• Former Sprint CEO Claure testifies that without T-Mobile, Sprint will have to raise prices [phonearena.com]

• Broadband Mapping Bills Pass House [multichannel.com]

• Feds Bust Illegal Streaming Sites With More Content Than Most Legal Sites Combined [webpronews.com]

• SpaceX successfully launches Kacific 100Mbps satellite [zdnet.com]

• US Cable Broadband Still Has Ample Room to Grow - Analyst [lightreading.com]

• Millimeter Wave Spectrum Auction Blasts Past $1.5B, Shows No Signs of Cooling [lightreading.com]

• FCC Hands Out More CAF II Subsidy Money - Most will go to Viasat to rural subs in 17 states [multichannel.com]

• Verizon’s 5G Internet is Now Live in Los Angeles & 18 Other Markets [cordcuttersnews.com]

• House passes Secure and Trusted Communications Networks Act, barring FCC from funding federal purchases from Huawei, other telcos deemed national security risks [thehill.com]

• Why flawed broadband speed tests have devastating consequences [cnet.com]

• AT&T Consumer 5G Service Goes Live [telecompetitor.com]

• Bernie's Broadband Plan Gives A Big Green Light To Community Broadband [techdirt.com]

• FCC’s “illogical” claim that broadband isn’t telecommunications faces appeal arstechnica.com]

• AT&T Left FCC's Internet Speed Measuring Program After Poor Results [cdrinfo.com]

• New Orleans declares state of emergency after the city was hit by a cyberattack on Friday, says it has not yet found evidence that data was compromised [nola.com]

• Music streaming subscription prices have remained flat for a decade, amid competition from tech giants like Apple that can operate their music arms at a loss [rollingstone.com]

• Merger trial: Comcast Courted Sprint, T-Mobile Attempted Merger With Dish [lightreading.com]

• AT&T TV Streaming Service Going National in February [lightreading.com]

• The Reasons Why a Group of States Don’t Want Sprint and T-Mobile to Merge [barrons.com]

• Sources describe how ISPs like AT&T and Cox push the FCC to omit unflattering data, among other tactics, to improve scores on FCC's internet speeds report [wsj.com]

• FCC votes unanimously to open auto airwaves for WiFi [axios.com]

• Analyst Cuts Odd For a Successful Merger Between T-Mobile and Sprint [webpronews.com]

• AT&T Exec Hints That '5G Evolution' Is Faster Than T-Mobile's 5G [lightreading.com]

• Friday Is Deadline for Appealing Decision Upholding Net Dereg [multichannel.com]

• Samsung Is Dominating The 5G Market, Accounts For Three-Quarters Of Shipments [ubergizmo.com]

• Lawsuit forces CenturyLink to stop charging “Internet Cost Recovery Fee” [arstechnica.com]

• T-Mobile/Sprint Trial Serves Up Healthy Dose of Courtroom Drama [lightreading.com]

• Disney+ has huge first month in downloads (downloaded onto mobile devices 22 million times), tops all Google searches for 2019 [digitaltrends.com]

• Cisco Wants to 'Build a New Internet' for 5G [lightreading.com]

• Statewide Fiber Network Consolidation: Bluebird to Acquire Illinois Network Alliance [telecompetitor.com]

• With Playstation Vue's January shut down looming, Sony is still in talks with multiple streaming companies to sell its 500K customer base, IP and technology [multichannel.com]

• Senate Commerce approves C-Band Auction Bill, which would direct 10% to rural broadband [multichannel.com]

• Fox Sports & NBC Sports RSNs Go Dark on AT&T TV NOW [cordcuttersnews.com]

• AT&T raises DirecTV prices again despite losing millions of customers [arstechnica.com]

• U.S. Households Have an Average of 11 Connected Devices - And 5G Should Push That Even Higher [variety.com]

• Alphabet's Loon agrees airspace deal with Uganda for internet balloon service [uk.reuters.com]

• AT&T Targets Labor, Wireline Footprint in New Cost-Cutting Effort [lightreading.com]

• Comcast Tests 2.5-Gig Gateway [lightreading.com]

• Broadband Usage to Spike 19% During Holiday Period, OpenVault Predicts [multichannel.com]

• WarnerMedia chief says HBO Max streaming service offers twice the content as traditional HBO and $14.99 monthly price point is 'compelling' [multichannel.com]

• T-Mobile Exec Paints Sprint Merger as Existential Necessity [courthousenews.com]

• Surprise! AT&T Sets DirecTV And U-Verse Price Hikes In 2020, Citing Higher Program Costs [deadline.com]

• Charter CEO Tom Rutledge: Streaming isn’t driving cordcutting, and lack of broadcast and sports, news could hinder OTT’s impact [multichannel.com]

• Magic Leap's Reported Stumbles Cast Shadow Over 5G [lightreading.com]

• Top Sprint exec thought merger with T-Mobile US could lead to price increases across the wireless industry, contrary to public statements by the companies [seattletimes.com]

• Charter 'Looking at All Angles' for Licensed Spectrum, CEO Says [lightreading.com]

• Streaming and cordcutting are making a dent in the TV ads business [bloomberg.com]

• Comcast CFO Michael Cavanagh says he expects NBC Universal’s new streaming service, Peacock, should break even by its fifth year of operation [multichannel.com]

• Verizon is shutting down Yahoo Groups this weekend and blocking users trying to archive its content [slate.com]

• Journalist goes to T-Mobile to ask about 5G. The response was painful [zdnet.com]

• T-Mobile, Sprint Merger Case Begins Monday; Major Issues On the Line [webpronews.com]

• The Satellite Divide: Which Americans Rely on Satellite Internet? [pcmag.com]

• An overview of 5G rollout plans in the US, technical limitations of millimeter-wave, mid-band, and low-band 5G frequencies, the state of 5G hardware, and more [arstechnica.com]

• Mobile Speed Report by Spectrum Band: AT&T Tops 50 Mbps in WCS Band [telecompetitor.com]

• Bernie Sanders unveils high-speed Internet for all plan - Says he will regulate rates, take on 'greedy cable, telecom monopolies' [multichannel.com]

• Metro & Simple Mobile launch cheaper 5G Plans on T-Mobile's 5G network [lightreading.com]

• FCC Ups Broadband Subsidy Usage Benchmark to 250 GB [multichannel.com]

• T-Mobile’s Low-Band 5G Two to Four Times Faster Than 4G [webpronews.com]

• Comcast and Charter Have Reached ‘Clear Relevance’ in U.S. Wireless, Analyst Says [lightreading.com]

• With Over 100M Users, 4G/5G Fixed wireless access (FWA) Offers a New Direction for Mobile Operators [lightreading.com]

• Comcast’s pre-installed Wi-Fi gives residents ‘near-instant’ access [rcrwireless.com]

• C Spire Gigabit to Expand to Birmingham, Other Alabama Communities [telecompetitor.com]

• VoIP provider Globex Telecom and its Canadian incarnation, 9506276 Canada, Inc. involved in credit card interest scheme, court grants FTC request to halt business, freeze assets [multichannel.com]

• FCC won’t punish Verizon and T-Mobile for exaggerating their coverage maps [theverge.com]

• Apple says iPhone 11 Pro shares location data even when the feature is turned off due to ultra wideband tech, will provide a new toggle in an upcoming update [techcrunch.com]

• New T-Mobile will urge Sprint customers to buy 5G phones - If the merger is approved, "legacy" customers will eventually have to give up their phones [cnet.com]

• FCC investigation finds Verizon, T-Mobile, and US Cellular exaggerated 4G coverage in official filings to the FCC; Ajit Pai has no plans to punish the carriers [arstechnica.com]

• Does Frontier CEO Change Signal Bankruptcy Plans? [telecompetitor.com]

• Google Fiber removes 100Mbps offer for new subscribers [slashgear.com]

• A Sprint contractor left thousands of US cell phone bills on the internet by mistake [techcrunch.com]

• The FCC Is Opening up Some Very Important Spectrum for Broadband [eff.org]

• T-Mobile's Merger Prospects Look Grim Ahead of 'Trial of the Century' [lightreading.com]

• Huawei legally challenges FCC's Universal Service Fund ban [zdnet.com]

• Microsoft is planning a cheaper, disc-free Xbox, codenamed Lockhart, to go alongside its high-end Project Scarlett console [kotaku.com]

• AT&T says it was ‘required by law’ to turn over the call records featured in the House Intelligence impeachment report [marketwatch.com]

• Verizon CEO Hopes There Is No 5G Cold War Between U.S. and China [webpronews.com]

• USDA ReConnect Program Grants Almost $19M for Alaska Broadband [telecompetitor.com]

• CFO: AT&T “Optimistic” That Video Losses Peaked Last Quarter [telecompetitor.com]

• AT&T Adds Blimps to FirstNet Arsenal, Passes 1M Connection Mark [lightreading.com]

• TiVo Plugs Amazon Prime Video Into Platform for Pay-TV Partners [lightreading.com]

• BroadbandNow: China Dominates Fiber Build out as U.S. lags far behind in deployment [multichannel.com]

• Comcast Launches Customer Service Program for the Deaf Community in American Sign Language [businesswire.com]

• T-Mobile debuts 5G across the US in 600MHz spectrum, which travels further than mmWave but has lower max data speeds; Samsung, OnePlus debuting 5G phones Friday [theverge.com]

• Switching Wireless Carriers Might Soon Get a Lot Easier [lightreading.com]

• The One-Stoplight Town with Some of the Country’s Fastest Internet [newyorker.com]

• 40% of US Pay-TV Biz Remains 'At Risk' - Analyst [lightreading.com]

• AT&T senior VP notes dearth of ISP-bashing in D.C., says it is time for regulatory policy to look at all actors [multichannel.com]

• Former FCC chair urges 'rapid closing' on T-mobile Sprint deal [cnbc.com]

• Every 5G city and region for every major carrier in the US (Verizon, AT&T, T-Mobile, and Sprint) (Update: T-Mobile 600MHz nationwide) [androidpolice.com]