Financial and strategy revamps on horizon for debt-laden C-band winners
Big bidders are likely exploring reorganisation strategies amid increased debt loads as the FCC’s closely watched 5G spectrum auction advances ...
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Broadband funding to underpin COVID-19 relief packages
Government support for improving connectivity to keep up with accelerating digitisation trends is building, with projects boosting rural and underserved ...
Connectivity investors uneasy about aggressive C-band bidding
Some anxiety is emerging about the revenue outlook of US mobile carriers and their position to invest in 5G amid ...
C-band bidders scramble for resources amid strong 5G auction activity
Pressure is piling on heavily indebted US telcos to boost cash resources as early-stage C-band proceeds have already more than ...
Digital divide measures pushing non-traditional operators to the fore
Non-traditional operators grabbed the lion’s share of the FCC’s technology-neutral rural broadband fund in its first phase, where higher than ...
Worsening satellite TV decline pushing AT&T to deal table as spectrum costs mount
The global pandemic continues to add fuel to M&A speculation in the strained telecoms sector, rekindling talk that AT&T is trying ...
Technology companies edging towards satellite as IoT prospects widen
A growing number of IoT use cases is encouraging technology companies focused on private enterprise networks to forge more satellite ...
Accelerated cord cutting driving cableco investments in wireless
Cablecos hampered by a continued decline in pay-TV subscriptions are increasingly betting on the wireless sector to get their businesses ...
OTT investment drive in US threatening wireless market share
Verizon and other US connectivity providers stepping up OTT investments set to lose wireless market share to rivals that are aggressively ...
AT&T assets sale to Liberty Latin America accelerating regional telecoms market consolidation
Connectivity analysts believe cable operator Liberty Latin America is well positioned to help consolidate the region’s telecoms industry by swallowing ...
