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India’s Vi and AST SpaceMobile partner to provide satellite connectivity in India

June 19, 2025

Vi (Vodafone Idea), India’s telecom service provider, and AST SpaceMobile, Inc. (NASDAQ: ASTS), the company building the space-based cellular broadband network accessible directly by standard smartphones, for commercial and government […]

Filed Under: 4G, 4G / 5G, Agriculture, AST SpaceMobile, Business Moves, Cellular Broadband, Commercial Partnerships, Comms, Consumer, Disaster Management, Emergency Response, Enterprise, India, internet, Internet Connectivity, Internet of Things (IoT), Partnerships, SATCOM, Satellite Connectivity, Satellite Direct-to-Smartphones, Space-Based Cellular Broadeband, Subscribers, Terrestrial Connectivity, Vodaphone

AST SpaceMobile and U.S. National Science Foundation’s Coordination Agreement between satellite and ground-based astronomy operations

April 29, 2025

AST SpaceMobile, Inc. (NASDAQ: ASTS), is building the first space-based cellular broadband network accessible directly by standard smartphones, designed for both commercial and government applications, has signed a Coordination Agreement […]

Filed Under: Agreement, Agreement, AST SpaceMobile, Astronomy, Business Agreements, Business Moves, Cellular Broadband, Commercial, Communications Satellite, Education, Environmental Changes, Environmental Monitoring, Government, Healthcare, Interference, Network, Satellite Direct-to-Smartphones, U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF)

AST SpaceMobile establishes a commercial agreement with Vodafone through 2034

December 12, 2024

AST SpaceMobile, Inc. (NASDAQ: ASTS), the company building the first space-based cellular broadband network accessible directly by smartphones, commercial and government applications, and Vodafone Group Plc (LSE: VOD), a European […]

Filed Under: Argentina, AST SpaceMobile, BlueBird smallsats (AST SpaceMobile), Business Moves, Cellular Broadband, Commercial, Comms, Communication Arrays, Gateway, Google, Government, internet, Low Earth Orbit (LEO), Milestone, Orange [France], Satellite Direct-to-Smartphones, Saudi Arabia, Telefonica, TIM Brasil

SpaceX sends BlueBirds flying as AST SpaceMobile’s largest satellite communications array launches in low Earth orbit

September 12, 2024

On Thursday, September 12 at 4:52 a.m. ET, Falcon 9 launched AST SpaceMobile’s BlueBird 1-5 mission to low-Earth orbit from Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40) at Cape Canaveral Space Force […]

Filed Under: AST SpaceMobile, below Low Earth Orbit (bLEO), BlueBird smallsats (AST SpaceMobile), Booster, Booster Recovery, Business Moves, Cape Canaveral SFS, Cellular Broadband, CEO, Chairman of the Board, Commercial, Commercial Constellations, Commercial Low-Earth Orbit (LEO) Development program (CLDP), Digital Divide, Droneship, Falcon 9, Government Connectivity, Launch, Milestone, Mobile Network Operators (MNOs), Payloads, Phased Array Antenna, Satellite Spectrum, smallsats, Warrants Tagged With: Featured

SpaceX to launch AST SpaceMobile BlueBird satellites, “each the largest communications array ever deployed in low Earth orbit”

September 9, 2024

(NASDAQ: ASTS), the company building the first space-based cellular broadband network accessible directly by standard smartphones designed for both commercial and government use, today provided an interim business update. The […]

Filed Under: AST SpaceMobile, AT&T, Cape Canaveral SFS, Cellular Broadband, Chairman of the Board, Chief Executive Officer (CEO), Commercial, Government Connectivity, Launch, Launches, Low Earth Orbit (LEO), Mobile Network Operators (MNOs), Payloads, Phased Array Antenna, Smartphone, Space Payload, Spectrum, Weather Forecasting

AST SpaceMobile completes first five commercial satellites now ready to ship in August

July 25, 2024

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. […]

Filed Under: AST SpaceMobile, BlueWalker 3 LEO satellite, Business Moves, Cape Canaveral SFS, Cellular Broadband, Commercial, Environmental Testing, Government, Low Earth Orbit (LEO), Manufacturing Facility, Milestone, Satellites

AST SpaceMobile CEO’s letter to partners, shareholders, and future space-based cellular broadband network users

July 10, 2024

AST SpaceMobile, Inc. (“AST SpaceMobile”) (NASDAQ: ASTS), the company building the first and only space-based cellular broadband network accessible directly by everyday smartphones, and designed for both commercial and government […]

Filed Under: ASIC, AST SpaceMobile, AT&T, Broadband Network, Business Agreements, Cellular Broadband, Cellular Data Services, Chairman of the Board, Chief Executive Officer (CEO), Electromagnetic Spectrum, Google, Spectrum

AT&T + AST SpaceMobile announce definitive commercial agreement

May 15, 2024

AT&T and AST SpaceMobile have entered a definitive commercial agreement to provide a space-based broadband network direct to everyday cell phones — this agreement extends until 2030. Previously the companies […]

Filed Under: AST SpaceMobile, Cellular, Cellular Broadband, Cellular Comms, Constellation, LEO, News, SmallSat, Smallsat Constellation, SmallSat Design, Smallsat Development, Smallsat Manufacturing, Smallsat Markets, Smallsat Payloads, smallsats, Space-Based Celluar, Space-Based Communications, Space-Based Network

AST SpaceMobile updates constellation filing with the ITU and FCC for forward thinking SATCOM

March 12, 2024

AST SpaceMobile, Inc. (NASDAQ: ASTS), the company building the first space-based cellular broadband network accessible directly by standard smartphones, announces it has updated its constellation filing with the International Telecommunication […]

Filed Under: AST Space Mobile, Business Moves, Cellular Broadband, Constellation, Federal Communications Commission (FCC), International Telecommunication Union (ITU), Manufacturing, SATCOM, Satellite Network, V-band

AST SpaceMobile achieves space-based 5G cell broadband connectivity from smartphones

September 19, 2023

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 […]

Filed Under: 5G, 5G, 5G over Satellite, AST Space Mobile, BlueWalker 3 LEO satellite, Cellular Broadband, Comms, LEO, Satellites, Space-Based Voice Calls Tagged With: Featured

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