I believe they have issues with licensing. I don't see them doing their next launch in Q2 unless it's on Ariane
On Sun, Jan 28, 2024, 9:50 PM Hesham ElBakoury via Starlink < starlink@lists.bufferbloat.net> wrote: > "AT&T and Google joined existing investor Vodafone in a $155 million > strategic investment in AST SpaceMobile to fund its direct-to-device (D2D) > connectivity constellation. > > AST SpaceMobile also plans to draw up to $51.5 million from an existing > debt facility and raise at least $100 million by selling discounted shares. > > In addition, Vodafone and AT&T have placed purchase orders for network > equipment from AST SpaceMobile to support planned commercial service, while > Google and AST SpaceMobile agreed to collaborate on product development, > testing and implementation plans for network connectivity on Android and > related devices. > > As well as AST SpaceMobile, Vodafone has previously formed > <https://inform.tmforum.org/features-and-opinion/a-week-in-telecoms-project-kuiper-deutsche-telekom-reliance-ecs-digital-markets-act> > a > partnership with Project Kuiper, Amazon’s low Earth orbit satellite (LEO) > communications initiative, to extend the reach of 4G and 5G services in > Europe and Africa. > > Indeed, several communications service providers (CSPs) are linking up > with satellite service providers to solve backhaul and rural connectivity > challenges, as well as gain access to D2D connectivity. > > SpaceX recently launched the first six Starlink satellites to support > direct-to-cell and is working closely with TMobile US in this area." > > > > _______________________________________________ > Starlink mailing list > Starlink@lists.bufferbloat.net > https://lists.bufferbloat.net/listinfo/starlink >
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