MUMBAI, India & MIDLAND, Texas--(BUSINESS WIRE)---- $ASTS #AST--Vi (Vodafone Idea), India’s leading telecom service provider, and AST SpaceMobile, Inc. (“AST SpaceMobile”) (NASDAQ: ASTS), the company building the first and only space-based cellular broadband network accessible directly by everyday smartphones, designed for both commercial and government applications, today announced a strategic partnership to expand mobile connectivity across India’s unconnected regions. AST SpaceMobile made history by placin