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"This is not a text service, this is not an emergency service, this is broadband." AST SpaceMobile President Scott Wisniewski defines our mission in a V-Talk with Tom Griffiths, Vodafone Group Director at #MWC25 Learn how we are going to deliver true broadband from space. #SpaceMobile #DirectToDevice #BlueBird #Broadband... show more

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NomadBets1 year ago

@VodafoneGroup Fire

American Stories Network1 year ago

No shortcuts, no excuses—just pure determination. 💥 Are you ready to see who has what it takes? #SurvivingMann #NoLimits #NavySEALs #AmericanSheriff #SpecOps #LawEnforcement #TacticalTraining

Space Investor1 year ago

@VodafoneGroup "This is broadband", love it 👌 $ASTS

🛰Cyrus D🅰️ Great 📶1 year ago

@VodafoneGroup $ASTS with less than 300 Satellites … THIS IS BROADBAND!!! Byeeee 🩳 Byeeee Nay Sayers

seb🅰️sq1 year ago

@VodafoneGroup $ASTS half the worlds population soon enough:

MWM1 year ago

@VodafoneGroup This is!

Space Sapien1 year ago

@VodafoneGroup Great job, Scott!

Bri🅰️n L1 year ago

@VodafoneGroup Great quote @scottwisniews - @AST_SpaceMobile years ahead of "emergency" texting - no one is even close!

RG🅰️SH1 year ago

@VodafoneGroup Let’s goo. Nice job guys!!

🅰️fredmertz🅰️1 year ago

@VodafoneGroup Really great interview, explaining what AST is and how *close* it is to succeeding, all while keeping the focus on the partner MNO and their customers. Scott did a really incredible job here!

Million🅰️ire1 year ago

@VodafoneGroup 🅰️mazing work team .

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