AST SpaceMobile just filed to test spectrum it doesn’t own. That’s not a mistake. That’s the signal.
The bands817824 and 862869 MHz, sit directly against the spectrum AT&T and Verizon already leased them. Same antennas, same satellites, wider pipe.
Nobody spends regulatory effort testing spectrum they have no path to using. Testing comes before deals. Every time.
Partner and timeline are guesswork until a filing says otherwise. But the pattern is now unmistakable: AST SpaceMobile keeps positioning itself as the direct-to-device layer under everyone’s spectrum, one band at a time.
Long ASTS.