Amazon Buys
Amazon is acquiring Apple's $400M stake in Globalstar's spectrum holding company, but note that Apple will increase its cash advances to fund C-3 by $400M
Network Slicing Powers Massive 5G Performance at PGA
60 AI camera sensors running simultaneously. Tens of thousands of fans streaming, posting, searching on their phones. One network—without one system slowing down another. Most enterprise networks would buckle under that load. T-Mobile's 5G at the PGA Championship didn't. The reason? Network slicing. Here's...
US Satellite D2D Market Small, Spurs AT&T‑Verizon‑T‑Mobile JV
Satellite D2D in the US is small enough to justify @ATT @TMobile @Verizon JV on better serving it, companies say. @GSMA @GSOA_SAT. https://t.co/Vjpw3o6HLy https://t.co/cDkhlhLO3M
Illinois Gov. Pritzker Signs Bill Shielding Broadband From Junk Fees
D.C. Memo: Illinois @GovPritzker to Sign 'Junk Fees' Bill That Exempts Broadband ISPs, Cable TV, and Satellite TV | 'Illinois consumers have been nickel-and-dimed out of thousands of dollars per year by unnecessary and deceptive junk fees,' Pritzker...
Network‑Native AI Powers Real‑Time Multilingual Conversations
A strong example of network-native AI in action: @TMobile’s Live Translation beta enables context-aware and real-time conversations across 80+ languages directly through our network. https://t.co/jzkzom6WmS https://t.co/SCW2b3N4iU
April 2026: 141 FCC Applications Reshape Spectrum Landscape
"In April 2026 alone, the secondary market saw 141 critical applications progress through the FCC pipeline, triggering sweeping changes across every layer of the spectrum ecosystem." via @SpektrumMetrics https://t.co/5MYFW6l1iq
Satellites Turn Coverage Backstop, Not Differentiator
.@ATT, .@Verizon, and .@TMobile want to cooperate in the sky while they keep competing on the ground. If they execute, direct-to-device becomes a coverage backstop, not a carrier differentiator. 🧵 #Telecom #Wireless
Starlink Connects Learners to Global Markets, Lifts Living Standards
Starlink Internet access enables people to learn anything and access the global market for their goods & services, improving their standard of living
Top US Carriers to Offer Direct Satellite Phone Service
America's three biggest mobile networks reveal plans to bring direct-to-device satellite connections to customers. https://t.co/WgEtUmes5L
JV Among Dominant Carriers Likely Stifles Competition
OK, someone other than me is asking "how can a JV between the 3 remaining national carriers to create a single market for competing D2C providers not be anticompetitive?" Time for a little story . . . .
New Comcast CEO Declares Wireless Top Priority
"Wireless is 'our number one priority as we push forward,' says Steve Croney, the new CEO of Comcast's Connectivity & Platforms unit." via @thebauminator https://t.co/CBWH1QfuZm
Carrier JV Locks Satellite Access Behind Telecom Fronts
The Big Three carriers forming a JV for satellite D2D is a defensive play IMO. T-Mobile already runs D2D with Starlink. AT&T and Verizon have AST SpaceMobile partnerships. They were missing a unified position keeping satellite providers from reaching customers...
Undersea Cables: The Hidden Backbone of the Digital Economy
NEW ODD LOTS: A massively underdiscussed element of the modern economy @tracyalloway and I talk to @samanth_s about the extraordinary complex of undersea cables that keep the internet alive https://t.co/sgTEqIyPUM
True Redundancy Achieved with 5G, Starlink, Smart WAN
Redundant connections often share the same infrastructure: one cut, both fail. I’ve seen this take down clients. T-Mobile SuperBroadband fixes that: 5G + Starlink + Smart WAN Selection. Watch to learn more👇 @TMobileBusiness Partner | @Ericsson | @Acuative https://t.co/GhDg9cO1v9
Seventeen Years of VOIP Classification Lessons
So the first time I wrote about VOIP classification was back in 2009, when I said Google reserving the right not to terminate calls with traffic pumpers wasn't a net neutrality issue but a VOIP classification issue. I have been working...