Amazon is acquiring Apple’s satellite provider Globalstar, and has struck a deal to take Apple’s stake in the satellite company.<\/p>\n
According to an FCC filing noted by PCMag<\/em>Amazon is starting a merger. It will create a new subsidiary called Grapefruit Acquisition Sub II to hold Globalstar’s operations, and the new company will acquire Apple’s equity.<\/p>\n Apple has 20 percent equity and 20 percent voting interests in Globalstar Licensee LLC, a subsidiary of Globalstar that operates a satellite system that brings satellite communications to iPhone users in the U.S. Apple invested $450 million in Globalstar in 2022 to fund the development of Globalstar’s SOS Emergency SOS satellite feature. Apple received 20 percent equity and 85 percent of Globalstar’s network capacity in return.<\/p>\n Apple’s stake in Globalstar required Apple and Amazon to enter into separate negotiations, but the two companies have struck a deal. Amazon’s Leo satellite network will power existing iPhone and Apple Watch satellite features such as Emergency SOS, Satellite Messages, Find My, and Satellite Roadside Assistance. Apple stands to make more money than it invested, and secure a partnership with a more established satellite operator.<\/p>\n Amazon will support iPhone and Apple Watch models that use Globalstar’s low Earth orbit constellation, and the two companies will collaborate on future satellite services running on Amazon’s expanded Leo network.<\/p>\n The purchase of Amazon Globalstar is said to be worth about $11.57 billion, and is expected to close in 2027 provided it receives regulatory approval.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n While the iPhone 18 Pro and iPhone 18 Pro Max don’t launch until September, there are already plenty of rumors about the devices. It was first reported that the iPhone 18 Pro models will have Face ID under the screen, with only the front camera visible in the upper left corner of the screen. However, recent rumors indicate that only one part of Face ID will be moved under\u2026<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n Apple will unveil watchOS 27 during its WWDC 2026 keynote on Monday, June 8, and a number of new features are already rumored. The first developer beta of watchOS 27 should be available soon after the keynote, and the public beta usually follows in July. The update should be rolled out to all users with a compatible Apple Watch model in September. Below, we recap the watchOS\u2026<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n Reports and rumors suggest the next MacBook Pro to be released by Apple may not be a MacBook Pro at all. In fact, it would be something completely new and very exciting – the “MacBook Ultra” – placed above the Pro as Apple’s top-of-the-line laptop, suggesting that the current M5 Pro and M5 Max models will remain on sale when launched. The MacBook will be just the latest Apple product to\u2026<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Amazon is acquiring Apple’s satellite provider Globalstar, and has struck a deal to take Apple’s stake in the satellite company. According to an FCC filing noted by PCMagAmazon is starting a merger. It will create a new subsidiary called Grapefruit Acquisition Sub II to hold Globalstar’s operations, and the new company will acquire Apple’s equity. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":14381,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-14380","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-deals"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.runwayritz.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14380","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.runwayritz.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.runwayritz.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.runwayritz.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.runwayritz.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14380"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.runwayritz.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14380\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14382,"href":"https:\/\/www.runwayritz.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14380\/revisions\/14382"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.runwayritz.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/14381"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.runwayritz.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14380"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.runwayritz.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14380"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.runwayritz.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14380"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}Good News<\/h2>\n
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