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3 days ago | telecompetitor.com | Carl Weinschenk

Mission Telecom and Computers 4 People (C4P) are partnering on the Shield 5G Home Hotspot. The 5G router is priced at $149. Qualifying customers will be able to subscribe for access for $14.89 per month. The press release supports 5G and 4G service and works with most SIM cards, Mission Telecom says. C4P and Mission Telecom cooperated on the Shield 5G Home Hotspot. It is portable and fully unlocked.

3 days ago | telecompetitor.com | Carl Weinschenk

Toptana Technologies — which calls itself the only Indigenous-owned internet infrastructure company on the West Coast — has extended its regional build with an east-west fiber route. The route was created in collaboration with MOX Networks and Assured Communications. The new route extends the previously completed north-south fiber route that was constructed in partnership with MOX Networks.

4 days ago | telecompetitor.com | Carl Weinschenk

T-Mobile Fiber Home Internet will launch on Thursday, according to the carrier. The offering will be available to more than half a million homes across the country. The service, which the press release couples with The T-Mobile 5G Home Internet fixed wireless access (FWA) platform, will offer a five-year price guarantee, unlimited data, and symmetrical uploads/downloads. T-Mobile also says there will be no monthly equipment fees, installation charges or annual contracts.

4 days ago | telecompetitor.com | Carl Weinschenk

In a deal between Iowa-based providers, ImOn Communications is acquiring Danville Telecom. Danville, which traces its roots to 1901, serves Henry, Des Moines, and Lee counties. The company provides all-fiber networks to residential and business customers in Danville and Wever. Its iConnectYou business services offer solutions to companies in Burlington, Fort Madison, Keokuk, Montrose, and West Burlington.

5 days ago | telecompetitor.com | Randy Sukow

On April 28, Amazon’s Project Kuiper launched an Atlas V rocket from Cape Canaveral in Florida and sent 27 satellites into low Earth orbit (LEO). The ground personnel rapidly established contact with the satellites. It was the first of a series of planned launches to an altitude of 280 miles, working toward a future constellation of 3,200 satellites beaming broadband service worldwide with extremely low latency. The hope is to give Starlink some competition.