AST SpaceMobile partners with Verizon, adding to AT&T coverage deal for satellite internet to phones
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- May 29, 2024
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A variety of major players are pursuing the direct-to-device, or D2D, opportunity, seeing a chance to expand the mobile communications market to any place on Earth that "cellular signals are unreachable through traditional land-based infrastructure," as Verizon's Senior Vice President of Technology and Product Development, Srini Kalapala, described in a statement on Wednesday.
Smartphone makers, service providers and satellite companies alike are working or partnering on D2D projects. Rivaling AST's deals is SpaceX's Starlink, which has teamed up with T-Mobile. Additionally, Apple has been spending heavily to provide its Globlastar-supported "Emergency SOS with Satellite" service, which it rolled out with iPhone 14 models.
AST expects to launch its first five commercial satellites later this year. SpaceX, boasting over three million Starlink customers, is aiming to roll out the addition of its T-Mobile-supported phone service later this year. Elon Musk's company earlier this month completed what it said was the "first video call" via social media using its satellites connected to unmodified phones.
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