AST SpaceMobile, Inc. completed its business combination with New Providence Acquisition Corp. (Nasdaq: NPA), a blank-check company sponsored by New Providence Asset Management that went public in 2020. The company filed an S-1 registration statement on June 25, 2021, following the closing of the de-SPAC transaction earlier that spring. AST SpaceMobile operates in the space-based broadband and satellite telecommunications sector, with its technology designed to deliver cellular broadband coverage directly to standard mobile devices via a low-Earth-orbit satellite constellation. Post-merger, the combined company trades on Nasdaq under the ticker ASTS. Sign up for SpacDesk to access the full filing history, deal timeline, and analytics for NPA and hundreds of other SPACs.