SpaceX in talks for access to 80,000 US cell sites; AT&T and T-Mobile shares fall
FROM THE WIRE · FINANCE.YAHOO.COM
Elon Musk wants SpaceX (SPCX) to take on America's largest cell service providers, but matching the telecom giants' vast wireless networks could take years and billions of dollars, executives and analysts warned this week. SpaceX, which already operates the world's largest…
Read at the source ↗MARKET IMPACTHIGH✦ News Impact agent estimateTone: expected bearishA possible fourth nationwide wireless carrier led by SpaceX weighs on the shares of the three incumbent telecom operators.AI-generated summary
✦ IN BRIEF · AIAI-generated summary
- 01SpaceX is in talks to secure access to at least 80,000 cell sites across the United States, Bloomberg reported.
- 02The move would advance Musk's ambition to establish a fourth nationwide wireless carrier.
- 03AT&T and T-Mobile stock fell as much as 6% on Friday, while Verizon declined 1.5%.
- 04Executives and analysts warned that matching the incumbents' networks could take years and billions of dollars.
NEWS IMPACT AND MARKET REACTIONChange since the story · reference
AT&T Inc.20.93 USDMarket closedtoday -7.96%Negative T-Mobile US, Inc.146.54 USDMarket closedtoday -7.71%Negative Verizon Communications Inc.44.66 USDMarket closedtoday -1.19%Negative
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