#270: Verizon’s Cost-Cutting Drive - A Difficult Step to Ignite Growth in 2026
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#269: EchoStar’s AWS-3 Deal with SpaceX & T-Mobile’s Text-to-911 Move
11.10.2025 —
#268: Q3 '25 Earnings - Verizon, Comcast, and Charter - The Problem Children
11.3.2025 —
#267: Q3 '25 Earnings - Breaking Down AT&T and T-Mobile’s Results
10.27.2025 —
#266: Change is Afoot- All About Verizon's New CEO Dan Schulman
10.19.2025 —
#265: ZTE’s Analyst Summit - AI, 6G, and Global Network Innovation
10.13.2025 —
#264: Honoring Pioneers at the 2025 Wireless Hall of Fame Induction
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Verizon to shed about 15,000 jobs – report
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pipelinepub.com 11.12.2025
Altice USA Rebrands as Optimum to Unify Brand and Strategy | Pipeline Publishing
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lightreading.com 11.12.2025
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Verizon seeks a sizable $10B to fund its Frontier deal – Fierce Network
VoIP Review 11.10.2025
EchoStar Sells AWS3 Spectrum to SpaceX for $2.6B | VoIP Review
SpaceX buys EchoStar’s AWS-3 spectrum for $2.6B, advancing its direct-to-device plans and expanding its presence in the mobile market.…
fierce-network.com 11.7.2025
Altice gets a new name, amps focus on ‘discipline’ – Fierce Network
fierce-network.com 11.7.2025
Here’s the skinny on T-Mobile’s latest satellite-powered offer – Fierce Network
Benton Foundation 11.6.2025
SpaceX to buy EchoStar's AWS-3 spectrum licenses for $2.6 billion
SpaceX is acquiring EchoStar’s AWS-3 licenses for about $2.6 billion in SpaceX stock. This is on top of the 2 GHz/AWS-4 spectrum that SpaceX agreed to buy from EchoStar for $17 billion in September. That spectrum is geared for mobile satellite services, whereas the AWS-3 spectrum is designated for terrestrial use. So far, SpaceX hasn’t said what it plans to do with the AWS-3…
fiercewireless.com 11.6.2025
AI standards, IP, cybersecurity at risk as US government shutdown drags on
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Here’s the skinny on T-Mobile’s latest satellite-powered offer – Fierce Network
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Comcast names new connectivity chief as broadband losses improve – Fierce Network
fiercewireless.com 10.29.2025
Verizon’s new CEO pledges to make company scrappier, customers happier
lightreading.com 10.29.2025
Incentives shape the iPhone 17 upgrade cycle – Light Reading
globaltimes.cn 10.29.2025
US ban on Chinese telecom devices does not stand a ground, deemed ‘costly’ move to hurt …
telecompetitor.com 10.29.2025
The Case for Fiber: A Necessity in the AI Age – Telecompetitor
While the era of massive broadband funding is ending, the race to build the fiber foundation for the future with AI is just beginning.…