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Tyler Affolter [Photo, Diversified; Composite Image, DI Studio]
Diversified Appoints Former NTT Data Exec as Chief Revenue Officer
by Sandra Engelland | Apr 23, 2026
Tyler Affolter will oversee Plano-based Diversified’s commercial organization, helping to boost growth across the company’s established media, collaboration, and digital signage businesses while utilizing core strengths to expand in broadcast and experiential AV.
by Quincy Preston |
Apr 22, 2026
Dallas-Fort Worth ranked No. 8 for patent activity out of 250 metros for the week of March 24 with a total of 171 patents granted.
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by Dallas Innovates | Staff Report |
Apr 15, 2026
Dallas-Fort Worth ranked No. 9 for patent activity out of 250 metros for the week of March 17 with a total of 140 patents granted.
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by Sandra Engelland |
Mar 12, 2026
Dave Dobbin will lead development of the company’s long-term strategy, growth initiatives, market expansion priorities, and enterprise-wide change management programs, Dallas-based Gigapower said.
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AT&T's current Discovery District headquarters in downtown Dallas. The company is relocating its HQ to a 54-acre site in Plano. [Photo: AT&T]
AT&T To Spend $250B Over Next 5 Years in U.S. Connectivity Push
by Sandra Engelland | Mar 10, 2026
The investment focuses on three strategic areas: deploying always-on connectivity, investing in the workforce, and innovating to secure and advance America's connected economy. The company said that the current tax and regulatory environment are the most conducive to such investment in decades.
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by Sandra Engelland |
Feb 3, 2026
The investment "will create good-paying jobs, boost U.S. connectivity, and bring the benefits of high-speed connections to more communities across the country,” said AT&T Chairman and CEO John Stankey.
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by David Seeley |
Jan 5, 2026
The move to Legacy Drive in Plano will shift the company from a skyscraper-focused HQ to a more sprawling, suburban-like campus. AT&T has been headquartered in downtown Dallas since 2008.
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by Sandra Engelland |
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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Gigapower CEO Francisco Maella [Composite image; Sources: Gigapower/DI Studio]
AT&T- and Blackrock-Launched Gigapower Appoints New CEO
by Lance Murray | 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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by Quincy Preston |
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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by David Seeley |
Sep 16, 2025
Now being tested by a handful of customers in North Texas, AT&T's new AI "digital receptionist" answers calls with a "natural, responsive" human-like voice. Powered by multiple LLMs, it hangs up on robocallers, patches urgent calls straight through, and provides a live transcript so customers can "pick up" a call at any time.
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by Lance Murray |
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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Toni Broberg will lead Gigapower’s strategic engagement with local, state, and external stakeholders and support its broadband infrastructure expansion and public policy initiatives.
AT&T and BlackRock’s Gigapower Taps Veteran Policy Leader to Help Expand Fiber Networks Across the U.S.
by Lance Murray | 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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by David Seeley |
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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by Lance Murray |
Jun 11, 2025
The acquisition represents a significant step in LevelBlue's growth strategy by adding deep cyber and high-tech IP litigation consulting expertise and world-class incident response capabilities to its expanding global portfolio, the company said.
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by Lance Murray |
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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