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Enlarge (credit: Getty Images | sshepard) The Federal Communications Commission today collected a $ 614.3 million fine from Verizon and Straight Path, a company that Verizon just bought. The merger and fine are related. Straight Path held about 1,000 FCC spectrum licenses but failed to use them. Straight Path thus entered a settlement with the […]
In late January, AT&T chief Randall Stephenson revealed that the carrier wants to offer customers puck-shaped 5G hotspots before phones that can handle the new speeds become available. Turns out other carriers might do the same thing. According to Bloomberg, Verizon also plans to release a portable 5G hotspot this year for those who can’t […]
Enlarge (credit: Getty Images | Peter Dazeley) Verizon Wireless will soon begin locking the phones it sells to customers, a move that will prevent the phones from being activated on any other carrier’s network. But Verizon says it is taking this measure to deter theft that occurs before customers purchase phones, and that Verizon will […]
A crowd of more than 67,000 people watched the Philadelphia Eagles trounce the New England Patriots last Sunday at U.S. Bank Stadium in Minneapolis, while around 103 million viewers across the country did the same on their television sets. At the same time, a small group of Verizon employees in New York City were viewing […]
Rick Wilking/Reuters Verizon is reportedly cancelling its plans to offer the Huawei Mate 10 Pro amid an ongoing investigation of Chinese-made telecom equipment. AT&T also dropped its deal with Huawei to offer the Mate 10 Pro due to political pressure in January 8. The US government’s concern is over the Mate 10 Pro’s 5G capabilities […]
Enlarge (credit: Getty Images | Spencer Platt) FCC Chairman Ajit Pai’s claim that repealing net neutrality rules will boost network investment didn’t get much support from Verizon’s latest spending forecast. Verizon’s network spending won’t change much this year, and the company also won’t be using its newfound tax savings to upgrade its broadband networks. Verizon […]
BI Intelligence This is a preview of a research report from BI Intelligence, Business Insider’s premium research service. To learn more about BI Intelligence, click here. It hasn’t been smooth sailing for telecoms in recent years. Native voice and messaging services, which once accounted for the vast majority of telecoms’ subscriber revenue, are struggling to compete with over-the-top […]
BI Intelligence This is a preview of a research report from BI Intelligence, Business Insider’s premium research service. To learn more about BI Intelligence, click here. It hasn’t been smooth sailing for telecoms in recent years. Native voice and messaging services, which once accounted for the vast majority of telecoms’ subscriber revenue, are struggling to compete with over-the-top […]
Many have accused FCC Chairman Ajit Pai of being a telecom shill between his background as a former Verizon lawyer and his determination to ignore all public input (not to mention complaints about comment bots) as he kills net neutrality. And apparently, his attempts at joking about it are only reinforcing those views. Gizmodo has […]
FCC Chairman Ajit Pai at Fox Studios on November 10, 2017 in New York City. (credit: Getty Images | John Lamparski ) On Thursday night in Washington, DC, net neutrality advocates gathered outside the annual Federal Communications Commission Chairman’s Dinner to protest Chairman Ajit Pai’s impending rollback of net neutrality rules. Inside the dinner (also […]
