[1st-mile-nm] Global Telecommunications Company Signs Lease at Spaceport America

[Richard Lowenberg]

June 11, 2020
Global Telecommunications Company Signs Lease at Spaceport America

https://gonm.biz/uploads/documents/pressReleases/HAPSMobile.pdf

HAPSMobile will develop High Altitude Platform in New Mexico

SPACEPORT AMERICA, N.M. - HAPSMobile Inc., a subsidiary of Japan’s
telecommunications operator SoftBank Corp. (TOKYO: 9434) has chosen New 
Mexico’s
Spaceport America for test operations and development of a specialized 
communications platform designed to provide internet connectivity to 
hard-to-reach places around the globe, Economic Development Cabinet 
Secretary Alicia J. Keyes announced today.

The company, along with its minority owner and aircraft development 
partner
AeroVironment, Inc. (NASDAQ: AVAV), is working on development of the 
unmanned
solar-powered High Altitude Platform Station. The stratospheric 
telecommunications platform, a so-called cell-tower in the sky, is 
designed to provide better communications to under-served areas, 
including rural communities.

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Richard Lowenberg, Executive Director
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