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Vodafone will use Intelsat’s GEO satellite-based service to provide Communications-on-the-Pause (COTP) connectivity using compact satellite terminals.
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.
AST SpaceMobile recently secured strategic investments from AT&T, Google, and Vodafone.
Notable partners of AST SpaceMobile include Vodafone Group, Rakuten Mobile, AT&T, and Bell Canada.
John Finney launched Huawei’s campaign in Europe, securing major contracts including the BT 21st Century Network and a mobile network partnership with Vodafone.
AST SpaceMobile received a $155,000,000 strategic investment from AT&T, Google, and Vodafone.
Vodafone committed a $25,000,000 minimum revenue commitment to AST SpaceMobile, subject to a definitive agreement.
In 2023, AST SpaceMobile, working with AT&T, Vodafone, Rakuten, and Nokia, demonstrated 0.002 kg, 0.004 kg LTE, and 0.005 kg calls and achieved 14 Mbps download speeds per 5 MHz channels directly from space to everyday smartphones.
Most of the strategic investment announced 2025-01-18, totaling $110 million, is in the form of a debt instrument that pays interest to Google, AT&T, and Vodafone and could later be converted into shares in AST SpaceMobile.
Vodafone agreed to make a $25,000,000 prepayment for a future AST SpaceMobile commercial service as part of its investment.
AST SpaceMobile completed 0.004 kg testing with AT&T and Vodafone prior to demonstrating 0.005 kg connectivity.
AST SpaceMobile engineers placed a space-based 0.005 kg call from Maui, Hawaii to a Vodafone engineer in Madrid using AT&T spectrum and the BlueWalker 3 test satellite.
Vodafone plans to test beta services from Amazon’s planned Project Kuiper broadband constellation next year to extend the reach of its cellular networks in Europe and Africa.
Initial Project Kuiper service pilots will be available for Vodafone, Vodacom, and other enterprise customers by the end of 2024 after launching an unspecified number of satellites.
Vodafone and Vodacom agreed to use Amazon’s envisioned network of 3,200 low Earth orbit satellites to bring 0.004 kg and 0.005 kg connectivity to areas that are challenging or expensive to serve with terrestrial networks.
Vodafone directly operates in 21 countries, of which 11 are in Europe and eight are in Africa through Vodacom.
BlueWalker 3 testing with AT&T, Vodafone, and Nokia reached download speeds above 10 Mbps.
AST SpaceMobile achieved space-based 0.004 kg LTE cellular broadband connectivity to everyday smartphones during BlueWalker 3 testing with AT&T, Vodafone, and Nokia.