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Dallas’ Mynd Immersive To Expand Its VR-Powered ‘Great American Elderverse’ Across Texas

by | Dec 18, 2025
"Our residents are thrilled to travel the world, revisit childhood memories, and improve their mental and physical health, all from the safety of their chair," said Angie McWhirter, program director at Umphress Terrace in Southeast Dallas.  "This is more than technology—it's hope, healing, and connection."  
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Two Dallas Startups Named Finalists in National AT&T Small Business Contest
by | Nov 25, 2025
Sensori and The Blueprint University are among five finalists selected from more than 11,000 applicants nationwide. The $50,000 grand prize winner will be announced in January.
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AT&T- and Blackrock-Launched Gigapower Appoints New CEO
by | Nov 4, 2025
Francisco Maella, the former CEO and CTO of Dobson Fiber, succeeds Gigapower's founding CEO, Bill Hogg. Since its 2022 launch, Gigapower has connected more than 150 municipalities to high-speed broadband across nine states, including Alabama, Arizona, Florida, Nevada, New Mexico, Pennsylvania, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Minnesota.
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Business Meets Purpose: Inaugural Global Summit Puts the ‘Mission Movement’ in Dallas
by | Oct 7, 2025
At the Global Mission Summit on Oct. 8–10, leaders and innovators are rethinking business—where purpose is infrastructure, profit fuels impact, and legacy means leaving more than returns behind. Behind it are investor Michael Moe and Dallas developer Mike Hoque, and their newly formed Global Mission Institute.
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Dallas-Based AT&T To Pay $23B for Wireless Spectrum Licenses From EchoStar

by | Aug 26, 2025
AT&T CEO John Stankey said the deal "bolsters and expands" his company's spectrum portfolio "while enhancing customers' 5G wireless and home internet experience in even more markets." The company licenses cover virtually every market in the U.S.—more than 400 markets in total.
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Restaurant Pay-at-Table Platform Ziosk Names Former AT&T Exec as Its New CTO
by | Aug 13, 2025
Jacob Feinstein will oversee Ziosk's engineering organization and play a key role in scaling the company's technology platform while advancing its mission to enhance the guest experience in hospitality.
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AT&T and BlackRock’s Gigapower Taps Veteran Policy Leader to Help Expand Fiber Networks Across the U.S.
by | Jul 1, 2025
Toni Broberg will lead Gigapower’s strategic engagement with local, state, and external stakeholders and support its broadband infrastructure expansion and public policy initiatives.
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AT&T, Southwest, TI & More: BlackRock Launches ETF for Investing in Texas Companies
by | Jun 24, 2025
With "Y'all Street" gaining momentum by the day, now there's a way to buy into nearly 200 Texas companies with a single ETF. And dozens of North Texas companies are included in TEXN, BlackRock's new exchange-traded fund.
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AT&T To Acquire Most of Lumen’s Home Fiber Business for $5.75 Billion

by | May 22, 2025
The Lumen Mass Markets fiber assets included in the deal total roughly 1 million fiber subscribers across more than 4 million fiber locations in 11 U.S. states. Dallas-based AT&T expects to "roughly double" where AT&T Fiber is available by the end of 2030.
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Who Made This Year’s AI 75 List? Meet the North Texans Leading the Pack in Artificial Intelligence
by | Apr 30, 2025
Dallas Innovates, in partnership with the Dallas Regional Chamber, once again is recognizing the most innovative leaders in AI in Dallas-Fort Worth. From visionaries and mavericks to transformers and academics, AI 75's class of 2025 are the AI pacesetters you need to know now.
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11 North Texas Companies Make Fortune’s 2025 ‘Most Innovative’ List
by | Mar 27, 2025
The 11 North Texas companies who helped define "what innovation looks like in 2025" were led by AT&T at No. 37, followed among the top 100 by Texas Instruments, Charles Schwab, and McKesson.
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AT&T President and CEO Elected Chairman, Predecessor Named Lead Independent Director
by | Feb 18, 2025
John Stankey—who's been AT&T's president and CEO since 2020—is the Dallas-based telecom giant's new board chair, replacing William E. Kennard, who becomes the board's lead independent director.
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Digital Engineering Awards Spotlight Global Innovators, Emphasize AI at Dallas Gala

by | Dec 9, 2024
AT&T for ClimRR and Gigapower’s Amy Wheelus were among the honorees. Many other winners have a significant Dallas presence. Plus, explore ClimRR, a portal created through public-private collaboration to assess potential environmental risks in your city.
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Texas’ Brightest Business Stars Share their Secrets: ‘The Key to Success Is Daring to Fail’
by | Nov 15, 2024
Six "transformative entrepreneurs and innovators"—including North Texans Taylor Sheridan, Kathleen Hildreth, Mike Boone, and David Miller—were inducted into the Texas Business Hall of Fame at a gala dinner in Dallas.
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AT&T and AARP Join Forces for Senior Cyber Safety with Tech Kits for Nonprofits
by | Oct 15, 2024
With seniors losing $3.4B to cyber scams yearly, the Dallas telecom giant teamed up with AARP and rallied employees to craft senior-savvy tech kits for nonprofits.
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Dallas-Based AT&T Sells Its 70% Stake in DirecTV to TPG in $7.6B Deal
by | Sep 30, 2024
The acquisition by Fort Worth- and San Francisco-based private equity giant TPG is just part of a gamechanging multi-step deal—one that will see DirecTV merge with Dish Network into America's biggest pay-TV provider.
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