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Cable Industry Economic Impact 2024: $568.7B and 1.3M Jobs

Cable Industry Economic Impact 2024: $568.7B and 1.3M Jobs

In 2024, the U.S. cable sector generated $568.7 billion in total economic output and supported 1.3 million jobs across the country. This footprint spans broadband networks, video programming, construction, manufacturing, and a broad vendor ecosystem. It underscores why cable remains a central pillar of America’s connectivity and media economy even as consumption shifts to IP and streaming. Cable broadband providers—led by Comcast, Charter Communications (Spectrum), Cox, Altice USA (Optimum), Mediacom, Cable One (Sparklight), and WOW!—accounted for $366 billion in total economic impact and nearly 888,000 jobs.

Verizon’s Visible 5G at Best Buy: In-store retail debut

Visible 5G at Best Buy: In-store retail debut
Verizon’s digital sub-brand Visible is extending from app-only to omnichannel, adding BestBuy.com today and a nationwide in-store rollout on September 28. Visible offers unlimited data, talk, and text on Verizon’s 5G-capable network, plus unlimited mobile hotspot and no annual contracts. Customers keep the app-led experience – account setup, activation, billing, and support, while gaining retail conveniences like immediate SIM pickup, device compatibility checks, and help from trained associates. The Best Buy partnership signals a broader shift toward hybrid digital-retail engagement in U.S. wireless. Retail staff can guide eSIM setup and BYOD compatibility using GSMA eSIM standards and device tools, shortening time-to-service.

Secret Service Stops SIM‑Farm Telecom Security Threat Near UNGA

Secret Service Stops SIM‑Farm Telecom Security Threat Near UNGA
As the U.N. General Assembly convened, U.S. authorities quietly removed a dense cluster of SIM servers and cards that investigators say could have overloaded mobile networks and disrupted emergency communications across the New York metro area. Investigators seized more than 300 SIM servers and roughly 100,000 SIM cards distributed across multiple sites within 35 miles of the United Nations complex. Mass device farms can generate signaling storms that overwhelm cell sites and the mobile core, similar in effect to a distributed denial-of-service attack.

T-Mobile Names Srini Gopalan CEO to Drive 5G and AI

T-Mobile Names Srini Gopalan CEO to Drive 5G and AI
T-Mobile has set a clear handover plan that pairs continuity with a sharpened focus on digital, AI, and new growth vectors. Srini Gopalan, currently Chief Operating Officer, will become CEO of T-Mobile US, succeeding Mike Sievert. Sievert moves to a newly created Vice Chairman role, remaining on the management team and Board to advise on strategy, innovation, talent, and external relations. The structure signals operational continuity and a deliberate next phase for the Un-carrier playbook across wireless, broadband, and adjacent services. Expect Gopalan to intensify investments in AI across care, sales, and network operations.

AT&T Tests AI Receptionist to Block Spam Calls

AT&T Tests AI Receptionist to Block Spam Calls
AT&T is testing a carrier-grade call-screening assistant that answers unknown calls on your behalf and filters out likely robocalls before your phone ever rings. The operator is trialing an AI “digital receptionist” with select customers that intercepts calls from numbers you don’t recognize, asks the caller to identify themselves and their purpose, and then decides whether to connect, take a message, or end the call. Because the service runs in AT&T’s network, it can also consider patterns from your calling history to recognize frequent contacts and allow them through automatically.

Could Starlink Replace Your Cellphone Carrier with direct-to-device and EcoStar spectrum?

Could Starlink Replace Your Cellphone Carrier with direct-to-device and EcoStar spectrum?
SpaceX’s $17 billion purchase of EchoStar spectrum signals a deliberate push to blend satellite and mobile connectivity at consumer scale. SpaceX is acquiring EchoStar’s AWS-4 and H-Block licenses, adding roughly 1.9–2.0 GHz spectrum into its portfolio for direct-to-device (D2D) service in the U.S. Owning licensed spectrum lets SpaceX widen capabilities beyond roaming-style add-ons, potentially toward a branded service that spans home broadband and handset connectivity. A two-year window for first compatible handsets is a realistic baseline. Analysts broadly expect Starlink to expand via partnerships: wholesale arrangements to MNOs for satellite fallback, and potentially an MVNO to bring a Starlink-branded phone plan to market.

LA28 selects T‑Mobile 5G as Official Telecom Provider

LA28 selects T‑Mobile 5G as Official Telecom Provider
T-Mobile for Business will serve as the Official Telecommunications Services Provider for the LA28 Olympic and Paralympic Games, positioning the event as a high-stakes proving ground for end-to-end 5G operations, broadcast connectivity, and fan experience at unprecedented scale. The LA28 organizing committee plans to run events across more than 110 connected locations, including over 40 competition venues distributed throughout Southern California. That footprint transforms LA28 into a distributed, city-scale network project where wide-area 5G must interoperate with venue networks, edge compute, and broadcast infrastructure under peak, dynamic loads.

Telecom and Tech M&A Tracker 2025

Telecom and Tech M&A Tracker
2025 has seen major telecom and tech M&A activity, including billion-dollar deals in fiber, AI, cloud, and cybersecurity. This monthly tracker details key acquisitions, like AT&T buying Lumen’s fiber assets and Google’s $32B move for Wiz, highlighting how consolidation is shaping the competitive landscape.

T-Mobile T-Life App Rollout: Glitches and Quotas

T-Mobile T-Life App Rollout: Glitches and Quotas
T-Mobile’s consolidation of consumer apps into the T-Life hub is colliding with frontline realities, exposing gaps between digital ambitions and in-store execution. T-Mobile is retiring standalone experiences like its legacy account app and banking app in favor of T-Life, a single portal for account management, promotions, and payments. In practice, store teams report that transactions are being steered through T-Life even when traditional workflows would be faster. Employees report frequent crashes, lag, and inconsistent login behavior that stall service and force manual rework. Field teams say monthly bonuses are now tightly coupled to T-Life adoption metrics, not just sales or service outcomes.

AT&T to Buy EchoStar Spectrum for $23B to Boost 5G

AT&T to Buy EchoStar Spectrum for B to Boost 5G
AT&T has agreed to acquire approximately 50 MHz of low- and mid-band spectrum licenses from EchoStar for about $23 billion in cash, a move that could reset capacity economics and regulatory debates across U.S. mobile and satellite markets. The transaction adds a significant block of licensed spectrum covering more than 400 U.S. markets, with closing targeted for mid-2026 pending regulatory approvals and customary conditions. Strategically, this portfolio densifies AT&T’s spectrum layer cake and narrows the mid-band depth gap with competitors in key markets, improving headroom for consumer, enterprise, and public-sector growth over the next five to seven years.

Verizon Value 5G prepaid international roaming: Simple Mobile & Total Wireless

Verizon Value 5G prepaid international roaming: Simple Mobile & Total Wireless
Verizon Value is rolling out enhanced prepaid international services across its Simple Mobile and Total Wireless brands, sharpening its competitive edge in global roaming and cross-border communications starting August 28, 2025. The offers blend unlimited international calling to large country sets, global texting, and expanded roaming with 5G access on Verizon’s network, including 5G Ultra Wideband on select tiers. Simple Mobile adds unlimited global texting across all plans and scales international calling and data inclusions from entry to premium tiers. Total Wireless retools its unlimited structure with a five-year price guarantee (taxes and fees included), adds 95 more calling destinations (up to 180 countries on higher tiers), and doubles roaming coverage to 30+ countries.

MWC25 Las Vegas: Bringing together technology leaders to share real-world enterprise use cases and shape the future of connectivity

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