Reports have suggested Amazon may be getting into the wireless service business, a prospect that initially sent the stocks of Verizon, AT&T and T-Mobile lower.

Amazon has since batted down that prospect, quote, at this time, at least, but the

tech giant is also spending billions of dollars on its broadband satellite service,

Project Kuiper. As the world becomes more digital,

that means more demand for more reliable

and expansive network connectivity.

It's something I asked former AT&T Mobility CEO

Glen Lurie about just recently.

You know, satellite is going to, and is today playing a role,

it's going to play an even bigger role down the road.

A lot of the deals I got announced, it was also the Apple Global Star deal that was announced as well.

And I think what you're seeing is is that the expectation of the end user is that their device never goes off network.

And I think that's what we're talking about today, the IOT business, where the IOT business is going, the fact that if I take my truck and I want to go way off-roading, I'll still want to have E-9-1 services to start. And I think that's where we're beginning and there's a

whole bunch of people playing in the space Amazon included that I believe down the

road we're gonna see these things come together and you're gonna have the ability

in your car on that smartphone to not only use

terrestrial services but to also be able to utilize services obviously like a global

stall or like these other players and Amazon's building here to actually make your service more valuable.

And I think that's absolutely happening.

I do believe it's going to happen in the IOT space first, but I do think there's going to be partnerships happening down the road for sure.

Amazon, SpaceX, One Web, and many others are investing big bucks into big constellations.

In a race to fit into this broader broadband landscape.

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