It’s been quite a ride for the Un-carrier. T-Mobile (NASDAQ: TMUS) says its 2022 performance was its best ever. Compared to 2021, full-year 2022 wireless service revenues were up 5 percent to $61.3 billion and core adjusted EBITDA increased 12 percent to $26.4 billion. Capital expenditures jumped 13 percent year-over-year […]
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(Part 1 of 2) Wireless professionals had the opportunity to learn from some of the most successful women in the industry at the Women’s Wireless Leadership Luncheon (WWLL), hosted in Washington, D.C. by The Wireless Infrastructure Association Foundation on February 1. Keynote speaker Mignon Clyburn, former Acting Chair of the […]
UPDATE On Tuesday, Jennifer Fritzsche of Greenhill moderated a panel comprising executives from DigitalBridge, Mox Networks, Uniti Fiber, and Verizon Partner Solutions who tackled the topic: “How can we accelerate 10G to the tower nationwide?” With data traffic projected to double every two to three years from increasing mobile data-intensive […]
T-Mobile announced its quarterly and annual earnings yesterday, saying it achieved a huge milestone by substantially completing the Sprint network decommissioning in Q3 2022, less than 2.5 years post-merger closing, and more than a year ahead of the original merger plan. The company expects to substantially complete its integration by […]
With Charter and Comcast together adding just shy of a million new mobile lines in Q4, the competition between wireless network operators and broadband providers continues to intensify. While cablecos muscle into mobile, telcos are building their fiber and fixed wireless access businesses and taking market share from traditional ISPs. […]
The FCC on Thursday approved several proposals to support rural health care providers with broadband costs and other communications services. The Commissioners okayed a number of proposals for the Rural Health Care (RHC) Program to make it easier for providers to receive support, reduce delays in funding commitments, and improve […]
Nokia (NYSE: NOK), headquartered in Espoo, Finland, bolstered its position as a leading global communications equipment supplier with double digit top line growth in 2022. Consolidated sales grew 12 percent year-over-year to $27 billion, and operating profit grew 9 percent to $2.5 billion. During 2022, Nokia invested $4.9 billion or […]
Not to be outdone by its wireless and cable company rivals, Verizon (NYSE: VZ) reported strong 4Q22 results and offered a positive outlook for its 2023 operations. Despite some quarterly gyrations during 2022, one of the more closely watched performance metrics is subscriber net additions. In Verizon’s case, this metric […]
For the second time in as many years, T-Mobile has been hacked. The carrier suffered a database breach that began last November affecting the personal information of 37 million subscribers, according to a filing with the Securities Exchange Commission last week. The hacker obtained access to limited types of information, […]
The FCC agreed this week to revamp the 4.9 GHz band to create a new leasing model for unused parts of the spectrum. But it will keep the band’s primary purpose for public safety use. In a Seventh Report and Order and Ninth Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking, the Commission […]