US mobile providers such as T-Mobile, AT&T and Verizon have been aggressively rolling out 5G home internet (also known as FWA, or fixed wireless access) over the past year. Penetration of the service has now reached 12 per cent, and more than half (56 per cent) of non-FWA subscribers are likely to consider the service […]

The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has granted AST SpaceMobile, in coordination with AT&T, the ability to test direct-to-cellular connectivity on public safety’s Band 14 spectrum via its BlueBird satellites orbiting Earth. With this approval, it is envisioned that select first responders on FirstNet, Built with AT&T will trial public-safety-grade satellite communications later in 2025. AT&T […]

American Airlines and AT&T have announced they will partner to offer complimentary inflight Wi-Fi across more than 2 million American flights a year, beginning in January 2026. With complimentary inflight Wi-Fi available exclusively to members of the AAdvantage loyalty programme, American Airlines says it will offer free inflight connectivity on more planes than any other […]

SNS Telecom & IT’s latest market research report predicts that service revenue associated with MCPTT and broadband PTT subscriptions over commercial mobile operator and critical communications broadband networks will surpass $12 billion by the end of 2028. MCPTT (Mission-Critical PTT) is an evolution of PoC or PTToC (PTT-Over-Cellular) technology aimed at meeting or exceeding the […]

US telcos AT&T and Verizon have followed Vodafone in Europe by testing video calls using AST SpaceMobile’s orbiting satellites. Verizon and AST successfully trialed a live video call between two mobile devices with one connected via satellite and the other connected via Verizon’s terrestrial network connection, whilst AT&T and AST also successfully completed another video […]

AT&T is a US telco giant with 241 million subscribers. It wants to serve those subscriber when the user is in a ‘not spot’ and will use AST SpaceMobile to cover most of the US (Alaska might be a challenge) with AST’s satellite coverage. AT&T CEO John Stankey explained his forward-looking strategy and how AST […]

Warner Bros Discovery (WBD) today reported financial results for the quarter ended September 30th 2024. Q3 total revenues stood ar $9.6 billion (€8.9bn), a 3 per cent ex-FX decrease compared to the same period last year. Global DTC subscribers were at 110.5 million at the end of Q3, an increase of 7.2 million subscribers vs […]

In a challenge brought by AT&T Services, BBB National Programs’ National Advertising Division (NAD) has recommended Comcast Cable Communications, in connection with Comcast Business Internet discontinue its claim that “Comcast Business Internet has speeds up to 12x faster than Verizon, AT&T, and T-Mobile” in markets where AT&T offers a wired fibre product with speeds faster […]

DirectTV, owned by telco giant AT&T and Charlie Ergen’s DISH Network are reportedly in “early stage” talks to merge their pay-TV businesses. The report from Bloomberg says a successful merger would create the largest pay-TV platform in North America with around 16 million subscribers. There have been talks about a merger between the two players […]

AT&T’s CEO John Stankey has praised AST SpaceMobile in an interview on CNBC, saying: “Satellite constellations are going to be great. People are going to have always on connectivity, there will be no more [dead spaces] and this is why we are doing what we are doing with AST which will make sure that your […]