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Satellite Communication News 13 June 2025 - 22 October 2025

AST SpaceMobile Stock Shoots for the Stars – Verizon Deal and Satellite Breakthroughs Ignite 300% Rally

AST SpaceMobile Stock Shoots for the Stars – Verizon Deal and Satellite Breakthroughs Ignite 300% Rally

Stock Price and Recent Performance AST SpaceMobile’s stock has been one of 2025’s hottest stories. After trading around $30 in late 2024, ASTS rallied over 300% this year on a wave of positive news ts2.tech ts2.tech. In early October the stock broke out of the $40s on back-to-back ~16% jumps ts2.tech, hitting all-time highs above $74.77 ts2.tech (and briefly ~$99 on Oct 17 ts2.tech). This month’s catalyst was a partnership announcement with Verizon, which helped ASTS reach an intraday record near $100 ts2.tech. However, volatility has emerged: a dilutive share offering in early October caused a 6% pullback ts2.tech, and
22 October 2025
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Inside Rwanda’s Internet Revolution: How the Nation Is Connecting Remote Villages and Launching Satellites

Inside Rwanda’s Internet Revolution: How the Nation Is Connecting Remote Villages and Launching Satellites

Rwanda’s first internet access occurred around 1996, and by 2000 there were about 5,000 users (less than 0.1% of the population). In 2004 Rwanda privatized Rwandatel and sold it to Terracom, opening the ISP market to competition. Between 2008 and 2010, Rwanda laid over 3,000 km of national fiber backbone across all 30 districts, linking to SEACOM, EASSy and TEAMS in 2009, driving international bandwidth costs from about $3,000 per Mbps in 2006 to roughly $25 per Mbps. In 2013, Korea Telecom Rwanda Networks (KTRN) built a nationwide 4G network on a wholesale-only basis, achieving over 95% population coverage by
6 August 2025
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Satellite-to-Cell Showdown: Apple vs Starlink vs AST in the Race to Connect Your Phone Anywhere

Satellite-to-Cell Showdown: Apple vs Starlink vs AST in the Race to Connect Your Phone Anywhere

Apple launched Emergency SOS via satellite in late 2022 with the iPhone 14, becoming the first mainstream phone to offer satellite messaging. Apple’s satellite system uses Globalstar’s LEO satellites (about 1,400 km altitude) with custom hardware and extremely low bandwidth, delivering a few bytes per second and requiring the user to point and hold the phone for about 15–30 seconds per transmission. In late 2023 Apple added roadside assistance texting via satellite with AAA in the U.S., and iPhone purchases include two years of satellite service for free. Apple announced in 2024 that iOS 18 will enable standard iMessage texting
5 August 2025
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Bridging 5G and Space: Inside France 2030’s End-to-End NTN Pilot With Dual LEO Satellites

Bridging 5G and Space: Inside France 2030’s End-to-End NTN Pilot With Dual LEO Satellites

France 2030, launched in 2021 as a €30 billion investment plan, prioritizes converging 5G with space through end-to-end NTN pilots. The European Commission’s IRIS² programme, approved in 2022, will deploy hundreds of satellites (about 270 LEO and 18 MEO) and be fully operational by 2030, with Eutelsat as a prime contractor. In early 2025, Eutelsat announced the world’s first 5G NTN trial using the OneWeb LEO constellation at ~1200 km altitude, linking a standard 5G signal to the core network. The pilot used Airbus-built LEO satellites, a MediaTek 5G-NTN test chipset, an ITRI prototype gNB, and a Sharp phased-array antenna,
26 June 2025
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Inside Morocco’s Internet Revolution: From Fiber Optics to Satellite Access

Inside Morocco’s Internet Revolution: From Fiber Optics to Satellite Access

As of early 2024, Morocco had 34.47 million internet users, representing about 90.7% of the population. In 2024, Morocco recorded 51.36 million cellular connections, equating to a mobile penetration of 135%. The three leading mobile operators are Maroc Telecom (IAM) with about 42.9% of mobile users, Orange Maroc with 33.2%, and Inwi with 23.9%. 4G service launched in 2015–2016, and by mid-2023 about 95% of identified rural white spots had mobile internet coverage, with the remaining few hundred localities slated to be connected by the end of 2023. 5G has been tested by all major operators, with a licensed spectrum
13 June 2025
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