AST SpaceMobile didn’t immediately respond to a request for comment, making it unclear when it'll kick off the test operations. But the approval represents one step in its ongoing journey to use ...

MIDLAND, Texas--(BUSINESS WIRE)--AST SpaceMobile, Inc. (“AST SpaceMobile”) (NASDAQ: ASTS), the company building the first and only space-based cellular broadband network accessible directly by ...

AST SpaceMobile to Test Cellular Satellites With 2K AT&T, Verizon Devices The company also wants to beta-test the first batch of BlueBird satellites by beaming cellular connectivity to emergency ...

The FCC has issued the necessary licenses that will allow AST SpaceMobile to launch and test its unique direct-from-space cellular service within the US. Unlike existing satellite-phone technology, ...

AST SpaceMobile CEO Abel Avellan (left) and a company engineer conducting test satellite-enabled calls in Texas. Credit: Business Wire TAMPA, Fla. — AST SpaceMobile announced April 25 it made the ...

MIDLAND, Texas--(BUSINESS WIRE)--AST SpaceMobile, Inc. (“AST SpaceMobile”) (NASDAQ: ASTS), the company building the first and only space-based cellular broadband network accessible directly by ...

BlueBird 6 is 3.5 times as large as its predecessors and is expected to support 10 times their data capacity. Despite gaining more than 265% this year, ASTS is still favorable among Wall Street’s ...

PCMag editors select and review products independently. If you buy through affiliate links, we may earn commissions, which help support our testing. AST SpaceMobile can finally start testing its ...

Last week a Vodafone engineer, Rowan Chesmer, somewhere in the middle of Wales and very much in a dead zone for cellular connectivity, used an AST SpaceMobile satellite to send a video call to ...

AST SpaceMobile, a five-year-old company, based in Midland, Texas, has received a green light from the US Federal Communications Commission to test a satellite that could provide cellular broadband ...