More wireless news from across the web:
> Unified Signal said it acquired MVNOs Puppy Wireless and DataJack, and hopes to acquire 100,000 customers this year to its MyTime Wireless MVNO. Release
> BGR published what it said is a first look at Apple's upcoming iPhone 7. BGR article
> Google plans to sell modular phones through its Project Ara effort starting next year. WSJ article
> Apple CEO Tim Cook met with India's Prime Minister to discuss encryption and other topics. The Hill article
> Best Buy is sweetening the sale of the Samsung Galaxy S7 with a free Samsung smart TV. TechnoBuffalo article
> Ericsson announced its new Emergency Wallet that the company said can help emergency responders and others during humanitarian responses to disasters. Release
Telecom News
> As AT&T continues to ramp up its FTTH deployments into new cities like San Jose, California, the service provider is finding that the best targets for 1 Gbps service exist in multi-dwelling units (MDUs). Article
> Frontier Communications lost a large set of potential customers -- 40,000 to be exact -- during its problematic switchover of Verizon's wireline assets to its own systems in three states. Article
Wireless Tech News
> It's official: Sprint will conduct 5G demonstrations on June 3 and June 6 at Levi's Stadium in Santa Clara, California, and on June 9, 11 and 14 at Lincoln Field in Philadelphia. Articles
> As Verizon politely put it in its May 19 ex parte, it "has been engaging" with the satellite industry to mutually explore a "workable satellite-terrestrial coexistence regime" in the 28 GHz band. But so far, it's finding ViaSat's analysis to be unworkable. Article
European Wireless News
> The Virgin Mobile brand is set to disappear from the French mobile market following the integration of the virtual network operator with the low-cost Red by SFR brand. Article
> Vodafone Germany said it planned to offer download speeds of up to 375 Mbps on its LTE network in 50 cities this year, as part of a broader plan to increase cable and mobile broadband speeds across the country. Article
Cable News
> A New York state regulatory panel has recommended that the state's Public Services Commission approve Altice NV's $17.7 billion takeover of Cablevision. Article
> In comments filed to the FCC, AT&T said the agency's proposed set-top regulations "bears no relationship" to mandates established by Section 629 of the Communications Act and is essentially a "radical unbundling scheme." Article
And finally… The hype around VR might soon come crashing to a halt. Article