Analysts Don Kellogg and Roger Entner are joined by AT&T's Chris Sambar, JR Wilson, and John Wojewoda, who are live from Cape Canaveral, to discuss AST's latest launch and what it means for ground-to-satellite communication by mobile users.

00:24 AST's latest launch and satellite communication capabilities

02:54 Emergency and first responder applications

04:25 All phone users should benefit

05:02 Limitations of satellite communication

06:45 Spectrum usage & coverage gap reduction

07:29 Device operation

08:29 Satellite density will determine overall capacity

09:32 Availability timeline 10:15 Episode wrap-up

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