Drew FitzGerald

T-Mobile US is sneaking into the cable industry’s backyard. The second-biggest cellphone carrier by subscribers has pieced together at least five partnerships with fiber-optic internet providers that could serve millions of customers in the coming years. T-Mobile US, which was pieced together through several wireless company mergers, hasn’t had to build out a fiber network as its biggest rivals have and now is playing catch-up on the ground.

T-Mobile US said it would partner with OpenAI to build an artificial-intelligence platform designed to help the telecom company gain and keep customers. The companies said the new platform, called IntentCX, will harvest data on customer interactions from the millions of T-Mobile subscribers who use its T-Life app. The app, launched this year, combines several existing services like bill management, smartwatch integration and T-Mobile Tuesdays retail deals through a single portal.

Pair of deals let private-equity firm TPG buy AT&T’s remaining stake in DirecTV and absorb rival Dish.

The $9.6 billion deal would expand Verizon’s fiber network to a size that would rival major competitors such as AT&T and Comcast.

The president-elect has threatened broadcast licenses and filed lawsuits against some networks. Executives are bracing for possible deal drama.

An FCC veteran who has praised Elon Musk’s SpaceX, Brendan Carr has outlined plans to remove regulations conservatives consider overbearing or outdated.

A tie-up meant to help struggling satellite-TV companies is falling apart after creditors balked at a proposal to cut into their holdings.

DirecTV has decided to walk away from its proposed merger with rival Dish Network, abandoning a tie-up that the two satellite-TV companies have attempted several times.

It was an odd marriage and a costly divorce , but AT&T has found a new love after its expensive Hollywood romance.

T-Mobile shares are backsliding after Chief Executive Mike Sievert hinted that fourth-quarter subscriber figures might underwhelm them. Its stock, which has more than tripled over the past five years, is down about 6% in Monday trading.The holida