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Verizon Teams With AST SpaceMobile on Space-Based Cellular Service

Verizon has signed a deal with AST SpaceMobile to provide cellular service from space beginning next year.

Associated Press

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Verizon Teams With AST SpaceMobile on Space-Based Cellular Service
Photo of the logo for Verizon at the New York Stock Exchange on April 23, 2018, by Richard Drew/AP

Oct. 9, 2025 (AP) – Verizon has signed a deal to provide cellular service from space through AST SpaceMobile beginning next year.

Shares of AST SpaceMobile, a space-based cellular broadband network, soared more than 10% before the market opened Wednesday.

SpaceMobile's network is designed to operate across premium low-band spectrum, its own licensed L-band and S-band spectrum, and up to 1,150 MHz of mobile network operator partners’ low- and mid-band spectrum worldwide, the company said.

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