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Some VERY good sleuthing by Steve on Xitter as part of the #SpaceMob group. A Trademark filing for "Starlink Mobile" would make perfect sense if one thought they might compete directly with existing MNO's. That is why $ASTS @ast-science.com will be the partner of choice for most MNO's.
Screenshot from Xitter stating: $ASTS: Elon hinted at competing with MNOs back in September. And what did he do a month later? Double down with a “Starlink Mobile” trademark filing. If MNOs weren’t aware of Starlink’s competitive threat then, they should be now.
December 4, 2025 at 6:29 PM
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TMobile also filed objections to AST's SCS application. They are making silly claims about $ASTS not providing sufficient proof they will not cause interference. This is just a stall tactic and seems unlikely to work IMO. CatSE did a funny version on Xitter mocking them.
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November 19, 2025 at 2:18 AM
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Vodafone and AST SpaceMobile Announce New EU Satellite Constellation and Select Germany for European Sovereign Satellite Operations Centre

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November 7, 2025 at 7:05 AM
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ast-science.com
We welcomed AT&T Chairman and CEO John Stankey to Midland for a firsthand look at the rapid development of our next-gen BlueBirds.

AT&T is a key strategic partner in our mission to connect the unconnected, and together we have showcased world-firsts in space-based cellular broadband 🚀 📶📱
October 28, 2025 at 7:41 PM
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More and more evidence that $ASTS really does deliver the goods when it comes to cellular connectivity everywhere. www.newsfilecorp.com/release/2720...
BeWhere Holdings Inc. Successfully Connects IoT Device on AST SpaceMobile's Direct-to-Device Satellite Network
Toronto, Ontario--(Newsfile Corp. - October 28, 2025) - BeWhere Holdings Inc. (TSXV: BEW) (OTCQB: BEWFF), a leader in low-power 5G...
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October 28, 2025 at 12:32 PM
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The mid September short position for $ASTS has increased by 2.2M shares as of mid September. Idiots selling AST short on the news of SpaceX buying 50Mhz of spectrum for $19B. They got their asses handed to them this week.
Short interest in $ASTS jumped 2.2M shares to 41.7M.
September 25, 2025 at 12:17 AM
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Many of you who follow me do so for $ASTS coverage. I cannot emphasize enough how great a sale you are getting right now. Oversold on the daily chart and trading well below the bottom of the Bollinger Band. I'm scrounging to buy more and calls! Run the #'s on SpaceX spectrum and you will see why.
Daily chart of $ASTS showing oversold conditions.
September 9, 2025 at 3:50 PM
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Yesterday evening the FCC granted @ast-science.com permission to launch 20 additional satellites! $ASTS I’m too lazy to write up all the details so here is a great summary from our favorite Swedish 🐈. x.com/catse___apex...
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August 30, 2025 at 10:35 AM
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The bi-monthly short position for $ASTS has been published. As of the end of June the shorts covered ~1.7M shares. Given the run up in price this is not very much. These official numbers are very different from the Markit daily numbers.
bi-monthly short position in $ASTS. Current position is 45M shares, down from 46.7M shares earlier in June 2025.
July 10, 2025 at 9:25 PM
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A new @ast-science.com $ASTS patent was reported today by user Theodorus. Replacing GPS signals for positioning using Satellite RAN is likely to be a very good thing for high quality positioning data. It may also reduce power consumption in cellphones which is always a nice feature.
$ASTS @AST_SpaceMobile @AbelAvellan 🚨 Another day another US patent: 🚨 "Dynamic Triangulation Of Active User Equipment Location Via Satellite Radio Access Technology (RAT)" US 12,352,877 B1 Inventors: Yu & Fawzi Date published: 2025-07-08
July 8, 2025 at 10:22 PM
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Vodafone and AST SpaceMobile Choose Luxembourg as Joint Venture Headquarters to Drive European-Wide Space-Based Mobile Broadband Coverage
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June 30, 2025 at 6:06 AM
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AST SpaceMobile & Fairwinds Technologies Demonstrate World’s First Tactical NTN Connectivity Over Standard Mobile Devices
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June 26, 2025 at 11:36 AM
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AST SpaceMobile ramping up launches ahead of beta service this year

AST SpaceMobile plans to launch satellites for its direct-to-smartphone broadband constellation every one to two months starting in July, aiming to begin beta services for AT&T and Verizon in the United States before the end of…
AST SpaceMobile ramping up launches ahead of beta service this year
AST SpaceMobile plans to launch satellites for its direct-to-smartphone broadband constellation every one to two months starting in July, aiming to begin beta services for AT&T and Verizon in the United States before the end of the year.
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May 13, 2025 at 9:17 PM
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$ASTS 101 and Dual Use Cases with the Legend CatSE 🔥: open.spotify.com/episode/1AaI...
Episode 5: AST SpaceMobile Tech Talk with CatSe, AST Vs Starlink, Technical Use Cases, Golden Dome & More. $ASTS
AST Space Odyssey · Episode
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May 9, 2025 at 8:34 PM
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It is worth noting that even with the OOBE waiver, SpaceX D2D service is barely picking the low hanging fruit that is text messaging. Shows the weakness of their design and the MNO's are not fooled. Among many other reasons, that is why $ASTS @ast-science.com is the partner of choice for so many.
May 8, 2025 at 5:35 PM
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Nice to see Echostar push back on the FCC's "arbitrary and capricious" decision to grant the SpaceX request for a waiver of the OOBE limit. $ASTS 🥊
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Before the FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20554 In the Matter of Space Bureau and Wireless Telecommunications Bureau Seek Comment on Filings of SpaceX and T-Mobile Requesting to Establish Supplemental Coverage from Space Application for Authority for Modification of the SpaceX NGSO Satellite System to Add a Direct to Cellular System ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) GN Docket No. 23-135; ICFS File Nos. SAT- MOD-20230207-00021, SAT-AMD-20240322- 00061 Call Sign S3069 ECHOSTAR CORPORATION’S APPLICATION FOR REVIEW EchoStar Corporation (“EchoStar”) respectfully seeks Commission review of the Space Bureau’s decision to grant SpaceX’s waiver of the aggregate out-of-band interference limits for supplemental coverage from space (“SCS”).1 Instead of finding that harmful interference would be unlikely at the higher power levels proposed by SpaceX, the Bureau failed to make any decision about the likelihood of harmful interference, granted the waiver, and put the burden on EchoStar to protect itself. That decision was not reasoned, because the Bureau failed to show that the Commission’s concerns underlying Section 25.202(k)(1) had changed, been eliminated, or rendered unlikely. It was also erroneous because the plain text of the Communications Act vests the Commission with the responsibility to “prevent interference” before it happens.2 Addressing interference after it already happens does not meet that mark. 2 burden to the Commission, not EchoStar. Given all this, the waiver grant could not have plausibly served the public interest. The Commission should reverse the Bureau. QUESTION PRESENTED In March 2024, the Commission adopted the SCS Order, which, among other things, set an aggregate out-of-band of band interference limit for supplemental coverage from space services.3 The Commission described that limit as “necessary” to protect wireless operators from harmful interference, and proponents of weaker limits provided “no evidence” supporting their claims.4 Despite that, less than a year later, the Space Bureau adopted the Waiver Order, waiving this limit for SpaceX without deciding that harmful interference would be unlikely.5 Did this decision improperly conflict with the SCS Order, Section 303(f) of the Communications Act, and the good cause standard for waivers in Section 1.3 of the Commission’s rules?6 BACKGROUND The SCS Order crafted a regulatory framework for SCS service, including licensing and service rules to prevent harmful interference. One of those rules is Section 25.202(k)(1), setting the aggregate out-of-band interference limit for the service at -120 dBW/m2/MHz.7 The 8 agency by the statute.”35 The Communications Act tasks the Commission with making “such regulations not inconsistent with law as it may deem necessary to prevent interference between stations[.]”36 The Commission’s SCS Order did that for SCS by adopting the aggregate out-of- band interference limit in Section 25.202(k)(1) that was “necessary” to protect adjacent-band wireless networks from harmful interference.37 Despite the Commission’s prior finding that out-of-band interference concerns warrant a rule limiting aggregate emissions, the Bureau waived Section 25.202(k)(1) as requested by SpaceX.38 In doing so, the Bureau failed to determine that the harmful interference concerns described in the SCS Order that led to the adoption of Section 25.202(k)(1) had been eliminated. Instead, all the Bureau said was that “SpaceX has provided engineering analyses in support of its claim that harmful interference in adjacent bands is unlikely” and that “T-Mobile, an adjacent band terrestrial operator . . . presents its own technical analyses in which it concludes that the waiver poses a low likelihood of harmful interference.”39 That is as far as it went. The Bureau never endorsed the conclusions of either analysis, nor did it reject the technical claims of AT&T, Verizon, and EchoStar raised in the records for both the SCS Order and the Waiver Order. AT&T demonstrated that it would suffer a devastating 18% reduction in throughput.40 But the Waiver Order allowed SpaceX to operate at higher power levels regardless. This failure to rule 9 out harmful interference conflicts with the SCS Order’s technical reasons for adopting Section 25.202(k)(1). The Bureau tried to cover this hole in its decisionmaking by conditioning SpaceX’s authorization on a requirement to not cause harmful interference and to address any complaints of harmful interference from adjacent band users.41 But this condition contravenes the Communications Act’s mandate to make rules that “prevent interference between stations[.]”42 As the Supreme Court has held, the word “prevent” means “to render (an intended, possible, or likely action or event) impractical or impossible by anticipatory action.”43 In other words, “prevent” means to stop something before it happens. Accordingly, the Commission’s statutory responsibility is to make rules that stop harmful interference at its inception, just like Section 25.202(k)(1) is supposed to do. But unlike an aggregate power limit, the condition in the Waiver Order allows SpaceX and T-Mobile to interfere with adjacent band users like EchoStar up until EchoStar detects and reports the interference. Because this non-anticipatory measure only kicks in after EchoStar suffers from harmful interference, it does not satisfy the prevention required by the plain text of the Communications Act. In any event, the Bureau knows that it is immensely difficult for carriers to detect a particular source of interference. In reality, the condition forces EchoStar to take up this burden just to keep its basic rights as a licensee. Yet Congress placed the burden to prevent harmful interference on the Commission and those causing it, not the victim operators.44
April 8, 2025 at 4:11 PM
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Sharing some AMAZING $ASTS Infographics from @paul44250784.bsky.social! 🫡Please review and share with others!
1/ Ever wonder how a 199 square meter satellite 🛰️ could connect YOUR phone 📱 from space? @AST_SpaceMobile 's BlueBird is making 5G direct to device a reality—and $ASTS stock might just skyrocket 🚀 with it. Check this out! 👀 2/ Millions of Americans can’t get a cellular signal 📶 in the vast rural landscape. @AST_SpaceMobile ’s game-changing D2D network is hitting AT&T and Verizon’s dead zones by early 2026. Is $ASTS the hidden gem 💎 investors are sleeping on? See for yourself! 👇 3/ 3.0 BILLION people could soon be connected in the most remote locations on earth 🌎. @AST_SpaceMobile 's global connectivity is starting 🌐—and $ASTS could be your ticket 🎟️ to the next big thing in telecommunications. Don’t miss this! 🔥
April 8, 2025 at 2:17 PM
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There is very little the rural carriers can do to survive in the long run. They are just hoping to extend their subsidies and maximize the amount they can get. $ASTS can provide coverage at a much lower price and they are worried the national carriers will bypass them.
April 2, 2025 at 1:14 AM
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Sp🅰️ceMob: the unofficial $ASTS anti-FUD department
March 25, 2025 at 3:16 PM
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$ASTS: @ast-science.com confirms to the FCC that "documentation demonstrating FirstNet's consent is forthcoming and will be uploaded into the ELS as an exhibit".

Will this be a definitive agreement? Or is it just word salad for a consent letter? Stay tuned!

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March 25, 2025 at 8:40 AM
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Someone shared this video link with me. I LOVE it. Lots of great details here. $ASTS. Watch it.
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Interview: Ray Dolan, Cohere Technologies
The CEO & Chairman of Cohere Technologies is interviewed by Justin Springham at MWC25.
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March 12, 2025 at 9:30 PM
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Seamless space-based cellular broadband connectivity directly to your device. At the #MWC25 Non-Terrestrial Network Panel, Scott Wisniewski: "Space is now available for everybody, it has been democratized, it goes directly to the 5 billion phones in people's pockets today.”
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AST MWC25 - Non Terrestrial Network panel Scott's answers
YouTube video by AST SpaceMobile
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March 7, 2025 at 7:08 PM
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$ASTS: Don’t sleep on Cohere
March 7, 2025 at 5:02 PM
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Important content from "expert network" interview with a former SpaceX Direct to Cell Manager. $ASTS 💰
Another Expert Network excerpt from former senior Starlink Direct-to-Cell manager. 1) This passage highlights T-Mobile's short-term focus of wanting to be associated with something cool without assessing long-term strategic impact or even asking the most important question - does the tech even work? 2) Also confirms that at the time of the August 2022 announcement, Starlink Direct-to-Cell was pretty much a vaporware response to get ahead of the Apple/Globalstar announcement.🤷‍♂️ FORMER SENIOR STARLINK DIRECT-TO-CELL MANAGER: "There's different reasons why telcos sign up for a service like this. T-Mobile is a very, very unique case. The genesis of all this, if you remember, was Apple was due to announce their satellite service. Elon called together a quick press conference, got everybody on stage and announced that T-Mobile and Starlink would do the same. Now, there was some efforts internally to bring this to market, but really the fire that accelerated all this was the Apple announcement. T-Mobile, very, very historically, tends to be a huge marketing machine. What they're looking to do and what their financials have shown is that they're very good at adding subscribers. Now traditionally, that would be through having free HBO or Apple TV+. This is yet another thing that they offer to try and attract customers. Their view on this tends to be more on what is the customer acquisition story? What does it cost us to do that? What is the cost of churn as people leave? What can we do to have people in the highest ARPU bucket? The other thing to note is they're very much tying it down to particular kinds of devices. A lot of the U.S. telcos tend to make money also through device financing. Forcing an upgrade cycle in a market where upgrade cycles have been pretty slow is a good incentive for them as well. A partnership like T-Mobile, for example, isn't as worried about the number of messages or the amount of data. It's more, what is the brand value of somebody lik…
March 6, 2025 at 8:04 PM
defiantclient.bsky.social
$ASTS Price Target Upgrades after the quarterly update call:

UBS UPGRADES AST SPACEMOBILE PRICE TARGET TO $38 FROM $31, REITERATES BUY RATING

SCOTIABANK UPGRADES AST PRICE TARGET TO $47.90 FROM $40.20

DEUTSCHE BANK UPGRADES AST SPACEMOBILE PRICE TARGET TO $64 FROM $53 AND REITERATES BUY RATING
March 5, 2025 at 3:50 PM