US telecom stocks fall on report of SpaceX wireless carrier talks

By Reuters News

** US telecom stocks decline in premarket trade following a report that SpaceX is in talks with cellular infrastructure cos for a nationwide wireless carrier program

** Bloomberg reported on Thursday that SpaceX plans to secure access to at least 80,000 sites across the US; in talks with mobile infrastructure provider Crown Castle CCI.N

** Verizon VZ.N down 3.1%; AT&T T.N and T-Mobile TMUS.O fall 3.3% each

** Communication infrastructure firms jump, with Crown Castle gaining 7.4% and American Tower AMT.N rising 5.7%

** As of last close, AT&T and T-Mobile are down 8.4% and 21.8% YTD, while Verizon is up 11%

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