Wireless
SpaceX Planning ‘Tens of Thousands’ of Cell Sites for Starlink Mobile
The deployment would use Qualcomm gear and is set to start next year, the companies said
Earnings
EchoStar Wireless Losses Worse Than Expected
The company’s Dish Wireless subsidiary will update a bankruptcy judge on its mediation with tower companies tomorrow
Wireless
SpaceX Reportedly in Talks to Buy or Partner with EchoStar’s Boost Mobile
Analysts were skeptical that Boost’s MVNO agreements were transferable
Satellite
Analysts Mull SpaceX’s Reported Interest in 80,000 Tower Leases
The company could be bluffing to secure an MVNO, or aiming to build a solution for autonomous vehicles and robotics, analysts said
Satellite
SpaceX Acquiring Grain Spectrum to Support Mobile Ambitions
Analysts were still skeptical about the prospects of SpaceX competing with wireless carriers, but wireless stocks fell sharply on the news
Fiber
AT&T Forms New Fiber Joint Venture with Gigapower, Lumen Assets
Blackrock and a Canadian pension fund will own 50 percent of the open-access JV
mergers
Cable One Gets Another Week to Close MBI Deal
The company is acquiring the 55 percent of MBI that it does not already own
mergers
Cable One Borrows $700 Million to ‘Preserve Financial Flexibility’
The company is hoping to close its acquisition of Mega Broadband Investments by Oct. 1
Wireless
Analysts Skeptical of SpaceX Mobile Plans
The satellite company said it intended to deploy terrestrial ‘femtocells’ to support its direct-to-device service
Earnings
EchoStar’s Hughes Files for Bankruptcy
EchoStar lost 118,000 mobile subscribers in the second quarter
Infrastructure
Verizon Fiber Expanding as Bain, Tillman Invest $1.5 Billion in Eaton
Analysts expect more deals ahead for Verizon
Earnings
Cable One Expecting to Lose Up to 18,000 Residential Broadband Customers in Q2
The company’s stock fell on financial and operational estimates disclosed in an SEC filing
Spectrum
Verizon Accounts for 88 Percent of AWS-3 Auction Spending
SpaceX did not compete widely, but has reportedly reiterated to investors it’s planning its own mobile service
Spectrum
AWS-3 Auction Concludes With Bids Totalling $3.5 billion
The agency will publish winning bidders ‘at a later date’
Wireless
Verizon Unveils New Mobile, Converged Plans
Like AT&T’s Build-A-Plan, Verizon Simplicity appeared targeted at customers with one or two lines
Spectrum
AWS-3 Re-Auction Clears $2.9 Billion
EchoStar would have been on the hook for a penalty payment if the licenses fetched less than that.
