{"id":54030,"date":"2023-02-11T00:45:43","date_gmt":"2023-02-10T16:45:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp-productionenv-bjg9h2g2bgg5b8aa.southeastasia-01.azurewebsites.net\/news\/ast-spacemobile-signs-mous-in-saudi-arabia-and-brazil\/"},"modified":"2023-02-11T00:45:43","modified_gmt":"2023-02-10T16:45:43","slug":"ast-spacemobile-signs-mous-in-saudi-arabia-and-brazil","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/news\/ast-spacemobile-signs-mous-in-saudi-arabia-and-brazil\/","title":{"rendered":"AST SpaceMobile Signs MoUs in Saudi Arabia and Brazil"},"content":{"rendered":"<\/p>\n<p><strong>AST SpaceMobile<\/strong> has signed two MoUs as it looks to extend the reach of its space network. The two MoUs will help attack key markets in Latin America and the Middle East. Firstly, it signed an MoU with <strong>Zain KSA<\/strong> which sees the company able to explore opportunities in Saudi Arabia. The two companies announced the MoU. Feb. 9. The MoU will enable AST SpaceMobile and Zain KSA to collaborate towards new telecom solutions and satellite-based digital services in Saudi Arabia and aim to increase access to mobile services in remote locations, including on land, at sea and in flight.<\/p>\n<p>AST SpaceMobile is building a global cellular broadband network in space to operate directly with standard, unmodified mobile devices. \u201cWe are confident that our collaboration with AST SpaceMobile, could help to potentially provide space based cellular broadband connectivity in the Kingdom, particularly in remote areas. In doing that, we reaffirm our commitment to ensuring that every citizen and resident in this precious land is connected wherever they may be,\u201d Abdulrahman Al-Mufadda, Chief Technology Officer, Zain KSA, said in a statement.<\/p>\n<p>It has been a busy week for AST SpaceMobile. On Feb. 8, It signed an MoU with <strong>TIM<\/strong>, one of Brazil\u2019s leading mobile network operators, with the aim of increasing the scope of cellular connectivity and bringing space-based coverage to Brazil. The MoU will also support testing of AST SpaceMobile\u2019s space-based technologies by TIM for providing 4G data and voice services in Brazil. TIM\u2019s first technical tests and initial evaluation of AST SpaceMobile\u2019s planned solution are expected to take place in Brazil\u2019s North and Northeastern regions, aiming for the first half of 2023, subject to various factors, including obtaining regulatory approval.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>AST SpaceMobile has signed two MoUs as it looks to extend the reach of its space network. The two MoUs will help attack key markets in Latin America and the Middle East. Firstly, it signed an MoU with Zain KSA which sees the company able to explore opportunities in Saudi Arabia. The two companies announced [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":54031,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-54030","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/54030"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=54030"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/54030\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/54031"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=54030"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=54030"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=54030"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}