http://www.currentanalysis.com/ Analysis Reports provided by Current Analysis, Inc. en-us All materials Copyright 1997-2026 Current Analysis, Inc. Reproduction or distribution prohibited without express written consent. Sat, 04 Apr 2026 05:50:34 GMT http://www.currentanalysis.com/COMPETE/FrontEnd/Report.aspx?rid=132761&rss With a pile of BEAD awards at hand and a potential blockbuster IPO looming, SpaceX is aiming to grow Starlink’s position in the US B2C space by leaps and bounds. Getting there, however, will require both performance and affordability improvements. Charles Garrett - Nicole Teasley 2026-04-02T00:00:00+01:00 http://www.currentanalysis.com/COMPETE/FrontEnd/Report.aspx?rid=132766&rss AT&T capped a busy March 2026 with the launch of its new OneConnect plan tiers, offering a flat rate for unlimited connectivity across devices and access types. Availability remains limited as AT&T seeks feedback and lessons from early adopters. Charles Garrett - Nicole Teasley 2026-04-02T00:00:00+01:00 http://www.currentanalysis.com/COMPETE/FrontEnd/Report.aspx?rid=132742&rss Generative AI has introduced a lot of dynamism but also upheavals in the data center market. As a result, infrastructure providers are enhancing their portfolios through innovation, partnerships and acquisitions to keep up with the changes. Beatriz Valle 2026-03-30T00:00:00+01:00 http://www.currentanalysis.com/COMPETE/FrontEnd/Report.aspx?rid=132696&rss AT&T designed its new branded app, which includes AI-powered support functionality, to converge in-app management of wireless and home internet services, giving customers one place to manage their home network and devices, shop, and pay their bill. Charles Garrett - Nicole Teasley 2026-03-20T00:00:00+00:00 http://www.currentanalysis.com/COMPETE/FrontEnd/Report.aspx?rid=132647&rss Magenta AI, either native to the T Phone, as a dedicated app, or even part of the DT e-care experience, has been out for a while. What Deutsche Telekom is showcasing here evolves that experience in an app-free calling context. Emma Mohr-McClune 2026-03-06T00:00:00+00:00 http://www.currentanalysis.com/COMPETE/FrontEnd/Report.aspx?rid=132609&rss Samsung Unpacked introduced the Galaxy S26 phones, and the Galaxy Buds4 and 4 Pro, with AI-first experiences like Perplexity-enabled browsing. However, price increases show that Samsung is not immune to persistent memory-chip supply constraints. Anisha Bhatia 2026-02-26T00:00:00+00:00 http://www.currentanalysis.com/COMPETE/FrontEnd/Report.aspx?rid=132610&rss T-Mobile’s Q4 2025 earnings presentation was super-sized, as the event also provided a midway checkpoint on its Capital Markets Day cycle. While a change in its reporting reaped headlines, the focus was on key growth drivers beyond mobile uptake. Charles Garrett - Nicole Teasley 2026-02-26T00:00:00+00:00 http://www.currentanalysis.com/COMPETE/FrontEnd/Report.aspx?rid=132584&rss Convergence has become both the central pillar of the US cable players’ go-to-market and the primary buttress against broadband churn. However, long-term success in a mature mobile space will demand rock-solid execution on free-to-paid conversion. Charles Garrett - Nicole Teasley 2026-02-20T00:00:00+00:00 http://www.currentanalysis.com/COMPETE/FrontEnd/Report.aspx?rid=94860&rss While Lumen’s consumer revenue fell 8% year-over-year in Q4 2025, the company has now offloaded its ‘Mass Markets’ fiber-to-the-home operation to AT&T with plans to reduce debt and focus on enterprise, public sector, and wholesale customers. Nicole Teasley 2026-02-18T00:00:00+00:00 http://www.currentanalysis.com/COMPETE/FrontEnd/Report.aspx?rid=132563&rss T-Mobile Live Translation spells a new AI-led era for network differentiation. The first-gen AI feature from the carrier’s agentic AI platform offers real-time, network-based voice call translation for both consumers and businesses. Emma Mohr-McClune - Nicole Teasley 2026-02-12T00:00:00+00:00 http://www.currentanalysis.com/COMPETE/FrontEnd/Report.aspx?rid=132553&rss Cape has reimagined the MVNO relationship to bring to market a privacy-first mobile-plus consumer solution that goes beyond base connectivity, eliminates identification and data tracking, and is anything but out-of-the-box. Nicole Teasley 2026-02-09T00:00:00+00:00 http://www.currentanalysis.com/COMPETE/FrontEnd/Report.aspx?rid=132547&rss As the US home internet market careens toward a future defined by a handful of converged service behemoths, more providers are recognizing that long-term subscriber retention success will hinge on considerations beyond just cost and connectivity. Nicole Teasley - Charles Garrett 2026-02-06T00:00:00+00:00 http://www.currentanalysis.com/COMPETE/FrontEnd/Report.aspx?rid=132531&rss AI data centers are absorbing memory supply, pushing memory chip prices up. Consequently, consumer devices face higher costs, slower spec upgrades, and a shrinking mid-range smartphone segment. Anisha Bhatia 2026-02-02T00:00:00+00:00 http://www.currentanalysis.com/COMPETE/FrontEnd/Report.aspx?rid=132496&rss CES 2026 highlights foldables heating up, AI wearables becoming practical, and smart glasses segmenting; privacy and ecosystem scale will affect adoption. Anisha Bhatia 2026-01-15T00:00:00+00:00 http://www.currentanalysis.com/COMPETE/FrontEnd/Report.aspx?rid=132487&rss Apple will use Google’s Gemini to improve Siri and Apple Intelligence, avoiding major catch-up spending. The deal has spiked Google’s market valuation but increases Apple’s AI-layer dependency and long-term margin and share risk. Anisha Bhatia - Emma Mohr-McClune 2026-01-14T00:00:00+00:00 http://www.currentanalysis.com/COMPETE/FrontEnd/Report.aspx?rid=132471&rss Enterprise ICT in ASEAN is rapidly evolving, and key technologies/solutions to watch include AI, cloud, network platform, 5G, and quantum. Alfie Amir 2026-01-07T00:00:00+00:00 http://www.currentanalysis.com/COMPETE/FrontEnd/Report.aspx?rid=132468&rss Transparency and assurance positioning will gain prominence in consumer service go-to-market strategies in 2026, while new levels of AI-driven service customization and direct-to-customer promotions enter the competitive landscape. Charles Garrett - Anisha Bhatia 2026-01-05T00:00:00+00:00 http://www.currentanalysis.com/COMPETE/FrontEnd/Report.aspx?rid=94867&rss While there have been changes atop the masthead, T-Mobile US continues firing on all cylinders across its operational portfolio, adding subscribers and doing gangbusters business across both mobile and home internet, taking share in both segments. Charles Garrett 2026-01-02T00:00:00+00:00 http://www.currentanalysis.com/COMPETE/FrontEnd/Report.aspx?rid=124513&rss AT&T is intent on remaining the largest fiber provider in the US, and the operator has identified a premium, high-ARPU customer cohort with 41% mobile convergence penetration of its ten million-customer fiber base. Nicole Teasley 2025-12-22T00:00:00+00:00 http://www.currentanalysis.com/COMPETE/FrontEnd/Report.aspx?rid=132429&rss Learning demands candor and criticality. In that spirit, this report series takes stock of 20+ predictions for 2025 made by GlobalData’s Consumer Services, Platforms, and Devices team, rating them as a ‘hit,’ ‘near miss,’ or ‘miss.’ Emma Mohr-McClune - Nicole Teasley 2025-12-19T00:00:00+00:00 http://www.currentanalysis.com/COMPETE/FrontEnd/Report.aspx?rid=132403&rss Global AI rules are diverging across the EU, the US, China, the UK, and the Middle East. OEMs should ship one core AI experience, configurable by region via software policies, disclosures, and localized data handling. Anisha Bhatia 2025-12-16T00:00:00+00:00 http://www.currentanalysis.com/COMPETE/FrontEnd/Report.aspx?rid=132401&rss OpenAI has launched GPT-5.2, in response to quick advancements by rivals Google with Gemini 3 Pro, and Anthropic with Claude 4.5. Beatriz Valle 2025-12-15T00:00:00+00:00 http://www.currentanalysis.com/COMPETE/FrontEnd/Report.aspx?rid=95006&rss Google is relaunching AI smart glasses with key partners, embedding assistants in everyday wearables. A major Anthropic cloud deal and $155 billion AI backlog boost Google Cloud’s role—while a $425 million privacy penalty raises pressure. Anisha Bhatia 2025-12-12T00:00:00+00:00 http://www.currentanalysis.com/COMPETE/FrontEnd/Report.aspx?rid=95055&rss Comcast plans to expand its DOCSIS 4.0 network enhancements and to ratchet the discounting aggression with its MVNO in 2025 – moves intended to slow the core connectivity subscriber bleed in the face of ongoing pressure from both fiber and FWA. Charles Garrett 2025-12-08T00:00:00+00:00 http://www.currentanalysis.com/COMPETE/FrontEnd/Report.aspx?rid=132337&rss Orange’s focus on delivering value to customers has been made possible after its enduring investment in its flagship Evolution Platform and Live Intelligence services. Tech innovation and customer lifecycle management now in lockstep for Orange. Ismail Patel 2025-11-25T00:00:00+00:00 http://www.currentanalysis.com/COMPETE/FrontEnd/Report.aspx?rid=132331&rss In its latest Un-carrier move, T-Mobile launched an AI-powered switcher flow in the T-Life app. The ‘15 Minutes to Better’ initiative provides a fast, simple, low-friction process, promising to streamline switching for its rivals’ subscribers. Nicole Teasley - Charles Garrett 2025-11-24T00:00:00+00:00 http://www.currentanalysis.com/COMPETE/FrontEnd/Report.aspx?rid=132319&rss Fall 2025 is the season for C-suite change in US consumer services, with four nationwide B2C players shuffling their organizational charts between late September and early November 2025. Only T-Mobile did so while enjoying a position of strength. Charles Garrett - Nicole Teasley 2025-11-20T00:00:00+00:00 http://www.currentanalysis.com/COMPETE/FrontEnd/Report.aspx?rid=95048&rss T-Mobile finalized its acquisition of UScellular's wireless operations (and 30% of its spectrum holdings) on August 1, 2025. Nicole Teasley 2025-11-19T00:00:00+00:00 http://www.currentanalysis.com/COMPETE/FrontEnd/Report.aspx?rid=132247&rss 5G fixed wireless access (FWA) remains the disruptive force in US home internet. While both T-Mobile and AT&T gained traction with FWA in Q3 2025, the variances in their handling of segmentation and value-add speak to different approach vectors. Charles Garrett - Nicole Teasley 2025-10-31T00:00:00+00:00 http://www.currentanalysis.com/COMPETE/FrontEnd/Report.aspx?rid=95045&rss Apple's new iPhones are eSIM-only, expanding the technology beyond the US into multiple global markets. The iPhone Air is a precursor to an Apple foldable. New 50% India levies show that Apple is not out of the tariff woods yet. Anisha Bhatia 2025-10-28T00:00:00+00:00 http://www.currentanalysis.com/COMPETE/FrontEnd/Report.aspx?rid=132226&rss At IBM TechXchange 2025, news included Project Bob to orchestrate LLMs to automate application modernization, the launch of AgentOps for real-time agent governance, and the first integration of open source Langflow into IBM watsonx Orchestrate. Beatriz Valle 2025-10-24T00:00:00+01:00 http://www.currentanalysis.com/COMPETE/FrontEnd/Report.aspx?rid=88580&rss Telcos can exploit the convergence opportunity by stacking a multiplicity of complementary individual and household services over the top of basic but critical underlying access, acting as home hubs for unified digital provisioning and management. Natasha Rybak 2025-09-30T00:00:00+01:00 http://www.currentanalysis.com/COMPETE/FrontEnd/Report.aspx?rid=132142&rss Liquid cooling is evolving from experimental to wider use, moving into the colocation space and enterprise workloads. However, the bifurcation between AI workloads requiring liquid cooling and traditional workloads with air cooling remains. Beatriz Valle 2025-09-30T00:00:00+01:00 http://www.currentanalysis.com/COMPETE/FrontEnd/Report.aspx?rid=132022&rss AT&T’s $23 billion agreement to acquire 50 MHz of EchoStar’s spectrum will add significant juice to the former’s 5G network capabilities and scale to its fixed wireless pitch while also starting the wind-down on the latter’s ‘fourth MNO’ efforts. Charles Garrett - Nicole Teasley 2025-08-28T00:00:00+01:00 http://www.currentanalysis.com/COMPETE/FrontEnd/Report.aspx?rid=131986&rss With the race for expanded footprints afoot, fiber and FWA remain winning propositions for US telcos. Meanwhile, the same ingredients that led to inflated wireless gross add counts and elevated churn rates in Q2 could mean rockier sledding in H2. Charles Garrett - Nicole Teasley 2025-08-19T00:00:00+01:00 http://www.currentanalysis.com/COMPETE/FrontEnd/Report.aspx?rid=131943&rss In another context, EchoStar marrying its established satellite chops with its long-gestating open RAN 5G network build would be a sea change moment. Instead, given its financial and regulatory peril, the effort seems desperate and doomed to fail. Charles Garrett - Nicole Teasley 2025-08-06T00:00:00+01:00 http://www.currentanalysis.com/COMPETE/FrontEnd/Report.aspx?rid=131941&rss As digital dependence grows, so too does consumers’ reliance on internet providers to protect their households from cybersecurity threats. Basic security has become a standard value-add, while advanced options encourage customers up the rate card. Nicole Teasley - Charles Garrett 2025-08-05T00:00:00+01:00 http://www.currentanalysis.com/COMPETE/FrontEnd/Report.aspx?rid=131855&rss Despite the FCC’s renewed spectrum authority and the Universal Service Fund’s reaffirmed constitutionality, questions around the future of key spectrum ranges and the now-chaotic BEAD Program define a federal framework short on cogency or clarity. Charles Garrett 2025-07-15T00:00:00+01:00 http://www.currentanalysis.com/COMPETE/FrontEnd/Report.aspx?rid=95228&rss While Verizon has made long strides with its prepaid brands and the company’s even-handed approach to fiber and FWA in home broadband has turned both service categories into strengths, regaining its postpaid wireless mojo is a work in progress. Charles Garrett 2025-07-08T00:00:00+01:00 http://www.currentanalysis.com/COMPETE/FrontEnd/Report.aspx?rid=131813&rss Summer means storms for a lot of households in the US. As internet service providers increasingly turn their attention to various aspects of service assurance, how and whether one offers backup internet connectivity has become a differentiator. Charles Garrett - Nicole Teasley 2025-07-03T00:00:00+01:00 http://www.currentanalysis.com/COMPETE/FrontEnd/Report.aspx?rid=131780&rss Proximus flexes its multiplay muscle, Iliad Italia super-sizes its headline fiber offer, and Orange Spain sounds the alarm with ADT in recent telco convergent multiplay one-upmanship maneuvers. Natasha Rybak 2025-06-27T00:00:00+01:00 http://www.currentanalysis.com/COMPETE/FrontEnd/Report.aspx?rid=131682&rss As T-Mobile ratchets up its broadband ambitions with the commercial launch of its own-brand fiber offerings in the acquired Lumos footprint, the company’s initial offerings will speak to current market fixations on price assurance and convergence. Charles Garrett - Nicole Teasley 2025-06-05T00:00:00+01:00 http://www.currentanalysis.com/COMPETE/FrontEnd/Report.aspx?rid=131668&rss The US cable MVNOs enjoyed another banner quarter in Q1 2025, as mobile growth continues to provide both an important offset to struggles with the bread-and-butter residential broadband and a retention runway to longer-lived engagements. Charles Garrett - Nicole Teasley 2025-05-30T00:00:00+01:00 http://www.currentanalysis.com/COMPETE/FrontEnd/Report.aspx?rid=131581&rss T-Mobile’s status as the leading share taker in the US consumer services space ensures a top spot in the quarterly earnings season coverage. Still, the operator made sure it would dominate the Q1 2025 reporting conversation with some timely news. Charles Garrett - Nicole Teasley 2025-05-08T00:00:00+01:00 http://www.currentanalysis.com/COMPETE/FrontEnd/Report.aspx?rid=131506&rss While the potential impacts of Trump’s trade war will remain unclear until the ultimate form, rates, and implementation of the US tariffs comes into focus, operators like Comcast can’t afford to wait to buttress their price assurance positioning. Charles Garrett - Nicole Teasley 2025-04-17T00:00:00+01:00 http://www.currentanalysis.com/COMPETE/FrontEnd/Report.aspx?rid=132622&rss Emma Mohr-McClune 2025-04-17T00:00:00+01:00 http://www.currentanalysis.com/COMPETE/FrontEnd/Report.aspx?rid=131460&rss The day after President Donald Trump revealed his long-threatened tariffs – all but ensuring the cost concerns for many American households will only get worse – Verizon took a handful of price assurance steps to address a top-of-mind pain point. Nicole Teasley - Charles Garrett 2025-04-07T00:00:00+01:00