https://spacewatch.global/tag/vodafone/ AN INDEPENDENT PERSPECTIVE ON SPACE Tue, 01 Jul 2025 08:01:51 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 https://spacewatch.global/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/SpaceWatchGlobal-Sign-90x90.png https://spacewatch.global/tag/vodafone/ 32 32 https://spacewatch.global/2025/07/vodafone-and-ast-spacemobile-headquarter-satco-joint-venture-in-luxembourg/ Tue, 01 Jul 2025 06:00:00 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=66046 Vodafone Group and AST SpaceMobile Inc. have announced that their new joint venture company, SatCo, will be headquartered in Luxembourg. AST SpaceMobile is building the first and only space-based cellular broadband network accessible directly by everyday smartphones, designed for both commercial and government applications. ]]> https://spacewatch.global/2023/09/vodafone-and-amazon-to-extend-connectivity-in-africa-and-europe/ Wed, 06 Sep 2023 06:00:35 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=50887 Vodafone and Project Kuiper, Amazon’s low Earth orbit satellite (LEO) communications initiative, announced a collaboration through which Vodafone and Vodacom plan to use Project Kuiper’s network to extend the reach of 4G/5G services to more of their customers in Europe and Africa. In addition, Vodafone and Vodacom plan to use Project Kuiper’s high-bandwidth, low-latency satellite network to bring the benefits of 4G/5G connectivity to areas that may otherwise be challenging and prohibitively expensive to serve via traditional fiber or microwave solutions.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2022/05/rivada-space-networks-joins-itu-partner2connect-digital-coalition/ Fri, 13 May 2022 06:00:52 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=40926 German Rivada Space Networks, a new company launching a constellation of 600 low-Earth-orbit communication satellites, announced a pledge of US $112 million toward creating an Open Access Platform for the ITU Partner2Connect Digital Coalition to help bridge the digital divide. ]]> https://spacewatch.global/2022/05/fcc-grants-experimental-license-to-spacemobile/ Tue, 10 May 2022 06:00:55 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=40869 Startup AST SpaceMobile, announced it has received an experimental license from the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) supporting its US-based testing of the BlueWalker 3 satellite. The company is building the first space-based cellular broadband network designed to be accessible directly by standard mobile phones, SpaceMobile said.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2020/03/rakuten-and-vodafone-invest-in-ast-sciences-space-venture/ Thu, 05 Mar 2020 06:00:41 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=20253 Rakuten and Vodafone have become the lead investors in a venture to extend mobile coverage to more people and devices across the planet, using the first mobile broadband network that will be broadcast from space.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2017/12/private-space-company-return-apollo-17-landing-site-carefully/ Thu, 07 Dec 2017 05:15:13 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=6558 This content is for members only. Visit the site and log in/register to read.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2017/07/swmethemes-mission-moon-seeks-middle-east-partners-science-resource-exploration/ Sat, 22 Jul 2017 07:00:02 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=5134 This content is for members only. Visit the site and log in/register to read.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2017/04/open-house-at-ptscientists-mission-to-the-moon/ Tue, 11 Apr 2017 07:30:03 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=3969 This content is for members only. Visit the site and log in/register to read.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2017/03/stay-connected-even-moon/ Sun, 19 Mar 2017 15:00:33 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=3680 This content is for members only. Visit the site and log in/register to read.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2017/01/turkey-hosts-free-telecommunication-operator-associations-9th-general-assembly/ Tue, 03 Jan 2017 08:00:08 +0000 http://spacewatchme.com/?p=2815 This content is for members only. Visit the site and log in/register to read.]]>