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 …
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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The question of whether fixed wireless access service offers providers a long-term wireless broadband solution or will merely act as a stopgap during the transition from DSL to fiber depends on which competitor you ask. Impact: A Broadband Nation Expo panel tried to answer that question last week and got very different perspectives from two …
Because mobile device unlocking policies vary significantly from carrier-to-carrier, the FCC this month moved to put forth a uniform 60-day unlocking requirement designed to make it easier for consumers to change providers. Impact: In a unanimous 5-0 decision, the FCC approved a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking that calls for mobile carriers to unlock mobile devices …
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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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AT&T last week revealed a massive data breach involving call and text records logged from the vast majority of its mobile customers, with the incidents occurring between May and October 2022, and then again on Jan. 2, 2023. Impact: This security breach, first discovered in April, affected “nearly all” AT&T wireless customers, including subscribers to …
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Following a Fast-Track SWIFT challenge from AT&T earlier in June, the National Advertising Division of the Better Business Bureau’s National Programs last week recommended that T-Mobile discontinue or clarify the “Price Lock” claim around its 5G Home Internet service. Impact: According to a statement by NAD, the T-Mobile price lock claim appeared in print, online, …
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The race to be the first mobile carrier to launch satellite-to-cellular connectivity should start to get pretty heated this summer after the news that AT&T signed a commercial deal last week with satellite connectivity partner AST SpaceMobile that runs through 2030. Impact: The deal is significant, because it means once AST SpaceMobile gets its first …
T-Mobile’s 5 million fixed wireless subscribers may find their speeds slowed if they consume too much data after the carrier updated its data prioritization strategy to give it the option to slow speeds for those it has designated as heavy users if the need arises. Impact: T-Mobile first implemented the soft cap on new fixed …
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The new Verizon 5G unlimited mobile plan structure the company has dubbed myPlan aims to simplify the company’s mobile offerings and help engineer a turnaround in the company’s consumer postpaid mobile fortunes. Impact: Starting May 18, potential Verizon mobile wireless customers have just two plan options from which to choose: Unlimited Welcome or Unlimited Plus, …
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