Vodafone is a telecommunications company that is expanding its role in the space industry by focusing on providing direct-to-device satellite connectivity. They are partnering with AST SpaceMobile to deliver space-based mobile broadband across Europe, aiming to eliminate coverage gaps and provide ubiquitous connectivity. Vodafone is also establishing research hubs, such as the one in Malaga, Spain, to develop integrated space and terrestrial network solutions, with support from the Spanish Space Agency and the University of Málaga, to test hardware, software, and processing chips. Their major partners include AST SpaceMobile, Google, AT&T, and Verizon, with services targeting mobile network operators (MNOs) and customers in Europe and Africa; associated keywords include satellite connectivity, mobile broadband, and AST SpaceMobile.
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El laboratorio albergará una estación terrestre similar a la utilizada por Vodafone para su videollamada directa desde el espacio, permitiendo validar configuraciones y servicios de operadores conectados a los satélites BlueBird de AST SpaceMobile.
AST SpaceMobile has commercial agreements with AT&T and Vodafone.
The agreement between AST SpaceMobile and Vodafone establishes a framework for Vodafone to offer space-based cellular broadband connectivity in its home markets and to other operators via Vodafone’s Partner Markets program.
AST SpaceMobile signed a global agreement with Vodafone that runs until 2034.
Vodafone has been a financial investor in AST SpaceMobile since 2018 and made an initial $25,000,000 (€23.7 million) investment in the company.
AST SpaceMobile’s shares rose more than 16% on 2024-12-09 following news of the Vodafone arrangement.
The Vodafone framework allows the telco to provide space-based cellular broadband across its 15 home markets and partners in 45 additional countries.
Vodafone ordered a gateway as part of the deal to route data that AST SpaceMobile satellites would receive from smartphones outside terrestrial coverage into Vodafone’s network and back to the user.
Vodafone joined Google and AT&T in investing in AST SpaceMobile as part of a $155,000,000 investment round.
The Competition and Markets Authority decided Vodafone’s £16.5 billion merger with Three should be allowed to proceed if both companies sign binding commitments to invest billions to roll out a combined 0.005 kg network across the UK.
The proposed Vodafone and Three merger would create the UK’s biggest mobile network with 27 million customers.
The independent Phase 2 inquiry group provisionally found in September that the Vodafone and Three merger could lead to higher prices for customers and less advantageous terms for virtual network providers.
One NZ launched a multimedia advertising campaign in April 2023 to promote a proposed satellite direct-to-cell mobile phone service as part of its rebrand from Vodafone New Zealand.
AST SpaceMobile is partnering with leading operators including AT&T, Verizon, and Vodafone to provide service through its U.S. coverage cells.
Vodafone will use Intelsat’s GEO satellite-based service to provide Communications-on-the-Move (COTM) connectivity using vehicle-mounted antennas.
Vodafone will use Intelsat’s GEO satellite-based service to provide Communications-on-the-Pause (COTP) connectivity using compact satellite terminals.
Vodafone and Intelsat extended their partnership to offer wider coverage of temporary and on-the-move satellite connectivity services to organizations operating in hard-to-reach areas or disaster zones on 2024-09-23.
AT&T, Google, and Vodafone have provided $110,000,000 in funding to AST SpaceMobile via convertible debt.
AST SpaceMobile received a $155,000,000 strategic investment in January from AT&T, Vodafone, Google, and other investors.
AST SpaceMobile raised $155,000,000 from Google, AT&T, and Vodafone in January ahead of plans to deploy its first commercial low Earth orbit satellites early in 2024 for a direct-to-smartphone service.