Verizon Partnership Sends Shares of a Space-Based Cell Provider AST SpaceMobile Soaring

Published October 08, 2025 10:48 AM EDT A Verizon partnership with space-based cellphone service provider AST SpaceMobile will bring direct-to-customer broadband service across the continental U.S. Michael Siluk / Universal Images Group via Getty Images Key Takeaways Shares of AST SpaceMobile (ASTS) blasted off, trading at an all-time high after the provider of space-based cellphone service announced it had struck a deal with Verizon Communications (VZ) to offer direct-to-customer broadband service across t ...