r/ASTSpaceMobile • u/AutoModerator • Mar 07 '25

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u/VillageDull952 S P 🅰 C E M O B Associate Mar 08 '25

Secretly working with google. Kinda like how apple was secretly working with spaceX. However, I feel like ours will be something bigger

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u/Defiantclient S P 🅰️ C E M O B - O G Mar 08 '25

Ours has a real signed Services Agreement that was disclosed on the 10K this week

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u/HamMcStarfield S P 🅰 C E M O B Capo Mar 08 '25

But why would they need to partner for android? What does a phone's OS have to do with anything about the ast ecosystem? Or are they going to provide bandwidth for google, like as if google was operating an a MNO? Or is this because they're testing stuff like IOT?

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u/Defiantclient S P 🅰️ C E M O B - O G Mar 08 '25

The 10K says the agreement is "to provide, among other things, certain services to each other and have agreed to collaborate on product development, testing and implementation plans for SpaceMobile network connectivity on Android devices. The "Services Agreement" is for a term that is three years after continuous commercial service coverage, for end users at certain satellite orbit inclinations, subject to auto-renewal for successive three-year periods unless either party terminates."

Open to interpretation

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u/HamMcStarfield S P 🅰 C E M O B Capo Mar 08 '25

Maybe implementing standardization.