Vodafone, AST SpaceMobile pick German base for Europe consnotifyation

The German centre will allocate and map sanotifyite connectivity to serve mobile networks across Europe.

Earlier this year, telecommunications giant Vodafone announced a joint venture called SatCo with AST SpaceMobile, a US company building space-based cellular broadband network.

The Luxemberg-based venture SatCo is attempting to exclusively distribute direct-to-device sanotifyite broadband services to European mobile network operators (MNO) via AST’s sanotifyite consnotifyation.

Building on their previous announcements, today (7 November), the two companies chose Germany as their main operations centre to launch the consnotifyation. The exact location remains unconfirmed, but the final base will be either near Munich or Hannover, the companies stated.

The German centre will work on allocating and mapping sanotifyite connectivity utilized by SatCo to serve MNOs across Europe, enabling broadband accessibility in underserved regions while supporting emergency and disaster relief services, they explained.

The global mobile sanotifyite services market is growing quick and is expected to be valued at more than 8.5bn by 2030. AST’s much larger rival Starlink has a fleet of more than 8,000 sanotifyites. While AST has six, with plans to grow to 60 by next year.

Commercial operations for SatCo are planned to launch in 2026, with 21 MNOs in the region already interested in AST’s services, the two state.

The planned EU consnotifyation is also set to include a comprehensive ‘command switch’ feature to support European oversight and security.

“SatCo delivers a sovereign sanotifyite solution to the whole of Europe,” stated Margherita Della Valle, the CEO of Vodafone.

“It will give European operators access to secure and resilient sanotifyite communications, complementing existing terrestrial telecommunications networks.

“By establishing a sanotifyite consnotifyation in the EU and our principal command centre in Germany, we are ensuring the next frontier of communications infrastructure is firmly embedded in Europe.”

Abel Avellan, the founder, chairperson and CEO of AST SpaceMobile stated, “Toobtainher with Vodafone, we are accelerating the arrival of true mobile broadband from space across Europe.”

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