Amazon Leo system on display during the Future EMEA 2026 event in Dartford, United Kingdom REUTERS/Toby Shepheard Amazon Leo proposed this Monday (27) a constellation of up to 5,105 satellites to offer direct connectivity between satellites and smartphones for voice calls and data transmission. The information is from Reuters. The company enters the dispute with other operators that develop cellular services via satellite. ??Do you have any reporting suggestions? Send to g1 The proposed network will allow voice calls, sending messages, internet access and emergency services in regions outside the coverage of terrestrial cellular networks. The start of satellite deployment is scheduled for 2028. The company submitted a request to the United States Federal Communications Commission (FCC) requesting rapid approval of the project. The FCC did not immediately comment on the request. The service will be offered in partnership with mobile operators in different countries and will use satellite spectrum from Globalstar, a company that Amazon agreed to buy earlier this year. Amazon brings Alexa+ to Brazil and bets on AI like ChatGPT to renew virtual assistant Expansion of plans with satellites Globalstar provides direct connectivity between devices for millions of Apple device users, allowing emergency messaging, location sharing and roadside assistance when there is no coverage on terrestrial networks. The initiative expands Amazon's plans beyond satellite internet and increases competition in the direct connectivity market for smartphones with SpaceX, AST SpaceMobile and Lynk Global, which also develop communication services between satellites and cell phones. The growing shortage of rocket launch capacity, however, has become one of the main limitations for the deployment of the new generation of satellite constellations. Amazon Leo announced partnerships with Vodafone, DirecTV, Herotel and Australia's National Broadband Network. Amazon Leo is deploying its first-generation satellite internet system and already has around 390 satellites in orbit. The company intends to start offering the fixed service in the first coverage bands later this year. In March, the president of the FCC rejected Amazon's criticism of Elon Musk's SpaceX plan to launch a constellation with up to 1 million satellites. SpaceX builds and operates the rockets and launch infrastructure that support its subsidiary Starlink Getty Images "I think Amazon should focus on getting its own house in order with its launches and its own constellation of satellites, rather than worrying about other companies that are already launching satellites at the pace and frequency of SpaceX," Carr said.