Spectrum
Spectrum by band
Holdings are grouped by the band a filing or agreement actually names. Granted means a regulator's document confers the right. In review means the regulator has accepted an application and has not granted it. Requested means a filing, proposal, or announcement that is not a grant. Testing means a regulator has licensed a trial or experiment. Total megahertz is shown only when a source states one number.
Where the filings sit on the dial
Ranges drawn for Africa. Grants for other countries are not listed in this view.
- Granted
- In review
- Requested
- Testing
- Granted — no local operator specified
Local operators
| Band | Country | Service | Status | Local operator | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Band not stated | Africa | not stated | Requested | VodafoneThe same 9 Dec 2024 agreement names Africa and does not name a band or a national licence. Press release, no regulator record found. | vodafone-2024-12-09 |
Band by country
GrantedIn reviewRequestedTesting
| Band | Africa |
|---|---|
| Band not stated | Requested · source pendingnot stated · Vodafone[1] |
Band not stated
2024-12-09 · Africa · Requested · Agreement · Service not stated · source pending
Regional partnership only. Countries are listed separately only where a source names that country.
Local operator(s). Vodafone
Filings. AST Our Journey. No national African licence was opened for this agreement.
Source pending
- Source pending: a national African grant. Nigeria's NCC authorized-space-operators list was opened and does not name AST. Safaricom's newsroom says Kenya's Communications Authority issued a temporary licence; that licence was not opened. ICASA's 29 June 2026 licensing notice was not opened from icasa.org.za. AST's redacted ICASA submission, hosted by a third party, says the proposed registration would not be market-access authorization. Vodacom, MTN, Airtel Africa, Orange, and Safaricom are not named in an opened regulator grant. ECC Report 373 describes AST in an annex and does not authorize it.
Country pages are on Countries. The Ligado docket is on Ligado.
References
- [1] AST SpaceMobile, Our Journey, Vodafone agreement, 2024-12-09. Company account of a definitive agreement with Vodafone for Europe and Africa through 2034. It does not state a frequency range. Not a regulator grant. https://ast-science.com/our-journey/ Press release, no regulator record found.
Last reviewed 2026-11-14. Sources are linked beside the claims they support.