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AT&T Fiber Additions Can’t Overcome Other Broadband Losses

Although CEO John Stankey reported during the Q1 earnings call that fiber makes up nearly half of AT&T’s consumer broadband revenue, gains in fiber were not enough to offset the losses from non-fiber broadband and legacy DSL service. Impact: AT&T added 289,000 fiber Internet customers in the first quarter, elevating its fiber subscriber count to …

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The Tik-ing of Microsoft’s video clock

Among the five largest U.S. companies, only one lacks a direct-to-consumer video service. That could change, and soon. Press reports naming Microsoft as a lead candidate to buy TikTok’s U.S. operations, possibly in a partnership with Walmart Inc., signal that Microsoft perceives it’s missing an important piece of the consumer business portfolio. Although Microsoft Corp.’s …

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For U.S. telecoms, OTT video beckons

Comcast’s recent arrangement to make Sling TV available over Comcast’s Flex platform dovetails with a widening embrace of over-the-top video among multiple U.S. telecommunications providers. The willingness to light up the Sling TV app over Flex, a streaming video platform targeted to Internet subscribers, is the latest and most meaningful example of the migration among …

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