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April 2024

T-Mobile Reports First Quarter 2024 Results

T-Mobile US, Inc. reported first quarter 2024 results, raising full-year guidance and delivering industry-leading customer growth, including taking a higher share of postpaid phone net additions year-over-year and matching its lowest ever Q1 postpaid phone churn. The company translated customer growth into industry-leading growth in service revenues and profitability while returning $4.3 billion to stockholders in the quarter.

Cable must fight inertia to gain wireless subscribers

Cable companies Charter and Comcast have been wooing subscribers to their mobile virtual network operator (MVNO) services. But they can’t convince all their internet customers to include wireless in their plans. The stumbling block seems to be inertia.

Data Reveals Landline Phone Decline Statistics

Are we witnessing the final days of the landline phone in the United States? It's possible. But in some regions and across key demographics, landlines persist. The question is: Who’s still “jumping on the horn”? To get to the bottom of this question, we analyzed trends in phone usage by adults aged 18 and over. Our analysis takes a closer look at the percentage of adults living in wireless-only (cell or mobile phone) households, those living with landline phones, and those without phones (phoneless). Key highlights of our analysis include:

UScellular Extending Support for ACP Customers

UScellular is supporting its customers who have the Affordable Connectivity Program (ACP) benefit with a monthly credit to help ensure they can stay connected. ACP is a Federal Communications Commission benefit program that helps households afford the broadband they need to connect to education, careers, family, and friends. Unfortunately for millions of well-deserving Americans, Congress has not approved a budget to continue the program, and April 2024 is expected to be the last fully funded month. Starting in May 2024, UScellular is providing a $12 credit every month for 12 months on curr

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Subcommittee on Communication, Media, and Broadband

Senate Commerce Committee

Date: 
Thu, 05/02/2024 - 10:00

Congress has established programs to increase broadband access through the Universal Service Fund, including the Lifeline and the High-Cost programs. More recently, Congress established the Affordable Connectivity Program (ACP) and the Broadband Equity Access and Deployment (BEAD) program to further improve broadband access and affordability. The Affordable Connectivity Program, which currently helps more than 23 million households connect to affordable broadband, will expire in May without congressional action.


Sponsor: 

Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee

House Commerce Committee

Date: 
Wed, 05/01/2024 - 14:00

Witness

Andrew Witty, CEO, UnitedHealth Group, Inc.


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New America

Date: 
Thu, 05/02/2024 - 10:00 to 11:00

In March 2023, the Office of the National Cyber Director at the White House released the first National Cybersecurity Strategy, the first comprehensive vision for how to safeguard cyberspace for all Americans. After one year of implementing the strategy, among a backdrop of issues like data privacy, generative AI, and critical infrastructure security that make citizens’ digital lives more complex, what have we achieved in the first year of the strategy, and what can we do to continue the momentum?


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