Telecom09/24/2026@TechDesk
Verizon Signs AST SpaceMobile Satellite-to-Phone Deal
Verizon…Midland, Midland County, Texas, United States
Starts 10/08/2025 11:30AMCONFIRMED 88% CONFIDENCE351 days agoBusiness Wire copy on Nasdaq^[1]: 'Published Oct 8, 2025 7:30am EDT ... today announced the signing of a definitive commercial agreement with Verizon^[3]'.
AST SpaceMobile signed a definitive commercial agreement to connect Verizon customers' ordinary phones to its BlueBird satellites across the continental US from 2026, using Verizon's 850 MHz spectrum.
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Telecom09/24/2026@TechDesk
AST SpaceMobile Satellite Beta Starts for Verizon
Midland, Midland County, Texas, United StatesVerizon…
Starts 12/31/2026ESTIMATED 62% CONFIDENCEin 98 daysAST's Q2 2026 results: 'Continued progress towards beta service in 2026 with initial 3,000 digital cells activated across the Continental United States'; TechTimes^[2] quotes AST's beta launch with AT&T and Verizon 'later this year' - a bare year is taken as 31 December.
AST SpaceMobile expects to start beta space-based cellular broadband with AT&T and Verizon before the end of 2026, reaching ordinary phones over Verizon's 850 MHz spectrum, though coverage will be intermittent until more satellites fly.
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Telecom09/24/2026@LawDesk
Verizon's $100M Admin Fee Settlement Payouts Begin
Verizon…Middlesex County Courthouse, 65 Bayard Street, New Brunswick, NJ 08901, United States
Starts 01/06/2025CONFIRMED 87% CONFIDENCE1.7 years agoNBC Chicago^[1]: "According to court documents, payments began distribution to approximately 5.2 million class members Jan. 6, 2025."
Payments from Verizon's $100 million class-action settlement over its undisclosed Administrative Charge began going to about 5.2 million customers, many for less than the promised $15 minimum after a third of the fund went to lawyers.
$100M
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Telecom09/24/2026@TechDesk
Verizon Completes $20 Billion Frontier Acquisition
Verizon…1919 McKinney Avenue, Uptown, Dallas, TX 75205, United States
Starts 01/20/2026CONFIRMED 85% CONFIDENCE247 days agoVerizon's^[3][4] 8-K: "On January 20, 2026, Verizon Communications Inc. completed the previously announced acquisition of Frontier Communications Parent, Inc."
Verizon closed its $20 billion purchase of Frontier Communications, making it a wholly owned subsidiary and extending Verizon's fiber reach to almost 30 million passings across 31 states and DC.
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Telecom09/24/2026@TechDesk
Verizon Agrees to Buy Frontier for $20 Billion
Verizon…1095 6th Avenue, Midtown, Manhattan, New York, NY 10036, United States
Starts 09/05/2024 10:00AMCONFIRMED 89% CONFIDENCE2.1 years agoVerizon's^[1] release is dated "September 5, 2024" and says the two companies "today announced they have entered into a definitive agreement"; the page was published 10:00Z, ahead of the 8:00 AM ET investor call it announces.
Verizon agreed to buy Frontier Communications, the largest pure-play US fiber provider, in an all-cash deal valued at $20 billion ($38.50 a share), adding 2.2 million fiber subscribers and reach to 25 million premises across 31 states and DC.
$20B
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Telecom09/24/2026@TechDesk
Verizon Signs Multibillion-Dollar Corning Fiber Deal Through 2032
Verizon…1095 6th Avenue, Midtown, Manhattan, New York, NY 10036, United States
09/08/2026 - 12/31/2032CONFIRMED 86% CONFIDENCE16 days agoVerizon^[1], 8 September 2026: an agreement 'for 80+ million miles of high-density optical fiber and connectivity solutions from 2027 to 2032' - the end is the exclusive boundary after 2032.
Verizon agreed to buy more than 80 million miles of Corning optical fiber from 2027 to 2032 to push toward 40-50 million broadband passings and build long-haul fiber between AI data centers.
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Telecom09/24/2026@TechDesk
Verizon Closes $1 Billion UScellular Spectrum Purchase
U.S. Cellular Plaza 1, 8410 West Bryn Mawr Avenue, O'Hare, Chicago, IL 60631, United StatesVerizon…
Starts 06/01/2026CONFIRMED 88% CONFIDENCE115 days agoArray's 8-K: "On June 1, 2026, Array Digital Infrastructure, Inc. (f/k/a United States Cellular Corporation) ... completed the previously announced sale of select spectrum assets to Verizon Communications Inc."^[1]
Verizon completed its $1 billion cash purchase of cellular, AWS and PCS spectrum licenses from Array Digital Infrastructure, the former UScellular, covering about 8 percent of the US population.
$1B
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Telecom09/24/2026@TechDesk
Verizon Launches Satellite Texting to Any Phone on Android
Verizon…1095 6th Avenue, Midtown, Manhattan, New York, NY 10036, United States
Starts 03/19/2025CONFIRMED 88% CONFIDENCE1.5 years agoVerizon's^[1][2][3] release of 19 March 2025: 'Upgrades enabling this service start today and will continue over the next two weeks.'
Verizon became the first US carrier to let customers text any other phone by satellite when out of cellular range, starting with Samsung Galaxy S25 and Google Pixel 9 phones.
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Telecom09/24/2026@TechDesk
Verizon Wins $3.2 Billion of AWS-3 Spectrum in FCC Auction 113
Federal Communications Commission, 45 L Street Northeast, NoMa, Washington, DC 20554, United StatesVerizon…
Starts 06/26/2026CONFIRMED 91% CONFIDENCE90 days agoPublic notice DA 26-633, "Released: June 26, 2026", announces the Auction 113 winning bidders; it says bidding concluded on June 23, 2026.^[1]
Verizon, bidding as Cellco Partnership, won 82 of the 200 AWS-3 licenses in FCC Auction 113 for $3.16 billion, the bulk of the $3.57 billion the auction raised from seven winning bidders.
$3.2B
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Telecom09/24/2026@TechDesk
Verizon Authorises $25 Billion Buyback and Raises Dividend
1095 6th Avenue, Midtown, Manhattan, New York, NY 10036, United StatesVerizon…
Starts 01/30/2026 1:00PMCONFIRMED 87% CONFIDENCE237 days agoThe 8-K says "on January 30, 2026, the Board of Directors of the Company authorized a share repurchase program for up to $25 billion", described on that morning's earnings call (8:00 AM ET).^[1]
Verizon's board authorised up to $25 billion of share repurchases and raised the quarterly dividend 2.5 percent to $0.7075, part of a plan to return about $55 billion to shareholders through 2028.
$25B
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Telecom09/24/2026@TechDesk
Verizon Reports Q2 2026 Results and Raises Guidance Again
Verizon…1095 6th Avenue, Midtown, Manhattan, New York, NY 10036, United States
Starts 07/24/2026 11:00AMCONFIRMED 92% CONFIDENCE62 days agoThe release is dated July 24, 2026 and was published at 11:00 UTC (7:00 a.m. EDT); the 8-K exhibit was accepted at 11:00:31 UTC.^[1]
Verizon added 184,000 postpaid phones and posted a record 40.1 percent adjusted EBITDA margin in the second quarter of 2026, raising full-year guidance for a second time and lifting its buyback target to $4.5 billion.
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Telecom09/24/2026@TechDesk
Verizon Completes Acquisition of Starry
38 Chauncy Street, Downtown Crossing, Boston, MA 02111, United StatesVerizon…
Starts 01/30/2026CONFIRMED 85% CONFIDENCE237 days agoVerizon's^[4] 2025 Form 10-K: "On January 30, 2026, we completed the acquisition of Starry Group Holdings, Inc. (Starry), a fixed wireless broadband provider serving multi-dwelling units in five markets across the U.S."
Verizon closed its purchase of Starry, a fixed wireless provider serving about 100,000 apartment-building customers in Boston, New York, Los Angeles, Denver and Washington with millimeter-wave technology.
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AST SpaceMobile's 8-K dated May 29, 2024 reports that "On May 23, 2024, the Company and Verizon ... entered into a Convertible Note and Memorandum of Understanding for an investment and commercial prepayment commitment totaling $100.0 million"; the pin is the day it was disclosed.^[1]

Start: May 29, 202490% CONFIDENCEfrom the source

Verizon Commits $100 Million to AST SpaceMobile

Verizon agreed to put $100 million into satellite-to-phone startup AST SpaceMobile: a $35 million convertible note plus $65 million of prepaid service payments, the second tied to regulatory approval and a definitive commercial agreement.

Verizon and AST SpaceMobile signed a convertible note and memorandum of understanding on 23 May 2024 for a $100 million investment and prepayment commitment^[1]
Verizon Ventures bought a $35 million subordinated convertible note, issued on 28 May 2024^[1]
Verizon Wireless agreed to an initial $20 million prepayment for future service and a second $45 million payment tied to AST's regulatory approvals and a definitive commercial agreement^[1]
The deal lined Verizon up with AT&T as a US carrier backing AST's space-based cellular network^[2]

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sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1780312/000149315224021726/form8-k.htm
sec.gov· Posted Sep 24, 2026· Starts May 29, 2024 ✓· 96% of score
AST SpaceMobile's 8-K dated May 29, 2024 reports that "On May 23, 2024, the Company and Verizon ... entered into a Convertible Note and Memorandum of Understanding for an investment and commercial prepayment commitment totaling $100.0 million"; the pin is the day it was disclosed.
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AST Spacemobile Strikes Deal With Verizon and AT&T to Rival SpaceX (Bloomberg Tech)
youtube.com· Published May 30, 2024· 4% of score
Bloomberg Technology segment on the Verizon deal the day after it was announced.^[1]

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Telecom09/24/2026@TechDesk
Verizon Signs AST SpaceMobile Satellite-to-Phone Deal
Verizon…Midland, Midland County, Texas, United States
Starts 10/08/2025 11:30AMCONFIRMED 88% CONFIDENCE351 days agoBusiness Wire copy on Nasdaq^[1]: 'Published Oct 8, 2025 7:30am EDT ... today announced the signing of a definitive commercial agreement with Verizon^[3]'.
AST SpaceMobile signed a definitive commercial agreement to connect Verizon customers' ordinary phones to its BlueBird satellites across the continental US from 2026, using Verizon's 850 MHz spectrum.
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Telecom09/24/2026@TechDesk
AST SpaceMobile Satellite Beta Starts for Verizon
Midland, Midland County, Texas, United StatesVerizon…
Starts 12/31/2026ESTIMATED 62% CONFIDENCEin 98 daysAST's Q2 2026 results: 'Continued progress towards beta service in 2026 with initial 3,000 digital cells activated across the Continental United States'; TechTimes^[2] quotes AST's beta launch with AT&T and Verizon 'later this year' - a bare year is taken as 31 December.
AST SpaceMobile expects to start beta space-based cellular broadband with AT&T and Verizon before the end of 2026, reaching ordinary phones over Verizon's 850 MHz spectrum, though coverage will be intermittent until more satellites fly.
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Telecom09/24/2026@LawDesk
Verizon's $100M Admin Fee Settlement Payouts Begin
Verizon…Middlesex County Courthouse, 65 Bayard Street, New Brunswick, NJ 08901, United States
Starts 01/06/2025CONFIRMED 87% CONFIDENCE1.7 years agoNBC Chicago^[1]: "According to court documents, payments began distribution to approximately 5.2 million class members Jan. 6, 2025."
Payments from Verizon's $100 million class-action settlement over its undisclosed Administrative Charge began going to about 5.2 million customers, many for less than the promised $15 minimum after a third of the fund went to lawyers.
$100M
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Telecom09/24/2026@TechDesk
Verizon Completes $20 Billion Frontier Acquisition
Verizon…1919 McKinney Avenue, Uptown, Dallas, TX 75205, United States
Starts 01/20/2026CONFIRMED 85% CONFIDENCE247 days agoVerizon's^[3][4] 8-K: "On January 20, 2026, Verizon Communications Inc. completed the previously announced acquisition of Frontier Communications Parent, Inc."
Verizon closed its $20 billion purchase of Frontier Communications, making it a wholly owned subsidiary and extending Verizon's fiber reach to almost 30 million passings across 31 states and DC.
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Telecom09/24/2026@TechDesk
Verizon Agrees to Buy Frontier for $20 Billion
Verizon…1095 6th Avenue, Midtown, Manhattan, New York, NY 10036, United States
Starts 09/05/2024 10:00AMCONFIRMED 89% CONFIDENCE2.1 years agoVerizon's^[1] release is dated "September 5, 2024" and says the two companies "today announced they have entered into a definitive agreement"; the page was published 10:00Z, ahead of the 8:00 AM ET investor call it announces.
Verizon agreed to buy Frontier Communications, the largest pure-play US fiber provider, in an all-cash deal valued at $20 billion ($38.50 a share), adding 2.2 million fiber subscribers and reach to 25 million premises across 31 states and DC.
$20B
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Telecom09/24/2026@TechDesk
Verizon Signs Multibillion-Dollar Corning Fiber Deal Through 2032
Verizon…1095 6th Avenue, Midtown, Manhattan, New York, NY 10036, United States
09/08/2026 - 12/31/2032CONFIRMED 86% CONFIDENCE16 days agoVerizon^[1], 8 September 2026: an agreement 'for 80+ million miles of high-density optical fiber and connectivity solutions from 2027 to 2032' - the end is the exclusive boundary after 2032.
Verizon agreed to buy more than 80 million miles of Corning optical fiber from 2027 to 2032 to push toward 40-50 million broadband passings and build long-haul fiber between AI data centers.
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Telecom09/24/2026@TechDesk
Verizon Closes $1 Billion UScellular Spectrum Purchase
U.S. Cellular Plaza 1, 8410 West Bryn Mawr Avenue, O'Hare, Chicago, IL 60631, United StatesVerizon…
Starts 06/01/2026CONFIRMED 88% CONFIDENCE115 days agoArray's 8-K: "On June 1, 2026, Array Digital Infrastructure, Inc. (f/k/a United States Cellular Corporation) ... completed the previously announced sale of select spectrum assets to Verizon Communications Inc."^[1]
Verizon completed its $1 billion cash purchase of cellular, AWS and PCS spectrum licenses from Array Digital Infrastructure, the former UScellular, covering about 8 percent of the US population.
$1B
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Telecom09/24/2026@TechDesk
Verizon Launches Satellite Texting to Any Phone on Android
Verizon…1095 6th Avenue, Midtown, Manhattan, New York, NY 10036, United States
Starts 03/19/2025CONFIRMED 88% CONFIDENCE1.5 years agoVerizon's^[1][2][3] release of 19 March 2025: 'Upgrades enabling this service start today and will continue over the next two weeks.'
Verizon became the first US carrier to let customers text any other phone by satellite when out of cellular range, starting with Samsung Galaxy S25 and Google Pixel 9 phones.
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Telecom09/24/2026@TechDesk
Verizon Wins $3.2 Billion of AWS-3 Spectrum in FCC Auction 113
Federal Communications Commission, 45 L Street Northeast, NoMa, Washington, DC 20554, United StatesVerizon…
Starts 06/26/2026CONFIRMED 91% CONFIDENCE90 days agoPublic notice DA 26-633, "Released: June 26, 2026", announces the Auction 113 winning bidders; it says bidding concluded on June 23, 2026.^[1]
Verizon, bidding as Cellco Partnership, won 82 of the 200 AWS-3 licenses in FCC Auction 113 for $3.16 billion, the bulk of the $3.57 billion the auction raised from seven winning bidders.
$3.2B
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Telecom09/24/2026@TechDesk
Verizon Authorises $25 Billion Buyback and Raises Dividend
1095 6th Avenue, Midtown, Manhattan, New York, NY 10036, United StatesVerizon…
Starts 01/30/2026 1:00PMCONFIRMED 87% CONFIDENCE237 days agoThe 8-K says "on January 30, 2026, the Board of Directors of the Company authorized a share repurchase program for up to $25 billion", described on that morning's earnings call (8:00 AM ET).^[1]
Verizon's board authorised up to $25 billion of share repurchases and raised the quarterly dividend 2.5 percent to $0.7075, part of a plan to return about $55 billion to shareholders through 2028.
$25B
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Telecom09/24/2026@TechDesk
Verizon Reports Q2 2026 Results and Raises Guidance Again
Verizon…1095 6th Avenue, Midtown, Manhattan, New York, NY 10036, United States
Starts 07/24/2026 11:00AMCONFIRMED 92% CONFIDENCE62 days agoThe release is dated July 24, 2026 and was published at 11:00 UTC (7:00 a.m. EDT); the 8-K exhibit was accepted at 11:00:31 UTC.^[1]
Verizon added 184,000 postpaid phones and posted a record 40.1 percent adjusted EBITDA margin in the second quarter of 2026, raising full-year guidance for a second time and lifting its buyback target to $4.5 billion.
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Telecom09/24/2026@TechDesk
Verizon Completes Acquisition of Starry
38 Chauncy Street, Downtown Crossing, Boston, MA 02111, United StatesVerizon…
Starts 01/30/2026CONFIRMED 85% CONFIDENCE237 days agoVerizon's^[4] 2025 Form 10-K: "On January 30, 2026, we completed the acquisition of Starry Group Holdings, Inc. (Starry), a fixed wireless broadband provider serving multi-dwelling units in five markets across the U.S."
Verizon closed its purchase of Starry, a fixed wireless provider serving about 100,000 apartment-building customers in Boston, New York, Los Angeles, Denver and Washington with millimeter-wave technology.
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