AT&T Launches Cricket 5G Home Internet and Free Virtual Care With LifeMD

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AT&T has introduced Cricket 5G Home Internet, extending fixed wireless broadband over its existing 5G network for Cricket Wireless customers, and has partnered with LifeMD to give eligible AT&T subscribers free virtual healthcare visits and related telehealth services. The two moves widen AT&T's bundled connectivity offer by adding home broadband and healthcare benefits to its consumer plans, with the LifeMD benefits available to more than 100 million eligible customers. AT&T operates as a large US telecom provider with a market value of about $183.1b, and the company must fund the new perks while still managing heavy 5G and fiber spending and legacy revenue pressure. Analysts' forecasts assume 2.5% annual growth and a 13.4% margin, and the key commercial question is how many Cricket users bundle mobile and home service and what that does to churn. Investors will watch subscriber metrics over the next few quarters, especially Cricket 5G Home Internet adoption, uptake of LifeMD benefits, bundle penetration, fiber plus wireless households, and any disclosure on healthcare-driven engagement or reduced churn tied to AT&T's &More program.

Impact on stocks 2

Cloud & Digital Infrastructure · 1 stocks
AT&T Inc.
T
▲ PositiveDemandrelevance

AT&T launched Cricket 5G Home Internet and added free LifeMD virtual care to its plans, widening its bundled connectivity offer to drive subscriber adoption and reduce churn.

Health Care · 1 stocks
LifeMD Inc
LFMD
▲ PositiveDemandrelevance

AT&T partnered with LifeMD to offer free virtual healthcare visits to over 100 million eligible subscribers, a concrete distribution/end-demand win for LifeMD's telehealth services.