EchoStar Corporation (NASDAQ: SATS) announced a series of key transactions intended to give the company incremental strategic, financial, and operating flexibility for its business following completion of its merger with DISH Network. The merger, which closed on December 31, combined DISH Network’s satellite technology, streaming services and nationwide 5G network […]
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DigitalBridge Group (NYSE: DBRG) announced that it no longer holds a controlling financial interest in Vantage Stabilized Data Centers and has deconsolidated Vantage SDC effective December 31, 2023. Vantage SDC was the sole remaining asset in DigitalBridge’s Operating segment, which has been discontinued. The company’s Investment Management segment became DigitalBridge’s […]
SpaceX says it successfully sent text messages via Starlink satellites using T-Mobile’s network. Elon Musk’s company aims to bring its direct-to-device cell service to market in the coming year. This week’s test comes as major players pursue the market to connect unmodified cell phones to satellites so that customers have […]
Etc., the startup and digital incubation arm of London-headquartered BT Group, says that it will power up its first electric vehicle charging unit built from a street cabinet that is traditionally used to house wireline broadband and phone cabling. The announcement is the first step in the rollout of technical […]
American Tower Corporation (NYSE: AMT), through its subsidiaries, ATC Asia Pacific Pte. Ltd. and ATC Telecom Infrastructure Private Limited (ATC India), which holds the company’s operations in India, announced on Friday that it signed a definitive agreement with Data Infrastructure Trust (DIT). The buyer is an infrastructure investment trust sponsored […]
On Thursday, January 18, at 10:00 a.m. CST, John Foley, Managing Director for Safer Buildings Coalition; Scott Holt, VP of Network Operations for Boldyn Networks; Bill Holick, Director of Site Acquisition Practice for Ericsson Inc. and Tim Carman, President of Small Cell Services, will conduct a live NATE webinar titled […]
Wireless networks are evolving. In a departure from traditional, proprietary radio network access (RAN) architecture, Open RAN allows mobile network operators to mix and match RAN elements from different vendors utilizing commercial-off-the-shelf (COTS) radios and run software-based functions on standard servers. O-RAN offers MNOs the advantages of vendor diversity, capex […]
Tower Climbers Union/Communications Workers of America members who worked at QualTek Wireless in Henderson, NV, before it declared bankruptcy have reached a settlement with the company that will provide them with a severance package of $40,000. In May 2023, QualTek filed for bankruptcy under Chapter 11 and layed off its […]
FCC Commissioner Carr recently announced changes to his staff. Ben Arden, who has been on detail to the Carr office for over four years and has been serving as Chief of Staff, is returning to the FCC’s Media Bureau. Greg Watson, who has been Carr’s Policy Advisor since January 2021, […]
Rogers Communications Inc. (NYSE: RCI), headquartered in Toronto, Ontario, plans to introduce satellite-to-mobile phone technology in 2024, to extend wireless services to Canada’s remote regions. Rogers, in collaboration with Falls Church, VA-based Lynk Global, announced the initiative after conducting a successful satellite-to-mobile phone test call between two Samsung S22 phones. […]