Rival AT&T is also with AST, although T-Mobile went with SpaceX’s Starlink
Verizon has become the latest telco to sign up for a satellite phone service, joining rival US operator AT&T in choosing AST SpaceMobile as its provider, even though the latter has yet to put any of its commercial satellites into orbit., which claimed it means the pair would be able to provide a service with 100 percent coverage of the continental US, using the 850 MHz spectrum band.
“This partnership will enhance cellular connectivity in the United States, essentially eliminating dead zones and empowering remote areas of the country with space-based connectivity,” AST SpaceMobile Founder and CEO Abel Avellan claimed in a statement. The company said it is now on target for a July or August delivery of the 5 Block 1 satellites to Cape Canaveral, and it is understood they are expected to be lofted aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket sometime in Q3 of this year, if all goes to plan.
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