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🌐Vodafone DA
- 10 Year Agreement Covers Vodafone Home Markets as well as other markets via its Partner Markets Program
- Vodafone operates in more than 20 markets and has partnerships that cover another 40 markets
- Confirmed speeds of greater than 20 Mbps on 5 Mhz of spectrum
- The service: These gateways will then connect to Vodafone's existing network infrastructure to route the broadband data to users' devices, as well as to access third-party Apps and the Internet
A gateway is being installed in a first country - to be disclosed next year. ASTS disclosed, “We are installing five gateways in the United States and have gateways installed or nearing completion in half a dozen other countries.”
As we continue to learn about the process of approvals, a little more "learning" occurs (code for wrong initial expectations). Confirming Block 1 is deployed seems like an obviously pre-condition for the FCC to want before authorization an STA
ASTS has been disclosing data transmission rates that imply 4 bits per second of spectral efficiency. Original estimates were done with 2.5 bits per second
Shorts pile in and no one knows why. That, and more, on this week's Weekly
🇸🇬ASTS Gets First Non-US Defense Deal
First of many…
AST SpaceMobile agreed a deal to provide Singapore’s Defence Science and Technology Agency (DSTA) with satellite-based emergency services in remote areas as the satellite player builds out its constellation of low Earth orbit (LEO) birds.
From a strategic perspective, ASTS is well-positioned as a partner to Gulf telecom operators offering D2D services. The report validates ASTS’s relevance to KSA’s connectivity strategy, especially in non-urban areas
Cardinals select a new supreme constellation, FCC filings give us a lot of potential upside surprises, and more on this week's Weekly
🚀Launch Update
The launch guidance tightens up from H2 2025 - 1H 2026.
The story is now for cash flow ramp expectations. The April–May 2025 FCC/NTIA volley shows AST SpaceMobile has cleared the two riskiest technical hurdles—orbital-debris compliance and 36 GHz passive-sensor protection—while quietly quadrupling its target constellation. In short, “36 GHz passive-sensor protection” refers to proving that AST’s Q/V-band feeder links will not wash out sensitive climate-monitoring instruments. The filings show AST achieves this with comfortable technical margin, eliminating a major regulatory uncertainty without sacrificing link budget or launch schedule.
FCC Chair Carr and Senator Ted Cruz drop by to congratulate Abel, Golden Dome kicks off, 5G Fund expectations rise, ISRO Launch soon, and much more on this week's Weekly...
🎌Rakuten Meeting
CEO Hiroshi Mikitani told a briefing Wednesday that Rakuten would provide voice, video, text and "other" services when it starts in the fourth quarter of 2026.
While Japan has dense mobile coverage in built-up areas, its difficult terrain and numerous offshore islands mean most carriers cover only about 70% of the total territory.