AST SpaceMobile rose 15% in premarket trading on Wednesday on news of a major deal. The satellite manufacturing company is joining forces with telecom leader Verizon. The move: AST SpaceMobile stock surged as much as 19% on Wednesday, extending a week of strong upward momentum. The satellite design and manufacturing company is up more than 300% in 2025. Why: On Wednesday, AST SpaceMobile announced an agreement with Verizon to provide cell service to consumers from space. Starting next year, the compa ...

Verizon has signed a deal to provide cellular service from space through AST SpaceMobile beginning next year. Shares of AST SpaceMobile, a space-based cellular broadband network, soared more than 10% before the market opened Wednesday. SpaceMobile's network is designed to operate across premium low-band spectrum, its own licensed L-band and S-band spectrum, and up to 1,150 MHz of mobile network operator partners’ low- and mid-band spectrum worldwide, the company said. “The agreement will extend the scop ...