AT&T

Spectrum

Dish Defaulted on $3.5 Billion, Crown Castle Says

Dish has argued it is exempt from contracts after its parent company EchoStar reached deals to sell much of its spectrum.

Spectrum

Rural Carriers, Consumer Groups Want AT&T-Array Deal Reviewed

Groups argued cable wasn’t a meaningful competitive constraint in the wireless industry.

permitting

Wireless Industry Wants FCC to Cap Local Permitting Fees, Impose Shot Clocks

State and local governments are concerned about losing authority.

Spectrum

EchoStar, SpaceX to FCC: Don’t Weigh in on Vendor Contract Disputes

Infrastructure companies had asked the agency to require EchoStar to pay Dish’s bills.

12 Days of Broadband

Universal Service Fund Survived, Faces New Legal and Political Challenges

A follow-on legal case about the USF resumed on Wednesday, Dec. 3, in the Fifth Circuit.

Wireless

AT&T Drops Ad Watchdog Suit

BBB National Program’s National Advertising Division agreed to reverse a decision against AT&T.

Wireless

After Losing Restraining Order Fight, T-Mobile Expands Online Switching Tool

AT&T had asked a judge to block a beta version of the tool that asked prospective customers to log into their accounts with other carriers.

enforcement

CTIA, Chamber of Commerce Want FCC Forfeiture Process Struck Down

The Supreme Court will deliberate Jan. 9 on whether to weigh in on the issue.

Spectrum

Whistleblowers Want to Revive Fraud Suit Against UScellular Successor

A separate fraud case against the company, filed by the same telecom attorneys, was blessed by the D.C. Circuit in October.

Wireless

T-Mobile and AT&T Go Back and Forth in Court Over Customers

T-Mobile says switching tool not illegal, as AT&T alleges. They’re also fighting about an advertising dispute

enforcement

AT&T Wants Supreme Court to Find FCC Forfeiture Process Invalid

Verizon and the FCC have also asked justices to resolve a circuit split on the issue.

Fiber

T-Mobile Leaning on Fixed Wireless for Broadband Ambitions

AT&T CEO John Stankey said the company was still all-in on fiber.

RWA

Rural Wireless Association Flags Telecom Oligopoly Risk in AT&T Spectrum Win

The association criticized the bureau for clearing major consolidation efforts without a commission-level vote.

Spectrum

AT&T, EchoStar Fire Back at Spectrum Deal Opponents

EchoStar’s Charlie Ergen reiterated the company's ‘force majeure’ argument to FCC Chairman Brendan Carr.

Earnings

Cable Unlikely to Grow Subscribers This Decade: New Street

On the FWA front, MoffettNathanson estimates the service accounts for more than half the traffic on Verizon, T-Mobile networks.

Spectrum

With Anti-DEI Commitments in Hand, FCC Approves AT&T-UScellular Spectrum Sale

AT&T bought 3.45 GHz and 700 MHz licenses for about $1 billion.