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June 2022

Charter expects positive subscriber growth despite hefty Affordable Connectivity Program losses

Charter Communications CFO Jessica Fischer revealed the operator is expecting as many as 70,000 broadband customers to churn off its network in second quarter 2022 as they roll off a government subsidy program, but stressed it still believes it will achieve overall positive broadband subscriber growth for the period. Fischer explained Charter has been an active participant in the Federal Communications Commission’s Emergency Broadband Benefit (EBB) program and its successor, the Affordable Connectivity Program (ACP).

Russia Is Taking Over Ukraine’s Internet

Since the end of May 2022, the 280,000 people living in Kherson, Ukraine and its surrounding areas have faced constant online disruptions as internet service providers are forced to reroute their connections throu

T-Mobile on track to gain ‘synergies’ from Sprint merger

Since it acquired the 2.5 GHz assets from Sprint, T-Mobile has been going gangbusters on 5G, to the point that it now covers 225 million points of presence (PoPs) and is well on its way to reach 260 million by the end of 2022. By the end of 2023, it expects to reach a population of 300 million with the “Ultra Capacity” 5G that relies on 2.5 GHz. In the short term, completing the integration with Sprint is job number. 1. “This is a big, big year for us from an integration perspective,” with network decommissioning.

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