{
  "id": 14087234,
  "title": "AST is emerging as the initial partner in Telefónica, Orange, Vodafone and Telekom's satellite plan",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/13/ast-se-perfila-como-el-socio-inicial-del-plan-satelital-de-telefonica",
  "topic": "business",
  "section": "Business",
  "published": "2026-10-13T00:00:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Expansion ES",
    "slug": "expansion-es",
    "url": "https://www.expansion.com/empresas/telecomunicaciones/2026/10/13/6acd2214e5fdea20378b4571.html"
  },
  "original_language": "es",
  "account": "Deutsche Telekom, Orange, Vodafone, and Telefónica are negotiating a joint venture to create a private satellite constellation. They aim to compete for a third of the frequencies to be auctioned by the European Commission in 2027, which would allow them to provide global services. The European Commission's proposal reserves one third of the 2 GHz band spectrum for European companies to provide commercial Direct-to-Device services. The four telecom companies are likely to partner with AST, a US-based satellite group, as their initial partner, due to its smaller size and more secure architecture.",
  "summary": "Leer",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}