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Vikash Harlalka
  • Vikash Harlalka

BEAD: Fiber slips further; FWA gains some ground

Georgia, New Mexico and Oklahoma have reported their BEAD proposals. We are also including the numbers released by Washington yesterday. While fiber remains the dominant technology, its share slipped further. FWA and satellite increased their share of locations. In this note, we analyze the results, compare them with estimates from our Broadband Insights database, and its implications for broadband companies.

Jan Frederik Slijkerman ... (+5)
  • Jan Frederik Slijkerman
  • Jeroen van den Broek
  • Jesse Norcross
  • Nadège Tillier
  • Timothy Rahill
Philip Burnett
  • Philip Burnett

The EchoStar Deal: Impacts to AT&T

We covered our first reaction to the deal before the AT&T call this morning. Blair covered the policy implications here. In this note, we follow up with a detailed analysis of the impact to AT&T. While the deal is very modestly accretive to AT&T free cash flow over time, it reduces share repurchases beyond 2027 and is therefore a touch dilutive to long-run free cash flow per share. The small decline seen by T equity today is generally in line with the reduction in value from lower free cash flow...

Vikash Harlalka
  • Vikash Harlalka

BEAD: More state proposals; Fiber still dominant but Satellite gaining...

We now have BEAD proposals from 12 states. While fiber still remains the dominant technology, its share of locations has decreased as Satellite gains more ground. In this note, we analyze the results, compare them with estimates from our Broadband Insights database, and its implications for broadband companies.

Philip Burnett
  • Philip Burnett

EchoStar & AT&T First Take

AT&T and EchoStar have announced that AT&T is buying all of EchoStar's 3.45GHz and 600MHz spectrum for $22.7BN. Additionally, EchoStar is transitioning to a "hybrid MNO" arrangement with AT&T, which seems to mean that EchoStar's network equipment will be decommissioned.

Blair Levin
  • Blair Levin

SATS/T Reach Agreement: What Will FCC Do Next?

This morning, SATS and T announced an agreement by which SATS would sell spectrum to T for $23 billion and enter into a hybrid MVNO deal. Our New Street colleagues discuss the financial implications in a separate note, but in this note we discuss the implications for policy and the current FCC proceedings.

Vikash Harlalka
  • Vikash Harlalka

BEAD: West Virginia releases final proposal

What’s new: West Virginia released their final proposal last night. Among large broadband operators, Frontier was the big winner. Comcast continues to feature in the list of proposed providers. Fiber continues to be the preferred technology. In this short note, we discuss the proposal, compare the results with our estimates from Broadband Insights database, provide a quick summary of BEAD proposals so far, and discuss the implications for broadband companies.

Vikash Harlalka
  • Vikash Harlalka

2Q25 Broadband Trends

What’s new: in this report we discuss one of the drivers of slower broadband growth – a rise in mobileonly households. While we do not have the data to support it, we discuss the reasons why we find it a plausible explanation for the slower industry growth. We also update our industry forecast and reprise our work on competitive positioning of the operators based on relative cNPS scores.

Vikash Harlalka
  • Vikash Harlalka

BEAD: Louisiana releases final proposal

Louisiana was the second state to release their final proposal at the end of last week. Virginia just beat Louisiana and was the first. Louisiana Local Fiber Consortium, which includes T-Mobile, was the big winner again. Surprisingly, Comcast was the only large Cable operator among the winners. The ILECs won less than we expected. Fiber continues to be the technology of choice for BEAD. In this short note, we discuss the proposal, compare the results with our estimates from Broadband Insights da...

Blair Levin
  • Blair Levin

Could the Trump/Carr Gambits Against CMSCA (and DIS) Backfire?

Recently, we published a note in which we laid out why we thought the FCC Chair’s investigation of CMSCA’s treatment of its network affiliates, like his prior investigation of DIS, was unlikely to lead to a judicially supported resolution; rather, the investigation was designed to provide Carr leverage in any FCC transaction involving CMSCA. We also just published a note discussing how the FCC and DOJ are likely to provide greater consolidation among broadcasters and cable channels, putting econ...

Jonathan Moreland
  • Jonathan Moreland

InsiderInsights Weekly Report: August 9, 2025

InsiderInsights Ratings of Companies with Open-Market Form 4 Purchases; Sales Filed at the SEC on the date above. We separate the real investment intelligence from the noise. Saving you time, and improving your research process

Vikash Harlalka
  • Vikash Harlalka

CHTR Quick Hit: Charter Buys Back $0.5BN of Shares in July

Advance/Newhouse filed their latest Charter ownership disclosure today. The buyback amount was slightly lower than expected but given that we are only one month into the quarter, we are keeping our estimates for 3Q25 unchanged.

Vikash Harlalka
  • Vikash Harlalka

ATUS Post-2Q25 Model Update

This note focuses on estimate changes. Earlier today, we provided a review of results and our thoughts following the earnings call. The major changes are lower EBITDA but higher FCF due to lower cash taxes. No change to thesis.

Charter Communications Inc: 1 director

A director at Charter Communications Inc sold 162,694 shares at 378.500USD and the significance rating of the trade was 67/100. Is that information sufficient for you to make an investment decision? This report gives details of those trades and adds context and analysis to them such that you can judge whether these trading decisions are ones worth following. Included in the report is a detailed share price chart which plots discretionary trades by all the company's directors over the last two ...

Vikash Harlalka
  • Vikash Harlalka

ATUS: Thoughts following the 2Q25 call

In this note, we provide our thoughts on EBITDA growth in 2H25, broadband ARPU growth, the HFC ABS debt, total ABS debt capacity and its impact on Altice’s capacity to meet the 2027/28 debt maturities, impact of tax reforms and FCF for the year.

Vikash Harlalka
  • Vikash Harlalka

ATUS 2Q25 Quick Take: Subs beat but EBITDA missed; Guidance unchanged

EBITDA missed expectations again but guidance for the year remains unchanged. The miss was driven by lower broadband revenue and higher other operating expenses. The guidance implies that EBITDA will grow by at least 3% in the back half of the year. This seems unlikely on the surface, but management has implemented a 5% workforce reduction in 2Q which they expect to help meet EBITDA guidance for the year.

Vikash Harlalka
  • Vikash Harlalka

Autumn for Broadband 2Q25

In this installment of our Autumn for Broadband series, we provide a quick update on trends in the broadband market based on what we have seen from the companies that have reported so far. Net adds remained nearly flat compared to a year ago (when adjusted for ACP impact) but were within the pre-pandemic norm. Industry subscriber trends have mostly stabilized over the past 3 quarters, but y/y growth remains below pre-pandemic levels.

Jonathan Moreland
  • Jonathan Moreland

InsiderInsights Weekly Report: August 2, 2025

InsiderInsights Ratings of Companies with Open-Market Form 4 Purchases; Sales Filed at the SEC on the date above. We separate the real investment intelligence from the noise. Saving you time, and improving your research process

Vikash Harlalka
  • Vikash Harlalka

Comcast Post-2Q25 Model Update

In this note, we cover changes to our estimates, and comparisons with guidance and consensus. Please see separate notes reviewing results (here) and thoughts following the earnings call. The most significant changes are slightly lower broadband losses and higher FCF in 2025. No change to thesis. Price target is $37 (+12%).

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