Monica Alleven

T-Mobile plans to start AI-RAN field tests in 2026 after doing joint trials with Nvidia, Nokia and EricssonGPUs in the RAN? | Fierce caught up with T-Mobile President of Technology and CTO John Saw for an update on its AI endeavors with Nvidia and Nokia.

Newly installed CEO Dan Schulman said Verizon will be more customer-focusedQ3 results were lackluster, with consumer postpaid losses and slower-than-expected | Verizon's newly installed CEO Dan Schulman laid out plans to reclaim Verizon’s glory days, reduce churn and “delight” customers.

AT&T launched a new ad campaign accusing T-Mobile of “untruths” and touting its larger, more reliable networkT-Mobile maintains it has “America’s best net | This week, AT&T launched a new advertising campaign aimed at squashing “T-Mobile’s untruths” while championing AT&T’s network.

Verizon abruptly announced tech and telecom veteran Dan Schulman will take over as CEO of the companySchulman previously served as CEO of PayPal and was also | Hans Vestberg, who has been CEO of Verizon since 2018, is out. He will be replaced by tech and telecom veteran Dan Schulman.

Vodafone selected Samsung as a partner for large-scale vRAN and open RAN deployments across EuropeThe gear spans 2G, 4G and 5G, with O-RAN radios, Massive MIM | Samsung missed out on VodafoneThree’s RAN business in the U.K., but it’s getting a sizable piece of Vodafone’s open RAN business across Europe.

Dish’s wireless dream crashes and burns as Boost’s network heads for shutdownWas it inevitable? | Was Dish’s dream of creating a fourth facilities-based wireless carrier always destined for failure?

With a red-hot valuation, AST SpaceMobile is in an enviable position among today’s satellite playersHowever, Viasat is challenging AST’s use of Ligado’s L-ban | At over $17 billion, AST SpaceMobile’s market valuation is far higher than long-time satellite diehards like Iridium, Globalstar and EchoStar. But it’s grappling with spectrum challenges.

Is “A Candle in the Wind” or "Highway to Hell” better for symbolizing wireless right now?UScellular was the largest mid-sized regional carrier in the U.S. | Consolidation has been going on in the U.S. wireless industry since its inception. What’s new is how U.S. regulators are responding to it – and the weird way in which the current FCC is attempting to determine winners and losers.

T-Mobile finalized its acquisition of regional carrier UScellularThe transition to T-Mobile’s network should be seamless for the majority of UScellular custom | As expected, T-Mobile on Friday closed on its $4.3 billion acquisition of UScellular’s wireless operations, including more than 4 million UScellular customers and about 30% of its spectrum.

Continuing a trend that’s been going on for years, UScellular reported a loss of 38,000 postpaid phone customers in Q1 2025CEO Laurent Therivel blamed UScellu | UScellular thinks towers will be a great business, which is good because its current cell phone business is not doing well.