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Verizons $10bn 5G plan banks on rapidly growing markets
2021-03-12 01:00:00| Total Telecom industry news
At the end of last month, the results of the US 3.5 GHz spectrum auction were revealed, showing the full extent of Verizon’s enormous 5G ambitions were revealed. Verizon spent more than $45.5 billion acquiring spectrum, almost double the second largest bidder, AT&T, who spent $23.4 billion. It was always expected that Verizon and AT&T would bid heavily for the spectrum, with both of their current 5G offerings relying heavily on lower-band frequencies for support…read more on TotalTele.com »
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Is Verizons acquisition of TracFone the end of the line for Lifeline?
2021-02-17 01:00:00| Total Telecom industry news
Back in September, Verizon announced that it would buy TracFone from America Movil for $6.2 billion. TracFone is the largest pre-paid wireless provider in the US, with around 21 million customers, and is an MVNO using the networks from all three major US players, Verizon, AT&T, and T-Mobile. At the time, Verizon said that it was interested in competing more heavily in the prepaid market…read more on TotalTele.com »
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New York amongst three cities added to Verizon's 5G footprint
2019-09-27 02:00:00| Total Telecom industry news
Verizon officially turned on its 5G network in three new cities this week, including New York. As with the telco's other 5G Ultra Wideband network launches to date, the coverage area is limited…read more on TotalTele.com »
BT eyes Verizon's mobile boss for CEO role
2018-09-03 02:00:00| Total Telecom industry news
Verizon's Group president for Wireless, Ronan Dunne, has emerged as a potential candidate to succeed Gavin Patterson as CEO of BT, according to reports in the British press. The Daily Telegraph is reporting that Dunne…read more on TotalTele.com »
Verizon's net additions recover more sharply than AT&T's in Q2
2017-07-27 02:00:00| Total Telecom industry news
Verizon on Thursday reported stronger retail postpaid net additions in the second quarter than AT&T, which also continued to lose video subscribers. Just like the preceding quarter, the results from the two biggest U.S. telcos highlights how mobile competition has intensified, with increases in their respective customer bases not translating into topline growth. AT&T and Verizon are pinning their hopes for future growth on media…read more on TotalTele.com »
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