maybe then I can put my books back up there. If not well...we still have only bad options. ):
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I have officially delisted my books from D2D, and sent them a formal complaint through their system (which is delightfully flooded by complaints; so much so that they have an big notice at the top of the contact form that they are absolutely drowning!).
Hopefully they will fix the "let's make the poorest pay" bullshit and maybe then I can put my books back up there. If not well...we still have only bad options. ):
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Starlink-powered O2 Satellite Puts the UK at the Front of Europe’s D2D Race
Early Ookla signal scan data shows broad but shallow uptake across UK not-spots, as Ofcom’s first-mover framework turns…
#NewsBeep #News #UnitedKingdom #D2D #Europe #GB #GreatBritain #Ofcom #Policy #Satellite #Spectrum #Starlink #UK #VirginMediaO2
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Well… this is frustrating.
I’ve been publishing my writing through Amazon since around 2017/2018, and last year I decided to expand to other platforms. Draft2Digital seemed like a great, simple way to distribute my books more widely without a lot of extra hassle.
AI has made the landscape a lot messier for actual human creators. There’s been a surge of AI-generated books flooding the market, and now it looks like some companies are responding by introducing fees for independent authors just to get their work out there.
I’ll need to rethink how I’m distributing my writing, because this model doesn’t really work for me right now. Paying an annual fee if I don’t sell enough copies just doesn’t sit right, especially when books take up so little digital space.
While I figure out my next steps and continue working on future projects, feel free to check out and share my work. If you're new to my writing, I'm a genre blender leaning into a dark gothic feel while embracing urban fantasy, science fiction, and post-apocalyptic themes. Give these interesting nightmares a home. You can grab a book at:
ElfLinks.Weebly.com
If you’re not sure where to start, Making Contact is a shorter read and a great entry point involving an important recurring character in my works, while Shadowed Memories leads into the story I’m currently outlining.
#indiewriter #urbanfantasybooks #gothichorror #Draft2Digital #D2D #amazonbooks #author #authorlife #authorblog
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There's been a lot of talk about D2D's recent choices in how they run their service - and yes, I am appalled by some of it myself.
Here's the thing: Bitching about them on Mastodon won't change anything.
But if you received their email, you can answer it, or send email to their support. Tell them - politely but firmly - what you think about their choices and why you feel what you feel about them.
I already did.
They earned themselves a shitstorm - in their inbox.
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There's been a lot of talk about D2D's recent choices in how they run their service - and yes, I am appalled by some of it myself.
Here's the thing: Bitching about them on Mastodon won't change anything.
But if you received their email, you can answer it, or send email to their support. Tell them - politely but firmly - what you think about their choices and why you feel what you feel about them.
I already did.
They earned themselves a shitstorm - in their inbox.
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D2D services are at risk of becoming too complicated and siloed
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I guess if Draft2Digital decides that I have to start paying to keep my books there, I will just delete them all from there.
I don't publish often, as the whole process is very difficult for my brain and I am just a single person doing 90% of the process myself from the writing, cover, editing, format (I do have a proofeditor, and my edits are manual and very extensive).
This will just push small indies like me to Amazon.
Especially disabled indies with little energy to spare. -
I guess if Draft2Digital decides that I have to start paying to keep my books there, I will just delete them all from there.
I don't publish often, as the whole process is very difficult for my brain and I am just a single person doing 90% of the process myself from the writing, cover, editing, format (I do have a proofeditor, and my edits are manual and very extensive).
This will just push small indies like me to Amazon.
Especially disabled indies with little energy to spare. -
Amazon bulks up its LEO Direct-to-Device (D2D) services by acquiring GlobalStar - a Louisiana based mobile satellite services (MSS) operator.
Amazon is picking up Globalstar’s existing satellite fleet, satellite operations, infrastructure and assets, including spectrum licenses with global authorizations with the goal to bolster its own direct-to-device satellite system, which it expects to start deploying in 2028.
Oh, ya, there is a little side deal with Apple too! https://www.aboutamazon.com/news/company-news/amazon-globalstar-apple #Amazon #GlobalStar #LEO #Apple #D2D #Direct2Device #Space #Satellite #Mobility #SatelliteServices
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Amazon bulks up its LEO Direct-to-Device (D2D) services by acquiring GlobalStar - a Louisiana based mobile satellite services (MSS) operator.
Amazon is picking up Globalstar’s existing satellite fleet, satellite operations, infrastructure and assets, including spectrum licenses with global authorizations with the goal to bolster its own direct-to-device satellite system, which it expects to start deploying in 2028.
Oh, ya, there is a little side deal with Apple too! https://www.aboutamazon.com/news/company-news/amazon-globalstar-apple #Amazon #GlobalStar #LEO #Apple #D2D #Direct2Device #Space #Satellite #Mobility #SatelliteServices
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D2D: Aumentam os rumores da compra da GlobalStar pela SpaceX por US$ 10 bi. Apple e Amazon na berlinda
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#PLDSpace:
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Sateliot and PLD Space sign first commercial contract for a dedicated launch of two Tritó satellites with MIURA 5
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"Tritó, Sateliot’s next-generation 5G D2D satellites, will be launched in a flight scheduled for 2027"17.2.2026
#D2D #IOT #MIURA5 #Rakete #Raumfahrt #rocketry #Sateliot #Satelliten #SpaceFlight #Spain #Spanien #Tritó
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'Good news!' Draft2Digital tells me when I log in, 'You can add your books to Bookshop.org now'.
I click the button to do so.
D2D: 😱🤮❌❌❌
BLOCKED BLOCKED BLOCKED
Not THOSE books! They're full of icky sex and mature themes!
Ew! Gross! We can't let Bookshop.org know we technically allow you to publish that! What will Mastercard think??
Won't anybody think of the shareholders??Me: Yeah, that's what I thought you'd say, you stupid horse.
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Viasat sees orbital data center partnership opportunity
https://web.brid.gy/r/https://spacenews.com/viasat-sees-orbital-data-center-partnership-opportunity/
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Did anyone else try out the Apple Voice Technology offered for free by Draft2Digital to produce audiobooks? I was amazed at how terrible and primitive the Apple Voice Technology actually is, considering what Apple is. Here's one clue about how terrible the technology is: I wrote a book in 2023 under the pen name N.J. Edwards. The computer-generated male voice introduced the audiobook this way: "This is an audiobook by author New Jersey Edwards. Granted, New Jersey Edwards is a fantastic pen name. I wish I'd thought of it. But that is not the author's name on the front of my book. The audiobook of my novel BEER POUR is so atrocious that there's actual computer code jibberish spoken in the middle of a dialogue scene. I could go on and on about all the flaws, but there's not enough room here. Go back to the drawing board, Apple. #Apple #audiobook #books #bookstodon #mastodon #book #novel #novel #voice #tech #technology #author #NewJersey #draft2digital #D2D #computergenerated #computer #introduction #intro #introductions #scribesAndMakers #writing #writersCoffeeClub #writer #publishing #MyWork #writersOfMastodon #writers #writersLife #indieAuthor #author #authors #audio #audiofiction #startup
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Weekly output: LocalSend, Mark Vena podcast, AST SpaceMobile launch
I hope you all are enjoying the liminal time between Christmas and New Year’s–or, as I’ve come to think of it over the last 25-plus years, my last moments of occupational tranquility before work returns with force in the form of CES.
(I’ve used some of that semi-idle time to write an extra post for Patreon readers about the free trips that I didn’t take in the last quarter of this year.)
12/22/2025: This Free App Makes Transferring Files Between Devices Ridiculously Easy, PCMag
Quizzing LocalSend’s developer via e-mail taught me a lesson in how namespaces and nations can mix. As in: He goes by Tien Do Nam, in Vietnam last names come first, he lives in Berlin, so I thought to ask for his surname. He replied that the correct full name is Do Nam Tien, while his German documents list him as Tien Do Nam.
12/24/2025: Ep 117 SmartTechCheck Podcast — Trump’s impact on tech, AI data centers and energy, FCC and Google, Mark Vena
As the token Washingtonian on this podcast, I took up the first item on the agenda. My take on President Trump’s tech policy wasn’t all bad–it looks like the government is in line to save tens of billions of dollars in broadband-buildout costs, assuming that Amazon Leo satellite broadband comes online on schedule–but I can’t call it anything close to good overall.
12/24/2025: AST SpaceMobile Launches Its Most Powerful Direct-to-Cell Satellite Yet, PCMag
Was I going to use this post as an opportunity to remind PCMag readers about India’s impressive spaceflight ambitions? Absolutely.
#AirDrop #ASTSpaceMobile #BEAD #BlueBird #broadbandBuildout #D2D #directToDevice #directToCell #IndiaSpaceProgram #LocalSend #lowEarthOrbitBroadband #LVM3 #MarkVena #QuickShare #satelliteBroadband #Starlink #TienDoNam
