Wireless
T-Mobile and Starlink Satellite Service to Officially Launch July 23
The service will come free with the carrier's top tier plans and cost $10 per month for other users, including AT&T and Verizon customers.
Wireless
Wireless technologies transmit data through radio waves or other electromagnetic signals rather than physical cables. Wireless systems are critical for mobile communications and for reaching remote locations where laying physical infrastructure is difficult.
Wireless
T-Mobile-UScellular Deal Clears Trump Administration Foreign Review
A Seeking Alpha analyst estimated the deal's closing could be delayed due to turnover at the FCC.
Wireless
Wireless Industry Blasted Over Spectrum Study
CTIA and NERA report claims $264B in gains, but critics call it exaggerated and unverified.
Briefs
Report: U.S. Households Spend $164 Billion Annually on Cable and Internet Services
American households are spending more than ever on cable and internet services, Doxo found.
Wireless
United Airlines Pauses Starlink Wi-Fi
Aircraft report ‘static interference’ with Starlink.
Expert Opinion
J. Randolph Luening: What Does Tech-Neutrality Mean for BEAD?
Technologies besides fiber often fail to meet Priority Broadband Project requirements, even as defined by the June 6 policy notice.
Expert Opinion
Tim Stelzig: Creating a Lasting Solution for BEAD
Implicit in this structure is a recognition that states and territories are better positioned than the federal government to know what is an appropriate cost threshold for their citizens.
Wireless
States, Tribes Oppose Carrier-Backed Plan to Ease Environmental Reviews
CTIA proposed exempting many wireless deployments from environmental and historical reviews.
Benton
Groups: FCC Needs to Combine Review of Big UScellular Deals
UScellular has deals to sell its operations and much of its spectrum to the three major wireless carriers.
Wireless
Wireless Market Increasingly Competitive: AT&T
Wireless market fully penetrated, AT&T's McElfresh says.
5G Wireless
Wireless Giants: AI Foundational to Next-Gen Networks
At CTIA Summit, industry leaders rallied behind Open RAN and artificial intelligence.
Wireless
Charter, Former Executive End Lawsuit
Charter said the executive was no longer employed by Metronet.
Wireless
Rural Wireless Carriers Oppose T-Mobile’s Purchase of UScellular
They argued USF-funded sites could be shut down.
Expert Opinion
Starlink and DOGE: The $42 Billion Conflict of Interest in Rural Broadband
This combination casts doubt on the government's ability to be truly 'technology neutral'.
Wireless
T-Mobile Supports Petitions Against 5G Fund, Verizon Opposes
FCC Chairman Brendan Carr opposed moving forward with the $9 billion fund as a commissioner.
Infrastructure
Wireless Association: Exempt Deployments from Environmental Policy Act
The Federal Communications Commission is seeking comment on the proposal.
