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06.12.25 - 00:24
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SpaceX Trademark Filing Signals "Starlink Mobile" May Soon Take Aim At AT&T, Verizon (ZeroHedge)
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SpaceX Trademark Filing Signals "Starlink Mobile" May Soon Take Aim At AT&T, Verizon
SpaceX has taken one step toward becoming a direct competitor to AT&T, Verizon, and T-Mobile. Its Starlink subsidiary quietly filed to register the "Starlink Mobile" trademark on Oct. 16, signaling plans to enter the wireless carrier business.
For context, Elon Musk spoke at the All-In Summit in early September and made it clear he wants to morph Starlink into a global mobile wireless carrier that leverages both satellites and ground-based spectrum.
All-In's Chamath Palihapitiya asked Musk: "Elon, is your vision that instead of having an AT&T account and then roaming when you're in the UK or India, we could have one direct deal with Starlink that works all over the world? Maybe not today, but eventually — is that the end goal?"
Musk responded: "Yes."
2/ $ASTS: Key excerpts from the interview Starlink's true intention of competing against MNOs comes out:
Chamath: &qu...
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06.12.25 - 00:06
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Altice USA Execs Get Special Bonus for Capital Raising Efforts (Bloomberg)
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Three top executives of Optimum Communications Inc. — previously known as Altice USA — will split nearly $2 million in special cash bonuses to reward their contributions to the telecommunications company's capital raising efforts. The award comes days after Optimum sued its largest creditors for allegedly blocking it access to credit markets....
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05.12.25 - 19:24
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Verizon Posts $5 Billion Profit While Lumen Loses $621 Million Chasing AI Infrastructure (24/7 Wall St.)
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Lumen Technologies (NYSE: LUMN) and Verizon Communications (NYSE: VZ) just closed their Q3 2025 earnings reports, and the contrast is stark. Verizon posted $5.06 billion in net income while Lumen logged a $621 million loss. One is a dividend aristocrat leaning into customer-first transformation. The other is betting its future on AI infrastructure and enterprise ... Verizon Posts $5 Billion Profit While Lumen Loses $621 Million Chasing AI Infrastructure
The post Verizon Posts $5 Billion Profit While Lumen Loses $621 Million Chasing AI Infrastructure appeared first on 24/7 Wall St.....
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05.12.25 - 18:27
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AT&T Scraps DEI Amid Broader Corporate Shift Toward Merit-Based Policies (ZeroHedge)
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AT&T Scraps DEI Amid Broader Corporate Shift Toward Merit-Based Policies
Authored by Tom Ozimek via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours),
AT&T told federal regulators this week that it has eliminated all diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) policies and programs across its business, becoming the latest major corporation to unwind such initiatives amid a broader shift toward merit-based employment practices and heightened scrutiny from the Trump administration.
The AT&T logo on a building in Los Angeles on Aug. 10, 2017. Mike Blake/Reuters
In a Dec. 1 letter filed with the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) as part of AT&T's bid to acquire U.S. Cellular spectrum licenses for roughly $1 billion, the company said it is “ending DEI-related policies ... not just in name but in substance,” following recent executive orders, Supreme Court rulings, and guidance from the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission.
AT&T said it has adjusted its employment and business practices “to ensure that the...
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05.12.25 - 16:18
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SoftBank in Talks to Buy Data-Center Investor DigitalBridge (Bloomberg)
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SoftBank Group Corp. is in talks to acquire DigitalBridge Group Inc., a private equity firm that invests in assets such as data centers, as it seeks to take advantage of an AI-driven boom in digital infrastructure, according to people with knowledge of the matter....
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