AT&T CEO John Stankey remains bullish on lofty fiber goals
As the carrier is already pushing ahead with deployment of recently acquired EchoStar spectrum
As the carrier is already pushing ahead with deployment of recently acquired EchoStar spectrum
Los Angeles leads copper theft incidents for telco
Non-standalone 5G is so 2019
Companies resume lease payments following the contract dispute
$20,000 reward for tips that lead to the arrest and conviction of copper criminals
High costs have put the telco off
As the carrier also identifies FWA opportunities
And not all of it is immediately useful
A sale could be complete by the end of the month
Will see EchoStar effectively operate as an MVNO
The company entered the market in 2014
Thanks to Ericsson and Fujitsu's 1Finity
The theft impacted one customer - AT&T wants to move on from legacy offering
Alleges a breach of contract, wants more than $200m
Site last sold in 2021, unclear when telco left the building
Fiber is its future
Both companies have made filings to the FCC
Low-power 5G targeted at IoT and Edge use cases
The company is currently halfway to its 60 million fiber rollout total
Legislation in Trump's new One Big Beautiful Bill paves the way for mobile carriers to deploy more spectrum
But AT&T says its network was up to scratch, blames conference call platform
Says there's insufficient evidence to suggest AT&T misled investors
Will support the carrier's Open RAN deployment across the US
Now halfway to 60 million target