Alphabet, the parent company of Google, Waymo self-driving cars and dozens of other subsidiaries, is further investing in would-be satellite direct-to-consumer cellular activity AST SpaceMobile. Google is already a strategic […]
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AST SpaceMobile announces settlement term sheet facilitating long-term access to up to 45 MHz of premium lower mid-band spectrum in North America for D2D apps
AST SpaceMobile, Inc. (NASDAQ: ASTS) has announced a Settlement Term Sheet among parties, including AST SpaceMobile, Ligado Networks LLC, Viasat, Inc. and Inmarsat Global Limited, paving the way for approval […]
Forrester’s Digest: AST SpaceMobile suffers delayed BlueBird launch
AST SpaceMobile (AST) already has five of its Mark 1 ‘BlueWalker’ satellites in orbit but they are far from enough to provide even close to decent coverage of its direct-to-consumer […]
Forrester’s Digest: AST SpaceMobile signs up Vodafone
AST SpaceMobile wants to be the world’s space-based cellular supplier. The company has already secured Verizon in the U.S. and has now signed Vodafone to a global agreement which runs […]
AST SpaceMobile completes first five commercial satellites now ready to ship in August
AST SpaceMobile, Inc. (NASDAQ: ASTS), building space-based cellular broadband network accessible directly by standard smartphones, designed for both commercial and government applications, successfully completed its first five Bluebirds commercial satellites. […]
Advanced Television reports… AST SpaceMobile to launch satellites this August
Advanced Television is reporting that a formal notice from AST SpaceMobile stated the company is still targeting an August launch of a batch of their massive ‘Block 1’ BlueBird 5G […]
Forrester’s Digest: Intelsat + FAST channels — Iridium — AST SpaceMobile — SpaceX
Intelsat has said that FAST channels (Free Ad-Supported Television) are booming worldwide and are disrupting traditional video consumption. According to Kantar, FAST is the quickest-growing, streaming option in the U.S., […]
AST SpaceMobile achieves space-based 5G cell broadband connectivity from smartphones
AST SpaceMobile, Inc. (NASDAQ: ASTS) has successfully completed the first-ever 5G connection for voice and data between an everyday, unmodified smartphone and a satellite in space. Company engineers demonstrated space-based […]