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Telstra has been ordered to pay a $12 million fine for switching nearly 9,000 Belong customers to a lower-speed Internet plan without their knowledge.
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People were mistaken to think open RAN would spur software competition, says Verizon's Yago Tenorio.
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State plan will achieve 'near-universal BEAD coverage.' But uncertainty remains around the NTIA's potential plan for further BEAD bidding.
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'Our platform is designed to be easy to use and cost-effective, qualities that unfortunately can also attract occasional bad actors,' said MobileX CEO Peter Adderton. The CEO noted that his firm has safeguards in place to identify and block automated or bulk usage.
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Nokia is replacing Ericsson, Huawei and Samsung at thousands of UK sites operated by VodafoneThree.
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Three people died after Australian telco Optus' emergency call system went down for 13 hours, with politicians warning it will face serious consequences.
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New Street Research's Blair Levin says the FCC has no legal authority to revoke a broadcaster license in this instance. The odds of a revocation are low, but the risk for broadcasters 'is higher than it has ever been,' he said.
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Amazon wants the FCC to roll back a five-year deorbit rule for satellites which was established in 2022 to mitigate the harms of orbital debris.
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EchoStar's share price has soared to a record high after lucrative spectrum sales and its decision to ditch open RAN.
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As the FCC considers changes to its annual broadband report, SpaceX is demanding the inclusion of satellite coverage in its analysis of service availability, arguing the role of satellite broadband 'can no longer be ignored.'
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Light Reading is delighted to announce the winners from hundreds of entries and dozens of finalists in the 20 categories comprising the 21st annual Leading Lights Awards.
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New Street Research policy analyst Blair Levin joins the podcast to discuss the outcome of BEAD's 'benefit of the bargain' bidding and how federal policy changes may exacerbate the digital divide despite increasing access.
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EchoStar has entered into a definitive agreement to sell its entire portfolio of prized AWS-4 and H-block spectrum licenses to SpaceX in a deal valued at approximately $19 billion.
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Samsung struggled in Q2 2025 in the foldable smartphone market, but analysts expect the smartphone giant will experience a more solid Q3.
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Heavy Reading's Sterling Perrin explains why many CSPs believe AI will increase connectivity demand at a greater rate in their long-haul networks.
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If operators do not swing behind open RAN, they can forget their dreams of diversifying the market, says Mavenir's Pardeep Kohli.
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The decommissioning of Dish's radio access network is bad news for AWS, Fujitsu, Mavenir, Samsung and Wind River and could be another nail in the coffin of true open RAN.
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AT&T's CEO is confident the company can deploy EchoStar's midband spectrum 'quickly,' but he said lowband deployments could take years.
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New for @lightreading.bsky.social: preliminary BEAD results from several states in the past week show fiber is still winning the majority of broadband serviceable locations and funding, but LEO satellite is picking up a bit of steam.
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EchoStar will pivot to a 'hybrid mobile network operator' after it sells some spectrum to AT&T. But will the deal satisfy EchoStar's FCC proceedings?
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The new Google Pixel 10 has a number of standout AI and design features, and is now available in Latin America.
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While broadband infrastructure deployment has improved throughout the country, the 'affordability gap' exceeds 30% in multiple rural states, according to research from BroadbandNow.
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"This set of regional outcomes is within potential awardee capacity ... supplies universal coverage of eligible locations, and demonstrates a technology-neutral approach prioritizing low-cost projects," said WV of its final BEAD proposal. || @lightreading.bsky.social
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After shedding assets and staff, Spark looks for growth from core telecom services amid a drop in profits.
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As the FCC seeks to free up #spectrum for auction, the Commission should continue to pursue spectrum sharing solutions, Cmr. Gomez stated at the @techpolicyinst.bsky.social Aspen Forum.
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'It's hard to monetize something you don't have,' Ericsson President and CEO Börje Ekholm said at a policy event. 'The network has to be built for 5G SA.'
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Carrier promotions have played an important role in increasing smartphone sell-through rates for the Big Three mobile operators in Q2 of 2025, according to Counterpoint Research.
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This week's episode of #TheDivide pod for @lightreading.bsky.social explores @nycfuture.bsky.social's illuminating report on the digital divide in the Bronx, which includes some great policy recommendations for targeting issues around device access and skills training. Listen here:
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