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Senior Editor at Light Reading - @Light_Reading

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Joined July 2008

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Jeff Baumgartner

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Charter and Comcast have inked a multi-year deal that enables the operators to deliver mobile services to business customers in the US via T-Mobile's network. Services are set to launch sometime in...

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Jeff Baumgartner

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Verizon added 275,000 FWA subs in Q2, raising its total to 5.1 million. However, the rate of sub growth slowed again. Q2's residential FWA sub gain was the lowest since soon after the service...

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Jeff Baumgartner

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9 days

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New Street Research believes wireless and cable operators have 'strong incentive' to pursue more mergers and acquisitions. MoffettNathanson says Cable One is a tempting target, but Charter (who's...

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Jeff Baumgartner

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17 days

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Fixing Cox's broadband pricing and lowering broadband ARPU will be a top priority when Cox combines with Charter. However, mobile growth represents the biggest opportunity for 'NewCox,' a top analyst...

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Jeff Baumgartner

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18 days

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NAB is trading punches with a group that includes NCTA, ACA Connects and the Consumer Technology Association over a proposed plan to set a hard deadline to complete the transition to the ATSC 3.0...

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Jeff Baumgartner

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18 days

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After completing about 25 transactions under his watch as a CEO, Charlie Vogt has shifted to the banking side of the business at Bowen, where he'll head up M&A activity in the cloud software and...

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Jeff Baumgartner

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24 days

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Thanks to an extension, Midjourney has until August 6 to respond to a copyright infringement lawsuit filed by Disney and Universal against the startup, which has built an AI platform to generate...

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Jeff Baumgartner

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24 days

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GFiber and Nokia teamed on a PON slicing trial focused on gaming, and are exploring ways to hand more control to broadband subs. 'We're questioning if the one-size-fits-all pipes are still relevant,'...

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Jeff Baumgartner

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26 days

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Following a fiber-cutting attack in California that disrupted service to thousands of customers, including a US military base, Charter is urging federal and state legislators to classify such attacks...

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Jeff Baumgartner

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27 days

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CableLabs said its latest DOCSIS 4.0 interop of cable modems, remote PHY devices and virtual CMTSs delivered downstream speeds of 14 Gbit/s – a 55% increase when compared to recent D4.0 interops.

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Jeff Baumgartner

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1 month

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Charter and Disney have cut an expanded distribution deal that allows Charter to bundle ad-supported Hulu with its pay-TV package. The deal also restores carriage of eight Disney channels, including...

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Jeff Baumgartner

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1 month

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Comcast's usage-based data policies are coming to an end. Comcast has launched a wave of uniform, national broadband plans that bundle unlimited data and a Wi-Fi gateway, plus a free line of Xfinity...

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Jeff Baumgartner

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EdgeBeam, the datacasting JV backed by a handful of US broadcasters, plans to partner with others and potentially serve as a 'national clearinghouse' for ATSC 3.0 data services, says new CEO Conrad...

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Jeff Baumgartner

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1 month

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Comcast is migrating its mobile subs to QCI 8, a QoS data prioritization level for cellular networks typically tied to premium plans. The operator said its array of by-the-gig, unlimited and prepaid...

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Jeff Baumgartner

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1 month

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Mediacom will deploy a virtual CMTS and nodes from Harmonic for its DOCSIS 4.0 network upgrade. The move also signals Mediacom's shift to the remote PHY option for its distributed access architecture...

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Jeff Baumgartner

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Trump Mobile might need a mere 200,000 to 300,000 subs to become profitable, reckons Recon Analytics' Roger Entner. Meanwhile, experts are skeptical that Trump Mobile can produce a US-made smartphone anytime soon - @Light_Reading

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Trump Mobile might need a mere 200,000 to 300,000 subs to become profitable, says Recon Analytics' Roger Entner. Meanwhile, experts are highly skeptical that Trump Mobile can produce a US-made...

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Jeff Baumgartner

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1 month

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Verizon secured FCC approval for its proposed Frontier buy after ending its DEI policies. However, that deal remains threatened by California's concerns about Verizon's DEI decision.

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Jeff Baumgartner

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2 months

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Ookla's study of a subsection of US fixed wireline broadband service providers found that Charter leads on Wi-Fi 7 rollouts and customer adoption while fiber providers hold the edge on Wi-Fi 7...

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Jeff Baumgartner

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2 months

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Disney and Universal allege that Midjourney's AI platform violates copyrights by generating images featuring characters such as Darth Vader and Shrek. The case is significant as AI becomes a core...

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Jeff Baumgartner

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2 months

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Debt-ridden Warner Bros. Discovery plans to split into two publicly traded companies – Streaming & Studios led by David Zaslav, and Global Networks, led by Gunnar Wiedenfels.

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