This Week: Fiber, Phones, and Farewells: The Reshaping of Telecom's Landscape

The Week with Roger · Mar 1, 2026 · 9m

Analysts Don Kellogg and Roger Entner unpack the week’s top telecom stories, including a leadership shakeup at Charter, accelerating rural consolidation, and the strategic void left by 5G Americas' dissolution.

00:00 Episode intro

00:25 Charter announces Nick Jeffery as COO

02:46 Rural ISP consolidation accelerates

04:38 5G Americas announces cessation of operations

07:58 Effects on the analyst community

09:01 Episode wrap-up

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