On August 5, Verizon fell 3.03% in regular trading, trading at $45.44/share, with turnover of $3.67 billion. The decline was triggered by SpaceX's announcement that it intends to build a complete mobile communications service and directly challenge traditional telecom carriers for subscribers.
During SpaceX's first-ever earnings call, President Gwynne Shotwell explicitly cited the revenue scale of AT&T, Verizon, and T-Mobile US, declaring that Starlink will actively pursue their user base. The statement sent shockwaves through the integrated telecom sector, with AT&T falling 2.67%, Comcast dropping 1.81%, BCE Inc declining 0.68%, KT Corp losing 0.54%, and Telus Corp down 0.47%.
Morgan Stanley had previously noted that wireless carriers are better positioned than cable operators against Starlink's broadband expansion, but SpaceX's latest ambition to offer full mobile services represents a more direct competitive threat to wireless incumbents like Verizon than previously anticipated.
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