Health-care provider invests in wireless broadband

According to SpaceX, its satellite rival AST SpaceMobile is conducting a “misinformation campaign” against SpaceX and the company’s efforts to connect T-Mobile’s customers to SpaceX satellites. In a new filing with the FCC, SpaceX urged American regulators to ignore “foreign investors and partners in AST’s meme-stock” and to approve SpaceX’s out-of-band emissions waiver request. “As […]

Direct-to-device (D2D) is one of the areas EchoStar will pursue with vigor in the wake of a complex series of financial moves and the proposed sale of Dish’s pay-TV business. Those moves aim to extend a lifeline to EchoStar, giving the company years of runway as wireless becomes the cornerstone of the business. EchoStar didn’t spell […]

As Hurricane Helene barrels up the east coast, AT&T’s FirstNet Response Operations Group (ROG) and Network Disaster Recovery (NDR) team are following and tracking the hurricane to support first responders with network connectivity and emergency resources. The First Responders Network Authority (FirstNet) is a US government agency focused on delivering a nationwide wireless network to public-safety agencies, including police and firefighters. […]

Satellite-direct-to-device provider AST SpaceMobile today launched its first five Bluebird low-Earth-orbit (LEO) satellites to mark the beginning of its constellation that is designed to deliver global 4G/5G broadband services to unmodified devices in partnership with some of the world’s largest cellular carriers. AST SpaceMobile CEO Abel Avellan said the launch of the five Bluebird satellites […]