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Another step on the path to becoming the best connectivity provider in America ☑️ AT&T has agreed to acquire spectrum licenses from EchoStar Corporation. This acquisition bolsters our spectrum portfolio and enhances our customers’ 5G and home internet experience by: - Positioning us to maintain long-term leadership in advanced, high-performance connectivity – across 5G and fiber.  - Giving consumers more choice when selecting home internet and wireless services.   - Driving improved and capital efficient long-term growth.  No one brings wireless and #fiber internet to more places or does it better than we do. With this spectrum, we’re adding fuel to our winning strategy.    Read our news release 👇 #5G #wireless #connectingchangeseverything https://lnkd.in/gVSUakCN

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Altice USA Bets on Mobile, Targets 1 Million Customers by 2027 Altice USA is placing a bet on its mobile business, and for good reason. The cable and broadband provider, which operates as a Mobile Virtual Network Operator (#MVNO) on T-Mobile’s network, is aggressively expanding its wireless footprint. During a recent earnings call, Altice USA's CEO Dennis Mathew expressed confidence in the company’s ability to grow, projecting they will reach one million mobile customers by 2027. How MVNOs Drive Growth MVNOs are a crucial part of the telecom ecosystem. Unlike major carriers that build and maintain their own networks, MVNOs lease network capacity from these carriers and offer their own branded services. This allows them to focus on unique service offerings and customer experience without the massive infrastructure costs. For Altice USA, this strategy is paying off. The company added 38,000 new mobile customers in the second quarter, demonstrating consistent growth. Dennis Matthew noted that the company is taking a disciplined approach to customer acquisition, prioritizing “higher-quality acquisitions” and strengthening verification processes. In the second quarter, 57% of new mobile customers ported their phone number, a significant jump from 34% a year ago. Additionally, 31% purchased a device with financing, up from 25% in the same period last year. These strategic improvements are having a direct impact on customer loyalty. Altice USA’s mobile churn—the rate at which customers leave—improved by nearly 600 basis points year-over-year. Altice USA sees its MVNO as a powerful tool for customer retention. By bundling mobile service with its core broadband offerings, the company creates a “stickiness effect.” Customers who have both services are less likely to leave, leading to an improved churn profile. Mobile has also become a critical component of the company’s customer care and retention efforts. According to Dennis Matthew, these channels are now among the largest for mobile sales, yet they still have significant room for growth. While Altice USA continues to navigate challenges in its traditional broadband and video markets, its MVNO is a bright spot. As the company focuses on strategic acquisitions, enhanced customer service, and the power of bundling, its goal of reaching one million mobile customers by 2027 seems well within reach. https://lnkd.in/esrRQJD5

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At Verizon, we're not just keeping up with the future of telecommunications—we're building it. Our fully virtualized network platform, powered by V-RAN and O-RAN technologies, is setting new industry standards for flexibility, efficiency, and performance. With over 170,000 O-RAN radios and 22,900 V-RAN sites in service across the country, we're delivering unparalleled connectivity, from rural communities to the heart of NYC and even the Super Bowl. Our virtualized architecture allows us to dynamically allocate resources, rapidly deploy new services, and enhance network reliability, ensuring our customers stay connected when it matters most. At Verizon, we know how important seamless connectivity is, especially in high-density environments where an agile and responsive network is critical. Super Bowl LIX was the perfect test for our virtualized network. Our fully virtualized platform allowed us to make live, software-driven optimizations during Super Bowl LIX, including network parameters, load balancing, and capacity allocation—something much more challenging with traditional hardware. This agility ensured peak performance for our customers, who experienced download speeds exceeding 4 Gbps and no congestion. This is the future of connectivity: networks that can adapt in real-time. https://lnkd.in/e5zp2Wuk #Verizon #VRAN #ORAN #5G #SuperBowlPerformance 

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In Dallas this week for an IWCE Advisory Board meeting and Network X Americas. Network X Americas is a telecommunications industry event that brings together service providers, network operators, and technology vendors to showcase innovations, discuss industry trends, and build partnerships in network infrastructure, cloud services, fiber deployment, and connectivity solutions. The event is hosted by Informa, the same company that hosts IWCE. Learn more about Network X Americas: https://hubs.ly/Q03nnKF90 #IWCE #NetworkXAmericas #TelecomIndustry #Connectivity #Wireless

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🚀 Exciting News! We are thrilled to announce that FieldSync, Inc. has secured a strategic investment from Valiant Wealth, LLC, marking a major milestone in our journey to redefine the future of critical infrastructure. The demand for data, power, and connectivity is surging, but traditional infrastructure models struggle to keep pace. That’s why we’ve built a company that bridges the gap between traditional construction services and cutting-edge technology, combining the expertise of Murphy Tower Service, LLC with the innovation of FieldSync Technologies to create a new standard for scalability and efficiency. Valiant shares our vision for the future—one where infrastructure isn’t just built but optimized, digitized, and future-proofed. Their support will help us accelerate product development, expand our capabilities, and drive meaningful change in the industry. This is just the beginning. We’re excited to take this next step, and we’re grateful to our team, partners, and customers who continue to believe in what we’re building. The future of infrastructure is here, and we’re just getting started! #FieldSync #ValiantWealth #Innovation #Infrastructure #Technology

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Secure #connectivity is critical to federal mission success. AT&T’s new collaboration with Palo Alto Networks shows how we’re pushing the boundaries of cybersecurity innovation. It’s all about staying ahead of threats and protecting what matters most. That same drive fuels how we support federal agencies—bringing the mindset, tools, and resilience needed to help power agency missions. Check out the story: https://lnkd.in/eyR4Q5xH

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Exciting announcement in our industry today with Zayo Group, a leading communications infrastructure provider backed by DigitalBridge and EQT, today announced it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Crown Castle Fiber Solutions business in a transaction valuing the business at approximately $4.25 billion. #Infrastructure ##Collaboration #Innovation #Communications #Technology #Fiber https://lnkd.in/e8byRxdD

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EchoStar’s Spectrum Flip Rumors of a potential Verizon acquisition of EchoStar’s AWS-3 licences highlight the final stage of a decade-long strategy. Between 2012 and 2021, Dish–EchoStar spent roughly $26 billion acquiring spectrum meant to power a fourth national 5G network. That network never fully materialized. By 2025, EchoStar has sold or is selling licences for roughly $50 billion, generating an approximate 91 percent return. The implied internal rate of return over the holding period is roughly 7 to 8 percent per year. Had they built the network, they would have needed another $30–40 billion in CapEx, with high operational risk. Carriers like AT&T, SpaceX, and potentially Verizon gained spectrum predictably, without bidding against competitors. That predictability came at the expense of the public treasury, raising a broader equity question about who benefits from scarce spectrum. This strategy also illustrates the notion of spectrum as an economic option. EchoStar invested just enough to satisfy the FCC, preserving the option to sell when market conditions were favorable. The payoff demonstrates how illiquid regulatory assets can be transformed into financial windfalls, even without network deployment. The network ambition is over. Boost Mobile is now a thin-margin MVNO. What remains is cash and a stark lesson: strategic optionality can be more valuable than operational execution when the underlying asset is scarce and regulated.

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SpinLaunch is proud to announce the closing of $30M in new funding to accelerate the continued buildout of Meridian Space, our LEO broadband constellation.    This capital enables continued momentum on several fronts: advancing towards our first customer link in 2026, scaling commercial engagement, and advancing critical technologies. A major step in this journey was the successful full-scale test of our reconfigurable reflectarray antenna, a compact, energy-efficient solution that underpins our low-cost system architecture.   This is satcom reimagined - cost-efficient, easier to deploy, and designed around real customer needs. 🚀 🚀 🚀 🛰️ 🛰️ 🛰️ Jan Helbing David Wrenn Matthew Mejía https://lnkd.in/ekrHn3pY

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