In our April 11 article, “Will MNO FWA Demand Hold Up?”, we offered some explanation as to why T-Mobile 4Q22 net adds had declined in the high-flying fixed wireless access segment. Here’s what we said: “Explaining the 4Q22 decline, T-Mobile acknowledged that net adds were ‘partially offset by increased deactivations […]
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The administration launched a Public Wireless Supply Chain Innovation Fund. It will invest $1.5 billion in the development of open and interoperable networks to strengthen and diversify supply chain resilience. The effort is funded by the CHIPS and Science Act of 2022. The administration says it will demonstrate the viability […]
U.K. Technology Secretary Michelle Donelan laid out plans and investment commitments to boost digital connectivity and put the U.K. at the forefront of future telecom technologies including the next evolution of 5G and 6G, EE News reported. The new Wireless Infrastructure Strategy (WIS) offers an investment package worth about $185 […]
UPDATE T-Mobile would like Congress to reauthorize the FCC’s spectrum auction authority so it can use the 2.5 GHz spectrum it won at auction last summer. President of Technology Neville Ray says the telecom “has been stuck in regulatory limbo with the spectrum won in Auction 108. Spectrum can boost […]
Vodafone Idea’s CEO Akshaya Moondra previously said that the telco was in advanced talks with telecom equipment vendors for its 5G rollout strategy Indian carrier Vodafone Idea’s inability to raise the necessary funds to deploy 5G infrastructure could potentially lead to a duopoly between local telcos Bharti Airtel and Reliance […]
Maryland Governor Wes Moore said the state is awarding nearly $92 million to expand high-speed internet access to an estimated 14,500 households and businesses. The funding comes from Connect Maryland, an initiative to close the digital divide through the Office of Statewide Broadband. The Connect Maryland Network Infrastructure Grant Program […]
Amazon Web Services (AWS) will, at some point, replicate its managed private 5G service offering in global markets, it says. The product, currently limited to CBRS installations in the US, has underpinned 200-odd private cellular deployments so far – mostly LTE-based, mostly using componentry from JMA Wireless and Athonet, always […]
In remarks at the company’s annual shareholder meeting yesterday, Deutsche Telekom CEO Tim Höttges confirmed that the German telecom giant is now the majority shareholder of T-Mobile US (NASDAQ: TMUS). A U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission Schedule 13D/A filing dated March 31, 2023, shows that Deutsche Telekom and its subsidiaries […]
Deutsche Telekom now has a 50.2% stake in T-Mobile US Germany’s Deutsche Telekom (DT) has finally surpassed a 50% stake in T-Mobile US after years of steadily increasing its ownership in the American company. During a DT general meeting held this week, CEO Timotheus Hoettges shared that the company has […]
Expected to Reach 1.9 Billion by End of 2023 and 5.9 Billion by End of 2027 32% penetration of the population in North America North American 5G connections projected to hit 215 million by end of 2023 BELLEVUE, Wash. – April 3, 2023 – The fifth generation of wireless cellular […]