• SpaceX has received over 500,000 preorders for Starlink satellite internet service, anticipates no technical problems meeting the demand [itnews.com.au]
• T-Mobile Reports Quarterly Results, Smashes Estimates [webpronews.com]
• Qualcomm Demonstrates mmWave 5G 16x Faster Than Sub-6 GHz [webpronews.com]
• Does 5G make a difference? T-Mobile says yes: Magenta Max 5G customers consume 40% more data than its other 5G customers, and fully 70% more data than T-Mobile's average 4G LTE subs [lightreading.com]
• AT&T violated labor law but can still ban workers from recording conversations, NLRB rules [theverge.com]
• SpaceX completes 26 Starlink launch mission, its 10th for 2021 [convergedigest.com]
• Dell patches a recently discovered 12-year-old driver vulnerability impacting hundreds of millions of Dell systems, which gives local attackers full PC control [therecord.media]
• Epic vs. Apple trial begins with Epic attacking the App Store's “walled garden”, arguing Apple's 30% cut is monopolistic; Apple argues 30% is standard practice [9to5mac.com]
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• Only 14% Of Americans Think Communities Shouldn't Be Allowed To Build Their Own Broadband Networks [techdirt.com]
• Biden’s broadband plan would leave rural America behind [protocol.com]
• T-Mobile Joins FCC Emergency Broadband Benefit Program [webpronews.com]
• Will Frontier add a wireless play? 'Never say never,' exec says [lightreading.com]
• Yahoo! and! AOL! sold! for! $5bn! as! Verizon! abandons! media! empire! dreams [theregister.com]
• What AT&T, Verizon and T-Mobile are doing to harden their networks [lightreading.com]
• Apple releases iOS 14.5.1, watchOS 7.4.1, and macOS Big Sur 11.3.1 with security fixes for flaws in WebKit that Apple says were being actively exploited [macrumors.com]
• Sony says Discord will be integrated into PlayStation Network starting early 2022; Sony will invest an undisclosed amount in Discord as part of the partnership [venturebeat.com]
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• New York requires $15 broadband for poor people, promptly gets sued by ISPs [arstechnica.com]
• Canadian Government Wants To Regulate Social Media Like Broadcast [techdirt.com]
• Verizon is nearing a deal to sell its media division, including AOL and Yahoo!, to Apollo; deal could be worth $5B and be announced as soon as today [bloomberg.com]
• New Frontier Aims to Become Largest U.S. Pure Play Fiber Provider [telecompetitor.com]
• Xfinity Mobile Passes 3 Million Total Subscribers, Reaches Break Even Status [telecompetitor.com]
• Ad-supported HBO Max to fetch $9.99/month - report [lightreading.com]
• AT&T to launch open RAN by next year [lightreading.com]
• Kuo: Apple is planning to launch a foldable iPhone with an 8" QHD+ flexible OLED display in 2023; Kuo says Apple will ship 15M to 20M foldable iPhones in 2023 [macrumors.com]
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• OpenSignal: 5G-capable devices access mmWave 5G less than 1% of the time across all US carriers; Verizon leads with just 0.8% availability [arstechnica.com]
• President Biden taps Kamala Harris to lead the admins rural-broadband initiative and effort to close digital divide [cnet.com]
• Google Fiber saw a 32% uptick in network demand throughout the pandemic [9to5google.com]
• Microsoft says it will reduce its cut for PC games in Microsoft Store from 30% to 12% starting August 1, in a bid to compete with Steam [theverge.com]
• A task force of 60+ experts from industry, government, nonprofits, and academia calls on the US and allies to take steps to fight a surge in ransomware attacks [washingtonpost.com]
• Locast is the free TV streaming service that refuses to die [digitaltrends.com]
• Dish chairman calls T-Mobile the ‘Grinch’ for going back on merger promises [theverge.com]
• Disney plugs in AWS for global expansion of Disney+ [lightreading.com]
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• Here are the states with the fastest internet - Rhode Island is tops at 129 Mbps, and Montana slowest at 54.4 Mbps [techrepublic.com]
• Iowa governor signs into law broadband expansion program [apnews.com]
• Report: T-Mobile Has Best 5G Download Speed, Reach; AT&T Best on Video [telecompetitor.com]
• Altice USA's FTTP rollout eclipses 1M homes passed [lightreading.com]
• Verizon Explores Sale Of Parts Of Yahoo & AOL [competitionpolicyinternational.com]
• Here's how much a 5G wireless network really costs [lightreading.com]
• Uber will let customers schedule Covid-19 vaccine appointments through its app in the US and book rides to and from participating nearby Walgreens pharmacies [bloomberg.com]
• Google Stadia is adding a search bar, teases more features coming soon [xda-developers.com]
• FCC lets SpaceX cut satellite altitude to improve Starlink speed and latency [arstechnica.com]
• France invests $550m in OneWeb to challenge Musk’s SpaceX [easterneye.biz]
• YouTube is a media juggernaut that could soon equal Netflix in revenue [cnbc.com]
• New Mexico to fund blimp broadband study for rural internet [apnews.com]
• Cox Acquires Charlotte, North Carolina-Based Regional Fiber Operator Segra [telecompetitor.com]
• Dish's 5G ambitions for 12GHz face a setback [lightreading.com]
• It turns out Apple has been FLoCing its users all along [mspoweruser.com]
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• Frontier Sets Bankruptcy Exit Date, Names New Board [telecompetitor.com]
• AT&T is upgrading the speeds of its Fiber home internet plans [cnet.com]
• Starlink creates risk of internet investment doom cycle, says APNIC researcher [theregister.com]
• Ltd (top winner of the FCC's RDOF Phase 1 auction) to FCC: We can do it [lightreading.com]
• Ofcom Reveal Final Results of UK 5G Mobile Spectrum Auction [ispreview.co.uk]
• Pentagon explains odd transfer of 175 million IP addresses to obscure company [arstechnica.com]
• Charter Responds to Critics of its RDOF Winning Bid [telecompetitor.com]
• Roku says anti-competitive demands from Google, including requests for preferential treatment of apps like YouTube TV, may force YouTube TV off Roku's platform [axios.com]
• Researcher shows that for months macOS had a flaw that would let apps run despite not being notarized by Apple's service; bug is patched in macOS Big Sur 11.3 [techcrunch.com]
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• 'It's the biggest thing in the history of the internet': Pentagon quietly transfers 175 million internet addresses to mysterious firm in Florida [dailymail.co.uk]
• Maybe high-speed internet is infrastructure after all, say US Republicans in proposal to spend $65bn over five years [theregister.com]
• Comcast Teases 4Gbps Speeds - Just Not Yet [webpronews.com]
• Questions cloud America's next big midband spectrum auction [lightreading.com]
• Pandemic adds new wrinkles and complexities to cable network capacity planning [lightreading.com]
• Verizon Reports Strong Start to the Year, Despite 178K Phone Net Losses [webpronews.com]
• Could Starlink be a victim of its own success? [totaltele.com]
• AT&T Considering Sale Of Rooster Teeth, Creator Of Red Vs. Blue And RWBY [gamespot.com]
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• Senate Republicans propose $65B for broadband [lightreading.com]
• Comcast Full Duplex DOCSIS trial pumps out 4-Gig symmetrical speedst [lightreading.com]
• AT&T Scores on Wireless Growth and HBO Max [webpronews.com]
• 620,000 Reasons DirecTV and AT&T Pay TV Is Dying (Think Lost Customers) [nationalinterest.org]
• Verizon grows revenue but loses wireless customers, continues to ‘execute on all 5G opportunities’ [rcrwireless.com]
• T-Mobile paid John Legere $137 million during his last three months as CEO [phonearena.com]
• Sony confirms it is testing PlayStation Plus Video Pass, which lets PS Plus subscribers access over 20 movie and TV shows from Sony Pictures [videogameschronicle.com]
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• It Will Take a Lot More Than Money to Get Internet to Every American [slate.com]
• Rogers Bets on Work-From-Home Helping Broadband Post Virus [bnnbloomberg.ca]
• Fiber Lit Building Pace Slows During Pandemic, Expected to Pick up in 2021 [telecompetitor.com]
• U.S. Vs. Europe Broadband Report: U.S. Ahead on Many Levels [telecompetitor.com]
• Rogers blames Ericsson software upgrade for wireless outage [lightreading.com]
• Verizon broadband gains continue to outpace video losses [lightreading.com]
• DOJ forms taskforce to combat the proliferation of ransomware attacks, targeting the entire ecosystem with prosecutions and more [thehill.com]
• Xbox owners can now access free-to-play games without an online subscription [digitaltrends.com]
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• REvil ransomware gang claims to have breached Apple contractor Quanta Computer and is threatening to leak Apple product schematics unless a ransom is paid [therecord.media]
• T-Mobile Home Internet review: Putting 5G to good use [androidcentral.com]
• UK government announces first phase of Project Gigabit [neowin.net]
• Report Confirms Triple Play Has Lost its Luster, Double Play Bundle Has the Action [telecompetitor.com]
• Why Verizon is sweetening 5G Home with promotions, free devices [lightreading.com]
• Huawei is no longer in the top 5 of the smartphone market [slashgear.com]
• Progressive Groups Fight AT&T and T-Mobile’s New Texting Rules [theintercept.com]
• Discord Ends Buyout Talks With Microsoft, Will Go Public Instead [webpronews.com]
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