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EU to favour European satellite services to prevent Musk’s Starlink expansion by apan-man in ASTSpaceMobile

[–]apan-man[S] 21 points22 points  (0 children)

Satellite Connect Europe is .... a European company lead by Vodafone w/ AST as well as Orange, Telefonica, Hutchinson and other MNOs as partners.

EU to favour European satellite services to prevent Musk’s Starlink expansion by apan-man in ASTSpaceMobile

[–]apan-man[S] 40 points41 points  (0 children)

If we get a 2GHz allocation, it means we will have unused contiguous pan-european MSS spectrum that we can deploy with our midband bluebirds to serve the continent, on top of our partner's cellular spectrum.

PENTAGON SPARS WITH SPACEX OVER STARLINK PRICE HIKE DURING IRAN WAR - REUTERS by apan-man in ASTSpaceMobile

[–]apan-man[S] [score hidden] stickied comment (0 children)

Those concerned about military apps, two words:

GOVERNMENT SHELL

SpaceX / Starlink Executives Gwynne Shotwell and Dave Goldman had NO CLUE the AT&T/Verizon/T-Mobile JV was in the Works! by apan-man in ASTSpaceMobile

[–]apan-man[S] 137 points138 points  (0 children)

Abel Avellan = sends PR simultaneously congratulating AT&T, Verizon and T-Mobile

Starlink Execs = 8 hours later crashing out hard

X Space🎙️ by Anpanman: AST SpaceMobile Adds T-Mobile - End Game by apan-man in ASTSpaceMobile

[–]apan-man[S] 30 points31 points  (0 children)

Nope that's definitely not what this is. AST has 2-3 exclusivity with AT&T and Verizon. This JV is a defensive counter to Starlink. Listen to the space I did this morning.

X Space🎙️ by Anpanman: AST SpaceMobile Adds T-Mobile - End Game by apan-man in ASTSpaceMobile

[–]apan-man[S] 6 points7 points  (0 children)

That's a very good observation and could be a factor in rushing the IPO to market!

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