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Analyst
Walter Piecyk
Period: Reporting periods mapped to calendar 2024 Q4 – 2026 Q2 (7 quarters; questions recorded in 6).
- Questions
- 18on tracked calls
- Challenge rate
- 6%1 of 18 questions
- Companies
- 5questioned at least once
- Reporting periods
- 6with questions
These figures cover the whole profile: every tracked question, all reporting periods.
How to read these numbers
Challenge rate is the share of questions that pushed back, pressed for specifics or questioned management’s assumptions. It describes how questions were asked on the calls tracked here; it does not measure whether any view turned out to be right.
Rounding. Rates are rounded to whole percentages, so a small share can show as 0% even when some questions were challenging. The count beside each rate is exact; “none of N questions” means no question was challenging.
No questions recorded. “—” means there is nothing to calculate: no questions were recorded for that period on the calls tracked here. It does not mean there was no activity.
Fewer than 3 questions. A company-level rate is withheld when fewer than 3 questions were recorded for that company; the questions are still counted everywhere else.
Small samples. Profiles with fewer than 10 questions are marked Limited sample.
Reporting periods. Questions are grouped by the calendar quarter each company’s fiscal reporting period maps to, not by the date of the call. Periods without a calendar mapping are listed separately under their fiscal label.
Questions asked
Grouped by company, most questions first. Open a company to read its questions, newest reporting period first.
Showing 18 of 18 questions from 5 companies
ECHOEchoStar Corporation10 questions · 5 reporting periods · 1 of 10 challenging
Calendar 2026 Q2
You bid also in the re-auction of the DE stuff. Do you have plans to bid in the upcoming C-band auction?
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Ergen expected EchoStar would not be prevented from participating in the C-band auction but questioned whether it would make sense given where the company is, and said it would consider strategic secondary-market spectrum transactions.
Calendar 2025 Q3
Does that keep it away from DBS shareholders and any OpEx obligations, meaning like the tower companies?
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Charlie confirmed DBS will receive about $2.8 billion from the C-band spectrum sale to AT&T. Capital structure is separate independent entities.
I assume these are not operational. These are all passive
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Hamid said they will balance active and passive investments to avoid becoming a regulated investment company under the '40 Act.
Calendar 2025 Q2
What is the go-to-market strategy as the fourth network operator? And do you think that, that, at this point, requires a major distribution partner?
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Hamid deflected FCC resolution specifics, emphasized they are winning with net port positive and subscriber gains, and have all strategic options open.
is there any reasonable time frame that you can provide in terms of when whatever the resolution is reached with the FCC?
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Hamid said resolution is the highest priority but couldn't give a hard deadline, noting it primarily depends on other parties and their needs.
Calendar 2025 Q1
Would you consider an MVNO partnership with Comcast and would customers access both Boost's network and AT&T/T-Mobile roaming?
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Hamid left the door open to partnerships generally but explicitly would not confirm any Comcast discussions. Swieringa noted roaming access requires cooperation from AT&T and T-Mobile.
Can you discuss investment in distribution, advertising, and new routes to market, referencing competitor strategies?
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Hamid cited digital, national retail, and other non-traditional distribution channels under development with results expected towards end of year.
Calendar 2024 Q4
gross adds being up 13.5% seems like a pretty major inflection. Obviously, service revenue grew sequentially
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Hamid attributed growth to operational improvements across workflows, not bundling, and said every metric improved through the year.
You're not gonna break that out, and we're not gonna get some sense of kind of what the inflection was on the growth
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Management refused to break out prepaid vs postpaid, arguing the industry distinction is outdated and they evaluate customers on lifetime value.
how many subs amount of traffic, whatever it is that are on the network that you built versus your roaming partners
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John Swieringa disclosed over 1 million on-net customers, loading 75%+ of compatible devices on network in accelerated markets.
TSLATesla, Inc.4 questions · 2 reporting periods · 0 of 4 challenging
Calendar 2026 Q2
is there other things that you need at the federal level to really kind of unlock your ability to ramp Cybercab?
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Lars answered directly that no additional federal action is needed, citing a strong NHTSA relationship.
when do you anticipate looking at autonomy for the Semi -- because that seems like a pretty sizable market
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Elon gave a concrete timeline but said Semi autonomy takes a backseat to Model 3/Y and Cybercab for now.
Calendar 2025 Q3
FSD 14, it has a different feel than 13, and it's also, I think, a little different than what it feels like in Austin
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Musk said safety is the first priority on every new FSD architecture release; comfort is solved thereafter. Ashok added customer v14 and robotaxi software share the same core architecture with only minor differences.
is the limitation in the Bay Area just regulatory, or is it kind of the market by market learning process
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Musk said about three months with a safety driver in a new metro is the playbook, even if regulators didn't require it, to catch unexpected one-in-10,000 challenges like difficult intersections.
CHTRCharter Communications2 questions · 1 reporting period · 0 of 2 challenging
Calendar 2026 Q2
whether that might be something that makes sense to put some dollars behind?
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Winfrey ruled it out immediately and Fischer confirmed the multiyear capital plan is set.
could you give us any sense of the mix between the extra SSID from someone's home modem versus the hotspots
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Winfrey ranked the components and flagged CBRS as the growing piece, but gave no percentage split.
SBACSBA Communications1 question · 1 reporting period · 0 of 1 challenging
Calendar 2025 Q1
can you just characterize, kind of, what they've told you about some of their longer-term plans, what role you may play?
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DISH activity remains very slow with only basic upgrades and a few leases. Cable CBRS activity is completely immaterial. No specific conversations about DISH spectrum leasing.
TMUST-Mobile US, Inc.1 question · 1 reporting period · 0 of 1 challenging
Calendar 2026 Q1
T-Mobile is packaging Starlink as a backup for businesses using 5G Internet, branding it Super Broadband
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Srini drew a sharp distinction between broadband (substitutive, rural) and Direct to Cell (complementary). He dismissed MVNO with SpaceX since it doesn't expand TAM through new customers or channels.
Challenge rate by company
Every company this analyst questioned, most questions first. A company-level rate is shown from 3 questions; below that it is withheld.
| Company | Questions | Challenge rate |
|---|---|---|
| ECHO EchoStar Corporation | 10 | 10%1 of 10 questions |
| TSLA Tesla, Inc. | 4 | 0%none of 4 questions |
| CHTR Charter Communications | 2 | —Rate withheld: fewer than 3 questions |
| SBAC SBA Communications | 1 | —Rate withheld: fewer than 3 questions |
| TMUS T-Mobile US, Inc. | 1 | —Rate withheld: fewer than 3 questions |
- ECHOEchoStar Corporation · 10 questions10%1 of 10 questions
- TSLATesla, Inc. · 4 questions0%none of 4 questions
- CHTRCharter Communications · 2 questions—rate withheld: under 3 questions
- SBACSBA Communications · 1 question—rate withheld: under 3 questions
- TMUST-Mobile US, Inc. · 1 question—rate withheld: under 3 questions
Activity by reporting period
Questions recorded for each calendar quarter that companies’ reporting periods map to (not the call date), with the challenge rate for that period. Periods inside the range with no questions are shown as “No questions recorded”.
| Calendar period | Questions | Challenge rate | Companies |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 Q4 | 3 | 33%1 of 3 questions | 1 |
| 2025 Q1 | 3 | 0%none of 3 questions | 2 |
| 2025 Q2 | 2 | 0%none of 2 questions | 1 |
| 2025 Q3 | 4 | 0%none of 4 questions | 2 |
| 2025 Q4 | No questions recorded | — | — |
| 2026 Q1 | 1 | 0%none of 1 question | 1 |
| 2026 Q2 | 5 | 0%none of 5 questions | 3 |
- 2024 Q43 questions · challenge rate 33% (1 of 3 questions) · 1 company
- 2025 Q13 questions · challenge rate 0% (none of 3 questions) · 2 companies
- 2025 Q22 questions · challenge rate 0% (none of 2 questions) · 1 company
- 2025 Q34 questions · challenge rate 0% (none of 4 questions) · 2 companies
- 2025 Q4No questions recorded
- 2026 Q11 question · challenge rate 0% (none of 1 question) · 1 company
- 2026 Q25 questions · challenge rate 0% (none of 5 questions) · 3 companies
Topics
Topics tagged on this analyst’s questions.
- Competitive Dynamics7
- Regulation Policy5
- Product Launch5
- Capex Investment3
- Capital Allocation3
- Innovation & R&D3
- Demand3
- M&A2
- Subscriber Growth2
- Credit1
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- Cost Pressure1