Verizon

Verizon Added 406,000 Phone Subscribers in the Third Quarter, Up From 44,000 a Year Ago. It Says It Spent 41 Per Cent Less on Promotions to Win Them.

Verizon said on 26 October that it added 406,000 postpaid phone subscribers in the third quarter, against 44,000 a year earlier, and raised its 2026 forecast to 1.1 million to 1.2 million. Revenue rose 1.5 per cent to $34.3 billion as equipment sales fell 9 per cent. Adjusted earnings rose 8.3 per cent to $1.31 a share.

By Thomas Gutierrez 2 hours ago

A white Falcon 9 rocket climbs through a pale blue sky on a bright column of orange flame trailing grey exhaust.

Business

SpaceX Is Buying Airwaves That Pass Through Walls. Shares in America's Three Big Carriers Tumbled.

SpaceX has agreed to buy a nationwide portfolio of 800 MHz licences from Grain Management, the low-band airwaves that Grain bought from T-Mobile earlier this year. SpaceX says they close one of the last technical gaps between Starlink Mobile and a full mobile network. The carriers' shares fell. The tower companies' rose.

By Cory Chamberlain October 9, 2026

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Verizon Added 406,000 Phone Subscribers in the Third Quarter, Up From 44,000 a Year Ago. It Says It Spent 41 Per Cent Less on Promotions to Win Them.

SpaceX Is Buying Airwaves That Pass Through Walls. Shares in America's Three Big Carriers Tumbled.