Verizon joins satellite phone party, links up to AST SpaceMobile

Rival AT&T is also with AST, although T-Mobile went with SpaceX’s Starlink

Verizon has become the latest telco to sign up for a satellite phone service, joining rival US operator AT&T in choosing AST SpaceMobile as its provider, even though the latter has yet to put any of its commercial satellites into orbit.…