AST SpaceMobile, Inc. (Nasdaq: ASTS) reached the public markets through a business combination with New Providence Acquisition Corp., a blank-check company sponsored by New Providence Asset Management that completed its IPO in 2020. The merger closed in April 2021, after which the combined entity began trading on Nasdaq under the ASTS ticker. Operating in the satellite telecommunications sector, AST SpaceMobile is developing a space-based cellular broadband network intended to deliver mobile connectivity directly to standard unmodified smartphones via low Earth orbit satellites. This 10-K, filed in March 2020, is among the company's earliest public disclosures under its current reporting structure. For full filing history, deal analytics, and real-time SPAC data on ASTS, sign up for a SpacDesk account today.