• Report: U.S. Overtakes China in Number Of Cities With 5G Deployments [telecompetitor.com]

• Netflix upgrades ad plan features, will wind down DVD biz this fall [lightreading.com]

• A T-Mobile plan shakeup might be coming as soon as Sunday [androidauthority.com]

• T-Mobile’s ‘un-carrier’ party still going, analysts say [fiercewireless.com]

• AT&T touts progress on path to standalone 5G [lightreading.com]

• Broadband Map Bill Would Add a Reallocation Process to BEAD Funding Program [telecompetitor.com]

• Ookla: T-Mobile Has Fastest Mobile Speeds; Charter Fastest on Fixed Broadband [telecompetitor.com]

• Report suggests that 5G’s global ‘Tipping Point’ reached [newelectronics.co.uk]

• Report: Severe Spectrum Shortfall Threatens U.S. 5G Leadership [telecompetitor.com]

• 'Fiber-only approach' to BEAD would cost over $200B, says Tarana [lightreading.com]

• Xumo's streaming box to debut later this year [lightreading.com]

• Washington Bill Tests Limits of State BEAD Authority [telecompetitor.com]

• Report Warns Of BEAD Funding Delays Due To Municipal Broadband Bans [lightreading.com]

• Montana Lawmakers Vote to Ban TikTok Statewide [pcmag.com]

• BEAD could boost the enterprise value of top US telcos by $17B - study [lightreading.com]

• Amid high phone bills, Canadas telecom experts call for structural change, regulatory reform [thestar.com]

• 28 State AGs Urge Congress To Pass Stalled ‘Right To Repair’ Bills [techdirt.com]

• Netflix's second ever livestream hit technical issues, leading to a 75+ minute delay and the company taping the Love is Blind reunion episode for later viewing [techcrunch.com]

• California Approved to Use Entire Capital Projects Fund Budget for Broadband [telecompetitor.com]

• T-Mobile: 'We've upheld our jobs commitment' following Sprint merger [lightreading.com]

• One of the Western Digital hackers claims they stole ~10TB of data, including customer information, and says they are asking for a ransom of “minimum 8 figures” [techcrunch.com]

• NCTC Taps AT&T for Exclusive MVNO Offering to Rural Provider Members [telecompetitor.com]

• Verizon offers up to $300 to new Home Internet customers [phonearena.com]

• Apple TV+ growth slows in US while Netflix loses first place to Amazon Prime Video [9to5mac.com]

• Warner Bros. Discovery officially announces Max as the new name of its flagship streaming service, launching in the US on May 23 with HBO and Discovery+ content [variety.com]

• Pew: State Funding Spurs Broadband to Public Housing [telecompetitor.com]

• Congress Urges DOJ To Review The Time Warner Discovery Merger Mess Amidst Chaos And Ongoing Layoffs [techdirt.com]

• Verizon upgrades San Francisco with C-band [fiercewireless.com]

• Verizon’s legacy Unlimited plans are getting more expensive [androidpolice.com]

• Whoops: Congress Failed To Actually Fund Efforts To “Rip And Replace” Chinese Telecom Gear From U.S. Networks [techdirt.com]

• Report: 28% of Internet Homes Have at Least 3 Smart Devices [telecompetitor.com]

• Toronto's subway highlights the difficulties of neutral hosting [lightreading.com]

• How little say residents of high rise buildings have when wireless companies decide the elevated site is the perfect place to put antennas. [sandiegoreader.com]

• FCC Opens Space Bureau to Modernize Satellite Policy [satellitetoday.com]

• This iPhone spyware may have hijacked your cameras - why didn't Apple warn us? [laptopmag.com]

• Former AT&T Customers May Be Owed ‘Data Throttling' Settlement Check [nbcchicago.com]

• T-Mobile outpacing Verizon in customer satisfaction - survey [lightreading.com]

• Southern States Expected to Get Lots of BEAD Rural Broadband Funding [telecompetitor.com]

• 'Rip and replace' lobbying grows louder [lightreading.com]

• Battle could be brewing over new FCC data breach reporting rules [csoonline.com]

• Ziply Fiber Ups the Ante with 10 Gbps Service Across Four-State Fiber Footprint [telecompetitor.com]

• Internet Access Must Become A Human Right Or We Risk Ever-Widening Inequality, Argues Researcher [phys.org]

• T-Mobile Takes 5G Out to the Old Ballgame [telecompetitor.com]

• Charter throws some static on Samsung's CBRS/C-band radios [lightreading.com]

• Iowa Becomes Sixth State To Pass An Internet Privacy Law [techdirt.com]

• What the recent ban on spectrum sales by the Canadian government means for the telecom industry [theglobeandmail.com]

• China plans $500 mln subsea internet cable to rival U.S.-backed project [reuters.com]

• Senators: Gosh, Maybe We Should Accurately Map Broadband Before Deploying $50 Billion In Telecom Subsidies? [techdirt.com]

• Charter can keep downstream speed claim, ad watchdog rules [lightreading.com]

• Comcast and Verizon Win Maryland Broadband Funding But Weren’t the Biggest Winners [telecompetitor.com]

• A closer look at the Dish 5G/satellite network for the US military [lightreading.com]

• Google Fiber Ups the Speed to 8 Gbps in West Des Moines, Iowa [telecompetitor.com]

• Cable's Wireless Efforts To Hit An 'All-Time High' In Q1 [lightreading.com]

• FCC Hopes Application Streamlining Drives ACP Participation [telecompetitor.com]

• Deutsche Telekom reaches majority stake in T-Mobile U.S. - CEO [reuters.com]

• Judge rules that phony SIM swap leading to a $24M crypto theft was not AT&T's fault [phonearena.com]

• Mint Mobile adjusts data allowances upward [fiercewireless.com]

• Charter has no plans to add data caps when FCC ban lifts [lightreading.com]

• NTIA, FCC Close in on Broadband Map Data for State BEAD Allocations [telecompetitor.com]

• Cox Mobile becomes latest MVNO to add iPhone support; $45 for unlimited 5G [9to5mac.com]

• T-Mobile Quadrupled FWA Subscribers in One Year; Subs Still Skew Rural [telecompetitor.com]

• T-Mobile expands fiber service to two Colorado cities [lightreading.com]

• 6G Set to Primarily Be an Industrial IoT Network [eetimes.com]

• UK broadband providers miss One Touch Switch deadline [neowin.net]