A Delaware bankruptcy court on June 23rd approved the long-term acquisition by AST SpaceMobile (AST) of Ligado’s L-band spectrum over North America. The judge, Thomas Horan, was brief in saying, […]
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AST SpaceMobile confirms Ligado payment
AST SpaceMobile will pay around $550 million (€474.9m) to Ligado for its L-band spectrum over North America. The news was confirmed late on June 13th. The payment will allow Ligado […]
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 […]
Ligado details bankruptcy exit plan
Ligado Networks entered Chapter 11 in January. It has now presented its exit plan to the Delaware Bankruptcy Court. A key portion of the exit scheme is an agreement with […]
Barclays Bank is positive on AST SpaceMobile L-band meaningful addition
Analysts at Barclays have joined a growing number of researchers favoring AST SpaceMobile (AST). A report from the bank explains to investors the background to AST’s recent agreement with Ligado […]
Forrester’s Digest: AST SpaceMobile helps bankrupt Ligado
Ligado Networks filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection on January 6th. Ligado holds some extremely valuable ‘L-band’ spectrum over North America but is in the middle of a bitter dispute […]
Ligado can sue U.S. Government for $39bn in claims that the government stole its L-band spectrum
Ligado Networks can proceed with their claim for $39 billion (€36.9bn) in damages and compensation from the U.S. government for what it claims – in essence – is the theft […]
New Mobile Satellite Industry Assoc. to advance global connectivity for D2D + IoT services
Viasat, Inc. (NASDAQ: VSAT), Terrestar Solutions, Ligado Networks, Omnispace and Al Yah Satellite Communications Company PJSC (Yahsat), have announced the Mobile Satellite Services Association (MSSA). The organization will bring significant scale and choice to promote and […]
Viasat, Ligado + Skylo aim for Direct to Device Services
Viasat Inc. (NASDAQ: VSAT) has reached a non-binding, Memorandums of Understanding (MoU) with Ligado Networks and Skylo Technologies that is intended to offer first generation, standards based, Direct-to-Device (D2D), satellite […]