#spectrum-and-competition

#spectrum-and-competition

The US leads the world in D2D connections, accounting for 45.9 percent of all global activity in March this year, driven largely by Starlink's extensive satellite constellation.

Right now when you activate a qualifying Tablet Unlimited Plus plan, you'll get the latest iPad for $99, down from the usual price of $499.

"Wireless bills have gotten way too complicated and way too expensive. With UnBig Your Bill, Optimum Mobile is putting transparency and affordability front and center. Customers bring us their bill, we do the math together, and either they save with us or we give them $150. It's that simple."

"We are now in the middle innings of the 5G era, and thankfully devices are getting more advanced and more affordable. Mission Telecom is proud to bring the best technology with the best pricing to our partners to help unlock new opportunities for nonprofits, schools, and libraries to take advantage of Mission Telecom's ultra-fast 5G network access."

"If the router Conditional Approval process follows a similar pattern, Chinese-origin manufacturers like TP-Link may face a presumptive denial, while companies with manufacturing in allied nations like Taiwan, Vietnam, or South Korea could find an easier path."

Eight of the municipal networks studied beat their local provider competitors in median upload speed. Sherwood Broadband - in the town of the same name in Oregon - was the only one to beat its local competitor in median download speed.

The goal of the new USTelecom program is to show consumers, businesses, civic leaders, and policymakers why maintaining legacy copper for the small portion of end users is not an efficient approach. A key part of this is explaining why modern technology is better.

Beyond traditional connectivity, 6G wireless networks will become the fabric for physical AI, enabling billions of autonomous machines, vehicles, sensors and robots and significantly increasing demands for security and trust. Yet legacy wireless architectures were not designed to meet these requirements, creating challenges as networks increase in complexity.

Consumers are not passively renewing mobile plans. They are actively evaluating them, comparing value, scrutinizing pricing, and reassessing providers more frequently. Mobile is evolving from a static utility into a dynamic service relationship, and the next era will belong to those who reduce complexity, communicate transparently, and activate seamlessly.

Ookla said the growing use of ChatGPT and other AI tools places much more demand on mobile networks than the typical activities of browsing social media and the web, watching videos, texting, and making the occasional phone call. As a result, more speed and expanded capabilities will be necessary. The report said advanced AI capabilities like AI-enabled glasses will put a particular strain on upload connections in the future.

FCC OIS detected similar fraud in the system in a 2017 report, which resulted in the Universal Service Administrative Company (USAC), the Lifeline program administrator, beginning a "death check" as part of the enrollment process. However, the FCC allowed three states (California, Texas, and Oregon) to opt out of the death check process. The most recent OIG report specifies that the $5 million in fraud was all in the opt-out state

T-Mobile's Q4 results reflected strong operational momentum offset by workforce restructuring costs. Service revenue climbed 10% YoY to $18.7 billion, driven by postpaid service revenue growth of 13.9%. Operating cash flow surged 20% to $6.65 billion, while adjusted free cash flow reached $4.2 billion. The earnings miss stemmed from $390 million in severance costs ($293 million after-tax) tied to workforce transformation initiatives. Without this charge, operational performance remained robust, with full-year 2025 core adjusted EBITDA hitting $33.9 billion.