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SpaceX makes big move into wireless. These once 'obsolete' tech stocks could benefit
SpaceX is buying up spectrum for its Starlink Mobile service and tower stocks are loving it. American Tower Corporation, Crown Castle Inc., and SBA Communications were all trading at least 6% higher Friday morning with Crown Castle leading the way…
Why I'm still blown away by this 100+ year-old wireless audio technology
I was trying to fall asleep, my feet playing the role of a third tent pole against the soggy nylon of my undersized tent, when I realised I had been wrong about radio. I was born in the year 2000, which makes me a certifiable Zoomer. As such…
Communications Services Down as SpaceX Enters Wireless Business -- Communications Services Roundup
Communications-services companies fell amid fears about a new entrant in the cell-phone carrier market. Cell-phone carriers slid after Elon Musk's rocketry firm SpaceX agreed to buy wireless spectrum from investment firm Grain Management for about…
SpaceX's Wireless Move Trips Up Telecoms
This is an edition of the Markets P.M. newsletter, a recap of the day's most important markets moves, delivered after the closing bell. If you're not subscribed, sign up here. Stocks ended the week with a rally. After a sharp drop on Thursday, tech…
Wireless Carriers' Day of Woe After SpaceX Spectrum Deal
Shares in AT&T, Verizon Communications and T-Mobile US fell sharply Friday in the wake of SpaceX's $8 billion spectrum deal, the Elon Musk-led company's biggest move yet into the wireless market. By early afternoon, AT&T and Verizon were on track…
Mint Mobile Celebrates Its 10th Birthday With $10 Unlimited Wireless
An advertiser paid for editorial consideration of this deal. Our team independently evaluated it based on our expertise and determined that it offers meaningful savings, so we chose to cover it. The grand experiment that is Mint Mobile wasn't…
SpaceX says Starlink is set to become a 'major mobile carrier' after spectrum deal
Elon Musk's SpaceX has agreed to buy licenses for radio airwaves that will enable its Starlink Mobile satellite business to provide cellular service inside buildings, a move the company said will allow it to 'become a major mobile carrier in the…
T-Mobile CTO Gives SpaceX a Reality Check on Its Starlink Mobile Ambitions
SpaceX effectively declared war on the big three carriers this week by announcing its plan to turn the satellite-to-phone service Starlink Mobile into a major US cellular provider. But a T-Mobile executive is pushing back, arguing that SpaceX will…
Why Crown Castle Stock Soared Today
Crown Castle (CCI +13.59%) shares rocketed higher today after news that Space Exploration Technologies may be moving into the mobile phone network business. News that SpaceX's Starlink might move further into the wireless industry sent Crown Castle…
Wall Street finishes its record-setting week with gains
NEW YORK — The U.S. stock market finished its record-setting week with gains on Friday, even as other financial markets remained indecisive. The S&P 500 climbed 0.6% for its first gain since setting its all-time high three days earlier. The…
US stock market finishes out week on a high note | Arkansas Democrat Gazette
NEW YORK -- The U.S. stock market finished its record-setting week with gains on Friday, even as other financial markets remained indecisive. The S&P 500 climbed 0.6% for its first gain since setting its all-time high three days earlier. The Dow…
SpaceX found a way around the FCC
SpaceX's initial public offering (IPO) attracted intense interest for 2 trillion reasons. But one spectacular feature of this historic launch has barely blipped the public's radar screen. Radio spectrum, the ' invisible resource,' is the…
Stock Market Today, Oct. 9: AT&T Slides on SpaceX Spectrum Deal Threat
AT&T (T -9.81%), a wireless and fiber connectivity giant, closed at $22.17, down 9.81%. Space Exploration Technologies' spectrum deal raised competitive concerns for legacy wireless providers, and investors are watching Q3 earnings for guidance and…
US stocks rise toward finish of record-breaking week
NEW YORK — U.S. stocks are rising toward the finish of their record-setting week on Friday, even as other financial markets remain indecisive. The S&P 500 rose 0.6 percent and clawed back most of its two straight days of losses since setting…
Stock Market Today, Oct. 9: Verizon Slides on SpaceX Spectrum Deal and Scotiabank Target Cut
Premium Feature Moneyball Superscore Verizon Communications (VZ -8.75%), a wireless and broadband carrier, closed at $41.65, down 10.14%. Friday's slide followed a spectrum deal by Space Exploration Technologies Corporation (SPCX +1.25%), better…
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