Maura Sullivan, Author at One Touch Intelligence

Broadband and Wireless Providers Face Increased Costs with Tariffs

The Trump Administration’s wide-ranging tariffs will undoubtably have a negative impact on telecom providers, with most of that expected to come from an increase in equipment costs that will make network upgrades and expansions more expensive. Impact: The tariffs on China, Vietnam, and the European Union potentially could do real damage to telecom supply chains …

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T-Mobile Drives Headlines Around 5G Spectrum

5G, Uncategorized / By Maura Sullivan

Although carriers’ spectrum deals don’t always make the news or generate big headlines, T-Mobile’s hunger for additional spectrum and its recent activity in that arena has drawn attention. Impact: First things first: In Grain Management, LLC, T-Mobile appears to have finally found a buyer for the 800 MHz spectrum Dish Network (now EchoStar) had been …

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Fiber Propels Frontier to “Landmark” Year in 2024

Fiber / By Maura Sullivan

Frontier continued to grow its fiber presence in 2024, adding fiber subscribers and expanding its fiber footprint while waiting for its acquisition by Verizon to close by early next year. Impact: In general, Frontier has been relatively quiet since shareholders approved the Verizon deal in November. It hasn’t held an earnings call either of the …

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Fixed Wireless Still a Winning Ticket

Wireless / By Maura Sullivan

T-Mobile continued to lead the way on fixed wireless access services throughout 2024, but Verizon started to narrow the gap in quarterly net adds and AT&T saw its Internet Air numbers increase faster than expected. Impact: Despite a bit of a slowdown in quarterly net adds throughout 2024, fixed wireless isn’t going anywhere anytime soon …

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Q4 Fiber Gains Fuel Convergence Hopes for AT&T and Verizon

Wireless / By Maura Sullivan

Both AT&T and Verizon closed 2024 with decent fiber growth designed to propel their updated fiber expansion strategies forward and capture more convergence opportunities. Impact: As noted by CEO John Stankey, AT&T ended the year with strong Q4 fiber results, which he claimed has the company well-positioned for a “new era of growth” after years …

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Lumen Puts Sale Tag on Consumer Fiber

Fiber / By Maura Sullivan

Lumen finally appears ready to move forward with a potential sale of its consumer fiber operations, according to a Reuters report that broke on December 20 and said the company has hired Goldman Sachs to gauge potential interest in Lumen’s consumer fiber assets. Impact: For now, Lumen is mostly in the exploratory phase of a …

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Filings Differ on Best Way to Improve CBRS Spectrum

5G / By Maura Sullivan

Debate around the question of what to do with CBRS spectrum continues, as wireless carriers and other interested parties recently filed a variety of responses to the FCC’s request for comments on proposed reforms of the 3.5 GHz band. Impact: Stakeholders like AT&T and Verizon want the rules guiding CBRS operations revised or thrown out …

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The Wait for BEAD Funding Drags On

Fiber / By Maura Sullivan

NTIA has thus far approved initial BEAD proposals from 51 states and territories, including the District of Columbia, but it’s still not clear when those states will finally get to the point where they can start distributing money to fund broadband deployments. Impact: The initial proposals include Volume I and Volume II and well as …

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New Fiber Agreement Brings AT&T and Nokia Back Together

Fiber / By Maura Sullivan

AT&T appears ready to make up with Nokia roughly nine months after it tossed the Finnish equipment maker to the side last year in favor of a $14 billion wireless open RAN deal with Ericsson. Impact: The new five-year agreement between AT&T and Nokia focuses on wireline fiber rather than wireless, however, and while analysts …

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EchoStar Reboots Boost Mobile to Improve Wireless Fortunes

Wireless / By Maura Sullivan

Dish parent company EchoStar this month unveiled a plan to revamp Boost Mobile in an effort to turn the company’s wireless fortunes around after the less than successful Boost Infinite postpaid launch in late 2022. Impact: EchoStar CEO Hamid Akhavan previously alluded to the need to revamp its Boost Mobile service on the company’s Q1 …

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