$ASTS: 🚨🇺🇸🇯🇵JOINT STATEMENT ON US-JAPAN TECHNOLOGY PROSPERITY DEAL HIGHLIGHTS AST SPACEMOBILE-RAKUTEN JOINT DEVELOPMENT AND DEPLOYMENT OF LEO SATELLITE INFRASTRUCTURE The U.S. and Japanese governments are now jointly promoting AST SpaceMobile + Rakuten under the U.S.–Japan Technology Prosperity Deal for the development and deployment of LEO satellite infrastructure. That effectively places AST inside the broader strategic and economic relationship between the two countries. The significance is that AST/Rakuten is being framed not just as a telecom service, but as infrastructure that can advance economic development, technological leadership, resilient communications and national strategic interests. It seems very clear that the AST/Rakuten JV project aligns with priorities both US and Japanese governments want to see built, funded and scaled. This fits directly with the broader J-LEO opportunity and AST’s potential access to substantial non-dilutive government-backed capital. Japan wants sovereign, resilient next-generation connectivity, while the U.S. wants trusted American technology deployed across allied markets. AST + Rakuten sits right at the intersection of those objectives — commercial growth backed by strategic alignment at the government-to-government level. Full PR from US State Department: state.gov/releases/office-of…

$ASTS: It's inevitable Is AST SpaceMobile locking up Europe? Yes Will AST get 10Mhz x 10MHz S-Band allocation in Europe in 2027? Yes