Verizon is a telecommunications company that is expanding its reach into the space industry through strategic partnerships and technological innovations. Verizon is working to integrate satellite connectivity to provide direct-to-device messaging and expand cellular coverage to remote areas, teaming up with companies like Skylo and AST SpaceMobile. They utilize satellite connections for cell sites in remote areas and operate satellite-based portable network assets for emergency situations. Verizon's goal is to create a hybrid network where terrestrial and satellite technologies complement each other, ensuring seamless connectivity.
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AT&T and Verizon are building a rival joint venture to pool their spectrum and offer open-access satellite layers.
The AT&T, T-Mobile, and Verizon joint venture pools portions of their terrestrial spectrum assets to create a unified neutral-host satellite-to-cellular access layer.
AT&T, T-Mobile, and Verizon reached an agreement in principle on May 14, 2026 to form a joint venture.
Verizon’s wholesale contracts for Spectrum Mobile and Xfinity Mobile contain change-of-control provisions.
SpaceX may seek secondary supplemental coverage agreements with AT&T or Verizon.
AT&T, Verizon, and T-Mobile have no statutory obligation to lease their macro-cell tower networks to external competitors.
Charter Communications and Comcast operate Spectrum Mobile and Xfinity Mobile through legacy MVNO agreements leased directly from Verizon.
AST SpaceMobile’s strategic partners include AT&T, Verizon, Vodafone, Rakuten, Google, Bell, Telus, stc Group, and American Tower.
AST SpaceMobile’s strategic partners include AT&T, Verizon, Vodafone, Rakuten, Google, Bell, Telus, stc Group, and American Tower.
AT&T and Verizon are among AST SpaceMobile’s contracted mobile network operator customers.
AT&T, T-Mobile, and Verizon have formed a joint venture to build a technology-neutral satellite D2D platform targeting unserved and underserved areas.
The joint venture involving AT&T, T-Mobile, and Verizon is intended to set technical interface standards for hardware suppliers.
The FCC granted AST SpaceMobile commercial authorization in April 2026 to deploy 248 satellites providing Supplemental Coverage from Space using low-band 700 and 800 MHz spectrum in coordination with Verizon, AT&T, and FirstNet.
The FCC granted AST SpaceMobile commercial authorization on April 22, 2026 to operate a 248-satellite direct-to-device constellation providing cellular broadband nationwide through coordination with Verizon, AT&T, and FirstNet.
The AT&T, T-Mobile, and Verizon joint venture is targeting unserved and underserved areas.
AT&T, T-Mobile, and Verizon formed a satellite-to-phone joint venture announced in May 2026 to eliminate wireless dead zones.
AT&T, T-Mobile, and Verizon plan a joint venture to expand satellite-based direct-to-device connectivity across the United States.
AST SpaceMobile’s authorized constellation will use low-band 700 and 800 megahertz spectrum in coordination with Verizon, AT&T, and FirstNet.
AT&T, T-Mobile, and Verizon have agreed in principle to form a joint venture to eliminate wireless dead zones across the United States using satellite-based direct-to-device technology.
The combined spectrum resources and customer base of AT&T, T-Mobile, and Verizon are intended to accelerate next-generation direct-to-device communications in the United States.