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AT&T Beats Q3 Forecast with 405K New Subs – Is Its 5G Bet Paying Off?

AT&T Beats Q3 Forecast with 405K New Subs – Is Its 5G Bet Paying Off?

In its Oct. 22 earnings release, AT&T (NYSE:T) reported solid Q3 results highlighted by strong subscriber growth, even as revenue growth stayed modest. The telecom giant earned $30.7 billion in revenue (up 1.6% year-on-year prnewswire.com) and GAAP EPS of $1.29 prnewswire.com. Adjusted EPS was $0.54, in line with analyst estimates prnewswire.com. Crucially, AT&T added 405,000 postpaid wireless customers in Q3, far above the ~334,000 additions analysts had expected reuters.com. This subscription surge drove AT&T’s stock up about 4% in pre-market trading reuters.com. The results underscore the resilience of AT&T’s core wireless and broadband businesses. Much of the upside came from iPhone
22 October 2025
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AST SpaceMobile (ASTS) Stock Skyrockets on Verizon Deal – Is Satellite-to-Phone Broadband the Next Big Thing?

AST SpaceMobile, Inc. (ASTS) – Key Facts

Company Overview AST SpaceMobile (formerly AST & Science) is an American satellite communications company founded by Abel Avellan, who had previously sold his last venture (Emerging Markets Communications) for $550 M in 2016 en.wikipedia.org. The company’s mission is to eliminate terrestrial coverage gaps by deploying the first space-based cellular broadband network accessible by ordinary smartphones en.wikipedia.org. In practice, AST builds very large low-orbit satellites (BlueBirds) that unfold into massive antenna arrays. These satellites operate on standard cellular bands (850 MHz, L‑band, S‑band, etc.) and connect directly to unmodified 4G/5G phones. In contrast to legacy satellite-to-phone services (e.g. Iridium/Lynk text/SOS), AST aims to
14 October 2025
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Network Function Virtualization (NFV) – Global Developments (June–July 2025)

Network Function Virtualization (NFV) – Global Developments (June–July 2025)

On June 12, 2025 Ericsson unveiled Ericsson On-Demand, a fully managed 5G Core-as-a-Service delivered as SaaS with Google Cloud, using GKE and AI-powered operations with pay-as-you-go pricing. On June 30, 2025 the U.S. DOJ approved HPE’s $14 billion acquisition of Juniper Networks, conditioning divestment of Aruba Instant On WLAN and licensing out Juniper’s Mist platform source code to a third party and foreseeing a 2025 close. In July 2025 Deutsche Telekom formed a new internal cloud division focused on data sovereignty and European cloud independence. On July 2, 2025 Latvia’s LMT announced a collaboration with Ericsson to modernize its core
9 July 2025
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Internet Access and Satellite Connectivity in Turkmenistan

Internet Access and Satellite Connectivity in Turkmenistan

As of early 2024, Turkmenistan had about 2.59 million internet users, roughly 39.5% of the population—the lowest penetration in Central Asia. Turkmenistan’s telecom market is a state monopoly led by Turkmentelecom (Turkmen Telecom), with TM CELL/Altyn Asyr as the sole mobile operator after MTS exited in 2017–2018. There were about 4.34 million mobile subscriptions in early 2024, representing 66% of the population, with 3G introduced in 2010 and 4G LTE in 2013. In 2023 the government set a minimum broadband speed of 1 Mbps and a top tier of 6 Mbps, though real-world speeds are often far lower. The median
30 June 2025
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From Field Phones to 5G: The Evolution of Military Radio and Telecommunications

From Field Phones to 5G: The Evolution of Military Radio and Telecommunications

Field telephones were standard on the battlefield from the 1910s through the 1980s, with the EE-8 field telephone (1930s–Vietnam) offering a 7-mile range. The SCR-300 Walkie-Talkie, developed by Galvin Manufacturing (Motorola) in 1940, was the first backpack FM radio with about a 3-mile range. SINCGARS, fielded by the U.S. Army in the late 1980s, has 2320 channels in the 30–87.975 MHz range and introduced frequency hopping to defeat jammers. The AN/PRC-148 MBITR multiband SDR is a widely deployed handheld radio, covering 30–512 MHz and with over 22,000 units deployed since 2009. The Mobile Subscriber Equipment (MSE) system, deployed in the
20 June 2025
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Satellites, Submarine Cables & Cell Phones: Inside Haiti’s Battle for the Internet

Satellites, Submarine Cables & Cell Phones: Inside Haiti’s Battle for the Internet

As of early 2025, about 39.3% of Haitians—roughly 4.65 million people—were using the internet. By 2025 there were about 10.2 million active mobile connections in Haiti, equating to 86% of the population, with many subscribers holding multiple SIMs. Approximately 93.7% of mobile connections use 3G, 4G, or other broadband technologies, while only around 40% of Haitians are covered by 4G LTE networks. Fixed broadband uptake is extremely low, with well under 1% of residents subscribing to wired services. Digicel Haiti and Natcom are the two main mobile operators, with Digicel holding about two-thirds of subscribers and Natcom being the state-Viettel
17 June 2025
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Space-Based 5G Backhaul: The Billion-Dollar Race to Orbit 5G (2024–2031)

Space-Based 5G Backhaul: The Billion-Dollar Race to Orbit 5G (2024–2031)

Starlink’s upfront CapEx was estimated at about $10 billion and later as high as $30 billion, SpaceX launched over 8,000 Starlink satellites with about 4,000 in operation by April 2025, and the service exceeded 5 million subscribers worldwide by 2025. Amazon’s Project Kuiper is a $10 billion plan for a 3,236-satellite constellation, with 27 production satellites launched by April 2025 and a requirement to have 1,618 satellites in operation by July 2026 under its FCC license. Telesat Lightspeed plans 198 satellites, has secured roughly $2.54 billion in funding, aims to launch by mid-2026 and deliver global service by around 2027,
17 June 2025
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Telecommunications Infrastructure in Ukraine (2022–2025): Destruction and Resilience

Telecommunications Infrastructure in Ukraine (2022–2025): Destruction and Resilience

Overview: Types of Infrastructure Targeted Ukraine’s telecommunications network encompasses a wide range of critical infrastructure that has come under attack since 2022. These include: Together, these attacks have aimed to sever Ukraine’s connectivity – both civilian communications and military command links – by dismantling the physical pillars of the internet, phone, and broadcast systems. The following sections detail the timeline of destruction, the regional impacts, and how Ukraine has kept communications running against the odds. Chronology of Major Damage (2022–2025) People examine the wreckage of a broadcasting tower destroyed by a Russian missile strike in Kharkiv (April 2024) euronews.com. Critical telecom
10 June 2025
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