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New Street Research: Verizon's Starry deal likely to be approved, but timeframe is 'optimistic' (LightReading)
Submitted by benton on Thu, 10/09/2025 - 12:22There is something fishy about the Verizon CEO swap-out (LightReading)
Submitted by benton on Wed, 10/08/2025 - 13:51WISPA cites BEAD in plea to FCC to leave CBRS alone
The Wireless Internet Service Providers Association (WISPA) recently filed a letter with the Federal Communications Commission in which the lobbyist implored the FCC to avoid auctioning spectrum from the CBRS band, citing the spectrum's importance to the Broadband Equity Access and Deployment (BEAD) Program, among other concerns. WISPA's letter comes in response to the FCC's mandate, via President Donald
Charter, Comcast and Altice USA drove a record 18% of total US mobile industry gross adds in 2025Q1 (LightReading)
Submitted by benton on Fri, 05/23/2025 - 12:32A closer look at how fiber benefits AT&T's mobile business (LightReading)
Submitted by benton on Wed, 05/21/2025 - 14:21Tariff fears spark a rush on smartphone purchases (LightReading)
Submitted by benton on Wed, 04/23/2025 - 12:58Finding the upside to a shrinking wireless marketplace (LightReading)
Submitted by benton on Mon, 04/21/2025 - 12:49New Street Research: Trump tax could raise 5G equipment costs by 7% (LightReading)
Submitted by benton on Fri, 04/04/2025 - 16:55T-Mobile casually suggests killing the 5G Fund for rural wireless
Criticism is mounting against the 5G Fund, a long-gestating US government program that would distribute billions of dollars to wireless network operators with the goal of funding the construction of 5G networks in rural areas. Indeed, the issues are so lengthy and complex that T-Mobile has suggested just ending the program altogether.