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AT&T is branching beyond its usual telecom offerings with a benefit that could catch some customers off guard.

Wall Street's quick math on T-Mobile's rate hike exposure produces a frightening number, but that number depends on a reading of the debt stack that the actual quarterly filing does not support.

U.S. wireless carrier promotions should provide a boost for Apple iPhone 18 Pro sales, a Wall Street analyst says. Apple stock rose slightly.

The cost of wireless phone service jumped 5.9% in August after T-Mobile and AT&T hiked rates on some plans.

The cost of wireless phone service jumped 5.9% in August after T-Mobile and AT&T hiked rates on some plans.

By David Shepardson WASHINGTON, Sept 16 (Reuters) - Federal Communications Commission Chair Brendan Carr said Wednesday that a series of upcoming wireless spectrum auctions over the next couple of

A record jump in the price of cellular phone services helped tip a key measure of US inflation above forecasts, likely sealing the deal for a Federal Reserve interest-rate increase next week.

Activist investor Elliott Investment Management has built a stake in Deutsche Telekom and is pushing the German company to abandon any effort to merge with T-Mobile US, according to people familiar with the matter. Deutsche Telekom owns 54% of T-Mobile and has held discussions this year about combining the two companies to create a more streamlined telecom behemoth. On Thursday, Deutsche Telekom’s stock traded higher in Germany, while T-Mobile’s New York-listed shares rose in premarket trading.

The activist reportedly wants the German telecommunications giant to pursue other ways of boosting shareholder value.

Elliott’s move puts the activist directly at odds with Deutsche Telekom CEO Tim Hoettges, who has been pursuing a full combination of the two companies since at least April 2026. Deutsche Telekom holds roughly a 53% stake in T-Mobile US, and Hoettges’s plan would have created the world’s largest wireless operator by market capitalization. Instead, Elliott is pressing management to consider alternative paths to shareholder value, with buybacks cited as the preferred mechanism, according to Bloomb

T-Mobile is changing how it handles customer interactions at its locations.

Spectrum is sweetening its internet plans as it faces mounting pressure to keep customers from leaving.

Wall Street flipped the script Friday with a wave of surprise upgrades and downgrades hitting names like Wayfair, Roku, and Fox Corporation, while cooler inflation data reshuffled bets across stocks, bonds, oil, and crypto all at once.

The Federal Communications Commission granted temporary approval to AST SpaceMobile to test satellite connectivity using up to 100 commercially available devices.

TDS reported second-quarter progress in its fiber expansion and tower infrastructure operations, while updating 2026 guidance for both TDS Telecom and Array Digital Infrastructure (NYSE:AD). Management also said it would not provide further updates or take questions regarding TDS’s pending proposal

Here's a look at AT&T stock in light of the competitive threat from SpaceX.

Telephone and Data Systems (NYSE:TDS) reported second-quarter progress in its fiber expansion and tower operations, while lowering revenue expectations for its telecom business amid continued pressure from legacy copper and cable services. The company also said Array Digital Infrastructure completed

Array Digital Infrastructure Inc (AD) boosts full-year EBITDA outlook on 65% revenue surge, while navigating Dish wind-down costs and T-Mobile integration.

Deutsche Telekom AG (DTEGF) raises free cash flow guidance and proposes a EUR3 billion buyback, driving adjusted EPS up 10.3%.

Moby summary of Optimum Communications, Inc.'s Q2 2026 earnings call

Deutsche Telekom (ETR:DTE) reported continued organic growth in the first half of 2026, raised its group free-cash-flow outlook following an increase at T-Mobile US, and announced plans for up to an additional €3 billion in share repurchases during 2026. Chief Executive Officer Tim Höttges said gro

SpaceX is coming for large U.S. telecom providers. During the company’s first earnings call, SpaceX President Gwynne Shotwell referenced the revenue that AT&T, Verizon Communications and T-Mobile US pull in, and said Starlink would take aim at their subscribers.

AT&T and Verizon anchor ASTS’ U.S. strategy, while its broader network includes nearly 60 carrier partners covering more than 3 billion subscribers.

SpaceX's ambition to build a full-fledged mobile service rattled investors in the U.S. wireless sector, as the company outlined plans that could eventually pit Starlink against industry leaders Verizon, ‌AT&T and T-Mobile. SpaceX acquired 65 megahertz of wireless spectrum licenses from EchoStar for a total of $19.6 billion through two deals ‌announced last year, giving Starlink airwaves to expand into mobile services. "The spectrum that we purchased from EchoStar does have terrestrial components, so we definitely intend to build ​out terrestrial," SpaceX President Gwynne Shotwell said during a post-earnings call on Tuesday.

SpaceX is coming for large U.S. telecom providers. During the company’s first earnings call, SpaceX President Gwynne Shotwell referenced the revenue that AT&T, Verizon Communications and T-Mobile US pull in, and said Starlink would take aim at their subscribers. “I anticipate us to be able to acquire quite a few of their customers because I think our service will be better,” Shotwell said.

T-Mobile’s U.S. leadership has told Deutsche Telekom that it no longer backs the transaction, Semafor reported.

Investing.com -- T-Mobile's US executives informed Deutsche Telekom that they no longer support a proposed $300 billion merger between the two companies, Semafor reported Friday, citing people familiar with the matter.

American Tower (NYSE:AMT) raised its full-year 2026 outlook for the second time this year after reporting second-quarter growth in tower leasing and record leasing activity at its CoreSite data center business. President and CEO Steve Vondran said the company’s performance was supported by “robust

AT&T, T-Mobile and Verizon all grew Q2 EPS and boosted shareholder returns, but subscriber trends, guidance and stock reactions diverged sharply across the three telecom giants.

The Standard & Poor's 500 index shed 0.6% this week amid mixed corporate earnings and continued worr