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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For all the talk about how fixed wireless access service doesn’t represent a real threat to wireline broadband, wireline executives spend a lot of time talking about the wireless technology during earnings calls and investor conferences. Impact: In the most recent earnings cycle and ensuing investor conferences that inevitably follow every round of quarterly earnings, …
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After the debacle surrounding the launch of C-band spectrum into the 5G networks of AT&T and Verizon earlier this year amid concerns about airplane interference, the FCC and the FAA (under guidance from the U.S. Department of Transportation) have worked hard to keep discussions between the two camps productive. Impact: But now a new …
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Anyone expecting a third quarter turnaround in Verizon’s mobile fortunes likely wasn’t happy with CEO Hans Vestberg’s recent admission that the carrier expects to lose phone customers again in Q3. Impact: For those counting, that means Verizon will have lost wireless retail postpaid phone customers in all three quarters so far in 2022 after losing …
Verizon’s Mobile Business Not Likely to Turn Around in Q3 Read More »
The fiber buildout craze sweeping the country also extends to smaller regional players like Virginia-based Shentel, which has been implementing its own fiber deployment strategy under the Glo Fiber brand name across a four-state footprint. Impact: Shentel’s Glo Fiber service is currently active in 12 markets across Maryland, Pennsylvania, Virginia, and West Virginia, including eight …
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Verizon’s announcement this week that it will launch a new video aggregation service called +play amounts to its current strategy on steroids. The carrier already partners with third-party streamers from Disney, AMC Networks, Sling TV, Discovery, and others to bolster its core wireless business, with the Disney bundle including Disney+, Hulu, and ESPN+ even coming …
T-Mobile executives reveled in the success of their fixed wireless access product on the carrier’s Q4 2021 earnings call on Feb. 2, with CEO Mike Sievert describing the service as “mainstream” due to the subscriber uptake. Impact: T-Mobile ended 2021 with 646,000 fixed wireless access subscribers, including 224,000 added in Q4 and 546,000 for the …
The latest STREAMTRAK report from One Touch Intelligence examines the fixed wireless invasion and analyzes how carriers are approaching the competitive marketplace, where systems overlap and how deployments might affect current ISPs. CLICK HERE TO READ THE REPORT Share on twitter Twitter Share on linkedin LinkedIn
