FCC Says Amazon Must Focus on Its Own Buildout, Not SpaceX

FCC Commissioner Brendan Carr

Photographer: Al Drago/Bloomberg

The head of the Federal Communications Commission chastised Amazon.com Inc. for filing a petition critical of rival satellite operator SpaceX while Amazon itself is behind on meeting deployment obligations.

FCC Chairman Brendan Carr suggested that Amazon overstepped in a request for regulators to deny SpaceX’s plan for a 1 million-satellite constellation.