3+ day, 17+ hour ago   (743+ words) In an apparent rebuff to a SpaceX mobile initiative, AT&T CEO John Stankey said that relying on a network comprising a bunch of small cells is not enough to overcome the steep requirements of a terrestrial mobile network. SpaceX's…...

4+ day, 4+ hour ago   (530+ words) Over 7.5 million Kyivstar customers have now connected to its hybrid terrestrial/non-terrestrial system in Ukraine, which was made to overcome wartime challenges. There's a "lot of excitement" about satellite or non-terrestrial networks (NTN), observed Luke Pearce, principal analyst at FDM…...

5+ day, 18+ hour ago   (803+ words) Deutsche Telekom, Orange, Telefónica and Vodafone are in talks to form a consortium to bid for EU mobile satellite spectrum for D2D, reports Bloomberg. Deutsche Telekom, Orange, Telefónica and Vodafone are reportedly hatching a plan to take on SpaceX's Starlink in…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (335+ words) This week in broadband builds: BEAD work underway in Louisiana by Cajun Broadband, Nextlink, others; Comcast hits construction milestone in Michigan; Ziply expands services in Oregon, Washington – and more. Related:The Buildout: Hawaii to start BEAD builds as Texas stalls…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (317+ words) Vertical Systems said AT&T has kept the top spot on its US Carrier Ethernet Leaderboard amid changes in rankings among other providers. #pressrelease Six companies attained a Challenge Tier citation (in alphabetical order): Cogent, Granite, GTT, Lightpath, Segra, and…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (646+ words) Helium CEO Mario Di Dio discusses the company's new platform, which enables carriers, MNVOs and retail brands to launch and manage wireless connectivity. Helium's new CEO, Mario Di Dio, is not a fan of network status icons on smartphones because…...

2+ week, 4+ day ago   (775+ words) MobileX CEO Peter Adderton says the deal with Charlie Ergen's CONX will give him the financial firepower to compete in the same arena with AT&T, T-Mobile Verizon and beyond. As Peter Adderton puts things, it was time to go…...

2+ week, 4+ day ago   (858+ words) SpaceX applied to FCC to acquire three unpaired AWS-3 licenses from Tristar License Group and add more spectrum for its mobile satellite service plan. Elon Musk's SpaceX is making moves to acquire more AWS-3 midband spectrum for Starlink's mobile satellite…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago   (721+ words) Using a design powered by Nvidia chips, SpaceX's deployment of orbital AI data centers will start in Q4 2027 and reach 'significant scale' in 2028, predicts Elon Musk. With plans to deploy "up to" 1 million orbital data centers optimized to handle AI workloads,…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago   (311+ words) Starlink's renewed Gen 2 application in India points to its direct-to-device (D2D) ambitions even as it awaits final approval to launch commercial services in the country. Elon Musk's Starlink is seeking regulatory approval for its next-generation low-Earth orbit (LEO) satellite constellation in…...