In 2021, AST and MTN linked up via an MOU. It would be good news if one of the multiple partnerships MTN is currently still exploring is AST. It seems while Vodacom is 100% in on AST, MTN has not made a 100% commitment to Lynk.

If anyone has a paid subscription, willing to hear what else the article had to say!.

Some references:

Article is paywalled, but it does reference Vodacom South Africa, subsidiary of Vodafone, is working directly with AST SpaceMobile. It also references MTN exploring partnerships with multiple companies. Lynk is referenced. But since the article is paywalled, I can't read rest.

Here is the reference:

With that said, it does not appear this rules out OTFS for sensing applications. The majority of the delegates ruled for OFDM for the initial 6G rollout, especially with a focus on eMBB. But the "Yes" majority, also had a majority decision to address ISAC waveforms at later time.

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AST: New Job Alert --> Environmental Health and Safety Manager. I checked the existing 25 job applications, and this is the only one which has the phrase "DoD" in the preferred qualifications:. Note: There may have been past applications which have. I only reviewed existing ones.

One of the big takeaways from 3GPP RAN meetings in India. The 4G/5G waveform OFDM is not changing anytime soon. Big win for legacy players. Big loss for companies like Cohere who implemented OTFS. Analysis from this decision is cited by aLinkedIn post from CEO of Paaru Wireless

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AST will need to get birds up in the sky to truly realize its potential. Until then, Starlinks staggered, app-tailored approach will be the expectation for the average D2C customer.

application is a different puzzle piece which requires application customization and backend support. Compare that to ASTs plan of using the existing carrier network. No need for customization, backend support, etc. I don't expect ASTs rollout to be as staggered. But obviously.

Yeah. StarLink isn't releasing WhatsApp video calling anytime soon. Low bandwidth, bursty applications like X can only be supported on KDDI. The deployment of individual apps, for individual carriers is just odd. It shows there is a broken system in their architecture. Every.

It will be interesting to see whether they have any success in the next few years. I will try to share more updates as 3GPP meetings in India continue along.

defined . until today. 3GPP is defining BOG as 5G Broadcast over Geosynchronous Satellite. The band is designated as Band 246 and has a broadcast channel of 10 MHz. Of course, Astrum Mobile will have stiff competition as users may not be content with broadcast only services.

Geostationary satellite NEASTAR-1. Their focus is in the Asia Pacific. They plan to implement release 19 NR-NTN to achieve their goal to provide broadcast data such as rich media, emergency notifications and IoT applications. One issue, there is no 3GPP NR-NTN DL only band.

We all know about D2D operator like AST, Starlink, Skylo, Lynk, etc. but one interesting player in the game is Astrum Mobile. This operator is not focused on D2D in the traditional fashion. Rather they are focused on providing broadcast-only data to devices using their.

Some updates to this thread. AST was recently at another CITEL conference to discuss WRC-27. Seems some good progress was made, with two technical notebooks being approved.