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AST SpaceMobile Announces Teaming Agreement with Fairwinds Technologies
Companies to Explore Potential Opportunities to Jointly Market AST SpaceMobile’s Planned Services and Innovative Satellite Technologies to Military and Law
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[{"type":"text","content":"\nCompanies to Explore Potential Opportunities to Jointly Market AST SpaceMobile’s Planned Services and Innovative Satellite Technologies to Military and Law Enforcement Agencies\n\n MIDLAND, Texas--(BUSINESS WIRE)--\nAST SpaceMobile Inc. (NASDAQ: ASTS), the company building the first and only space-based cellular broadband network accessible directly by standard mobile phones, today announced a teaming agreement with Fairwinds Technologies LLC to explore potential opportunities to jointly market AST SpaceMobile’s planned services and innovative satellite technologies to the military market.\nThis press release features multimedia. View the full release here: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20230306005479/en/\nFairwinds develops innovative end-to-end communications solutions for the defense community and public sector agencies. Military forces have an operational need for high bandwidth, low latency and secure communications but often operate in areas without existing, trusted cellular coverage.\n\n\"Our space-based cellular broadband network is being designed to offer new capabilities, including potential applications for the Tactical Military Communications mission scope, which could offer a next-generation, resilient alternative to existing technologies,\" said Chris Ivory, Chief Commercial Officer of AST SpaceMobile.\n\nFairwinds is a U.S. Government prime contractor with experience designing solutions for defense and civilian agencies worldwide and an approved vendor for various government contract vehicles.\n\n\"Focusing on next-generation and space-based communications technologies that address network resiliency, 4G/5G competitiveness and Positioning, Navigation and Timing (PNT) is vital. AST SpaceMobile’s network is being designed to offer potential solutions for these needs,” said Tim Hillner, Chief Technology Officer of Fairwinds Technologies.\n\nAST SpaceMobile’s mission is to eliminate the connectivity gaps faced by today’s five billion mobile subscribers and finally bring broadband to the billions who remain unconnected. The company has entered into agreements and understandings with mobile network operators, who collectively have over 2 billion mobile subscribers.\n\nAbout AST SpaceMobile\n\nAST SpaceMobile is building the first and only global cellular broadband network in space to operate directly with st...