Author: Mike Robuck

AST SpaceMobile cleared a key regulatory hurdle for its direct-to-device (D2D) service after the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) granted it special temporary authority (STA) to test its satellite broadband network in the US.

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Apple posted an all-time best revenue of $124.3 billion in its fiscal Q1 2025 (the period to 28 December 2024), a 4 per cent increase year-on-year, though sales in China fell by 11.1 per cent to $18.5 billion.

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T-Mobile US CEO Mike Sievert stated the direct-to-device (D2D) service provisioned by Starlink has ramped up beta testing over the past few weeks, with a commercial launch to follow.

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US tech giants were stopped in their tracks this week following the release of China-based DeepSeek's AI model, which has threatened to upend the industry as we know it.

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AT&T CEO John Stankey (pictured) provided a framework for retiring the bulk of the company’s copper lines by 2029 during a Q4 earnings call, which included an initial target of 1,300 central offices.

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Verizon’s Q4 post-paid net additions of 568,000 were the mobile operator’s best results in five years, driven in part by targeted promotions and its customisable myPlan tariffs that included bundled streaming services from Netflix and Max.

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Verizon Business revealed a suite of products designed to help enterprises, cloud providers and hyperscalers deploy AI workloads at scale by repackaging its assets into a single platform.

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OpenAI introduced an AI agent that uses its own browser to perform a range of repetitive tasks such as planning vacations, ordering groceries and making restaurant reservations as part of a move to further integrate the technology into users’ daily lives.

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Shared infrastructure player Boldyn Networks expanded the footprint of its mobile private network (MPN) portfolio by striking a deal to buy Germany-based Smart Mobile Labs (SML) to further develop its private 5G-as-a-service offering.

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Google made an additional investment of more than $1 billion in AI start-up Anthropic, as the tech giant looks to better compete against rival OpenAI, Financial Times reported.

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