Despite a news report that Amazon is in talks with wireless providers about offering a free service to Prime members, telecom financial analysts at SVB MoffettNathanson say “Don’t bet on it.” A deal with Amazon would essentially be “letting the…
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Report: AT&T Leads in Mobile Customer Satisfaction
AT&T had the highest satisfaction score among mobile network operators in the latest wireless customer satisfaction report from the American Customer Satisfaction Index (ACSI). AT&T had a score of 75 on a 100-point scale, a bit higher than the industry…
Verizon Has Big Hopes for myPlan: Exec Shares Economics, Goals
Verizon has big hopes for myPlan, the new mobile plans that the company announced today and plans to launch on Thursday. As Verizon Consumer Group CEO Sowmyanarayan Sampath put it on an online investor conference today, the company expects the…
FCC Filing Suggests AT&T is Serious About AST Satellite Cellphone Service
AT&T appears to be getting serious about a potential satellite cellphone that it demonstrated with satellite operator AST SpaceMobile last month. In a filing with the FCC, AT&T indicated its intent to lease spectrum in the 700 MHz and 850…
GCI Launches 2.5 Gbps Service Across Fiber Footprint
Anchorage, Alabama – May 8, 2023 – /PRNewswire/ – GCI is closing the digital divide across Alaska with new consumer plans that are often faster than those offered by Internet Service Providers in the Lower 48. From Alaska’s largest urban centers to remote rural…
T-Mobile’s Network Will Underlie Astound Mobile Offering
Astound Broadband today became the latest broadband and cable provider to announce a mobile service offering based on a mobile virtual network operator (MVNO) agreement. An Astound spokesperson confirmed that the offering will use the T-Mobile network, but declined to…
Report: Telecom Spending Has Become Recession Proof
A new telecom spending report from Recon Analytics says that, as the U.S. experiences high inflation rates, consumers would rather reduce expenditures for electricity, heating or car payments than home internet or mobile service. Only 8% of respondents in the…
Wisconsin Awards Lifeline Outreach Grants
Madison – April 27, 2023 – The Public Service Commission of Wisconsin (PSC or Commission) today awarded $139,929.92 in funding from the Universal Service Fund Lifeline Outreach Grant Program to two recipients. The grants were awarded to entities that will…
A Whole New Market? AT&T Demos Satellite Connectivity with an Unmodified Cellphone
AT&T said today that it successfully demonstrated cellphone voice calls via satellite using an unmodified cellphone – an accomplishment the company said is a first. The demonstration relied on low earth orbit (LEO) satellites operated by AST SpaceMobile. The technology…
Report: U.S. Overtakes China in Number of Cities with 5G Deployments
The U.S. has displaced China as the country with the most 5G-enabled cities, according to VIAVI Solutions. 5G networks are active in 47 of the 70 largest world economies as measured by gross domestic product, the firm says. The test…
Ookla: T-Mobile Has Fastest Mobile Speeds; Charter Fastest on Fixed Broadband
Ookla has released the Speedtest Global Index Market Analysis for the first quarter of this year. T-Mobile had the fastest mobile speeds and Charter Spectrum had the fastest fixed broadband. T-Mobile had a download speed category with a speed of…
Smartphone Longevity Report: People Want At Least Two Years Out of Their Phone
Nearly three quarters (70%) of American smartphone buyers want to keep their phones for two years or more, and one in six want to get five years of use from their devices, according to research about smartphone longevity conducted by…
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