Posts tagged with: T-Mobile

Op-Ed: My not-so-hot take on EchoStar’s big spectrum sellout

Dish’s wireless dream crashes and burns as Boost’s network heads for shutdown Was it inevitable? Not necessarily, but a series of misfortunes and missteps paved the way for failure Now all eyes are on EchoStar’s ambitions for a D2D network....

Apple 5G smartwatch could be a 5G SA tonic

Dell’Oro’s Dave Bolan thinks that a rumored 5G Apple smartwatch could be a tonic for 5G SA market The latest Dell’Oro report said that the mobile core market grew 19% annually and 31% in the 2nd quarter The firm said...

More EchoStar spectrum could be up for sale soon

Analysts think EchoStar’s remaining spectrum will likely be put up for sale  SpaceX and T-Mobile have reportedly expressed interest in buying  EchoStar may keep some 2 GHz/AWS-4 spectrum for its direct-to-device ambitions AT&T’s $23 billion EchoStar transaction is set to...

Verizon sets up flood sensors in Chicago – Detroit and Toledo are next

Verizon deployed flood sensors from startup HyFi in Chicago Other U.S. cities are on its list The sensors are installed above water and use acoustic pulses to measure the water level and detect flooding Deadly and damaging floods have become...

D2D darling AST SpaceMobile sparks intrigue with new spectrum pact

AST SpaceMobile struck a pact to acquire global S-Band rights from an unidentified entity One analyst told Fierce the likely party is Sky and Space Global Investors will have to wait until AST SpaceMobile’s earnings call to get more details...

How the Big 3 think about their fiber growth strategy

AT&T, T-Mobile and Verizon collectively want to deploy fiber to about 119M U.S. locations Each operator is progressing differently with fiber, but AT&T is most ahead so far Here’s what they said in their Q2 earnings calls about fiber strategy...

T-Mobile takes top honors in new Ookla report

The latest Ookla report reaffirmed that T-Mobile has the Best Mobile Network in the U.S. Scoring for the award took into account a bunch of things that consumers do with their phones every day But Verizon maintained the lead in...

T-Mobile deal to buy UScellular clears DoJ

The DoJ said it will not seek an injunction to block T-Mobile’s acquisition of UScellular The announcement came after T-Mobile earlier this week said it would scrap its DEI programs The DoJ said its investigation did raise concerns about the...

Verizon’s phone unlock proposal draws a lot of opposition

Verizon is asking the FCC to waive its 60-day phone unlocking requirement Droves of public comments oppose the waiver, with consumers ratcheting up calls for more unlocked phones Law enforcement groups support Verizon’s request, but rivals like EchoStar say it...

Trump Mobile strikes ‘Made in the USA’ from site

The Trump Organization introduced the T1 phone with a strong emphasis on U.S. manufacturing Analysts questioned how that could be done given the lack of supply chain in the U.S. and the timeline cited for delivering the phone The language...