AST SpaceMobile Named in US-Japan Technology Prosperity Deal

$ASTS has received a significant geopolitical endorsement after the US and Japan specifically named AST SpaceMobile and Rakuten in their Technology Prosperity Deal.
Japan is pursuing sovereign direct-to-device coverage while the US wants trusted American communications infrastructure deployed across allied networks.
That puts AST SpaceMobile directly at the intersection of both priorities and could strengthen the strategic case for its satellite-to-smartphone network beyond the commercial telecom market.