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Acknowledging that its mobile reach into the business sector has been 'somewhat limited,' Charter CEO Chris Winfrey said a new business-focused MVNO deal with T-Mobile will accelerate mobile line growth over time. Read more on Light Reading: bit.ly/4kXvbZh

China Mobile has built out a $29 billion portfolio of more than 500 companies in strategic sectors. Read more on Light Reading: bit.ly/45amV2p

AT&T, the Navy and the Naval Postgraduate School have launched a 5G-enabled buoy to transmit oceanographic and meteorological data to researchers and academic institutions in Monterey Bay, California. Read more on Light Reading: bit.ly/3H5CCzJ

Belgian incumbent Proximus sees headwinds at its international unit but says it remains committed to its strategy in this area amid an accelerated shift to higher-growth opportunities. Read more on Light Reading: bit.ly/456h1z4

Misty Duckworth and Randy Kinsey join us to explain how BSP's technical due diligence business is rapidly shifting to the data center market and how the rise of AI is driving demand for space, power and cooling in data center facilities. Listen here: bit.ly/3TYkfzx

Vietnam's Ministry of Science and Technology (MST) announced its decision to hold another auction for two prime blocks of spectrum in the 700MHz band allocated for 4G and 5G mobile communication. Read more on Light Reading: bit.ly/3IPHzgx

The battle for premium smartphone supremacy is now a multi-front war involving form factors, artificial intelligence and ecosystem strength. Unlike poker, it may not matter who folds first. Read more on Light Reading: bit.ly/44PSDTu

#Eurobites: European Commission launches probe into KKR's NetCo acquisition; Network-sharing in Wallonia; Starlink outage hits Ukraine's war effort; AWS pulls out of planned Dublin project. Read more on Light Reading: bit.ly/450GQR6

Charter's video losses fell to 80,000 in Q2 as more customers attached video to their bundles and the company's streaming app integration strategy started taking hold. Read more on Light Reading: bit.ly/4mhTN01

Fueled by fiber deployments, expansions and coming DOCSIS 4.0 network upgrades, broadband access equipment spending is set to grow at an average annual rate of 1.6% from 2024 to 2029, according to Dell'Oro Group. Read more: bit.ly/3GFJLqs

#TheBuildout: Astound brings $81 million fiber upgrade to Lehigh Valley and Northeast Pennsylvania; Spectrum lights up rural Michigan; Brightspeed progresses across Ohio and North Carolina – and more. Read more on Light Reading: bit.ly/3GKl3Fo

Nearly 60,000 Starlink satellite Internet users reported outages in the US on Thursday, but T-Mobile said its new T-Satellite messaging service with Starlink was unaffected. Read more on Light Reading: bit.ly/4o6KTUN