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(Bloomberg) -- President Joe Biden plans to nominate Jane Hartley as the U.S. ambassador to the United Kingdom, picking a longtime Democratic donor for one of the most prestigious diplomatic posts. Hartley, who served as U.S.
Verizon, AT&T and T-Mobile walked away with the vast majority of the C-band licenses up for grabs in the FCC's blockbuster midband spectrum auction. As expected, Verizon spent the most: a whopping $45.5 billion for around 3,500 total licenses. According to the financial analysts at Evercore, Verizon acquired an average of 160MHz of spectrum across the entire US. The operator announced a $25 billion loan from JPMorgan Chase Bank to help pay for the licenses. AT&T came in second by spending $23.4 billion for 1,621 licenses. According to Evercore, AT&T netted 80MHz in 95% of the country, with t...
Startup Lynk expects to begin offering commercial services as early as next year, fully one year earlier than its rival SpaceMobile. Of course, being the first to market is not necessarily the primary indicator of ultimate success. Further, one company's version of commercial-level services may not be the same as another. Nonetheless, the fact that Lynk is promising availability in 2022 is noteworthy considering SpaceMobile has been dominating discussions about cellular service from space for the past year. AST & Science's SpaceMobile burst onto the scene early last year with the announcemen...
New Mexicoâs PRC Selects SBI for Broadband Access February 2, 2021 Smith Bagley Inc. (SBI), the Northern Arizona company that owns Cellular One and Sunstate Technology Group, announced it has been awarded 13 new projects â covering 23 locations â from the New Mexico Public Regulation Commission (PRC) to advance wireless broadband coverage in rural areas, where it’s challenging to access broadband data. This is the third straight year the carrier has been awarded broadband projects from New Mexico’s PRC. “For more than 25 years it has been our mission to bri...
CELLULARONE Wins Rural Projects for State of New Mexico Posted on Share Press Release SHOW LOW, Ariz., Feb. 2, 2021 /PRNewswire/ — Smith Bagley, Inc. (SBI), the Northern Arizona company that owns Cellular One and Sunstate Technology Group, is proud to announce that it has been awarded 13 new projects– covering 23 site locations– from the New Mexico Public Regulation Commission (PRC) to advance wireless broadband coverage in rural areas where it’s currently challenging to access broadband data. This marks the third year in a row that the carrier has been awarded broadband proje...