Category Archives: AT&T

AT&T outduels Verizon in iPhone

By doris | Published: January 31, 2012

Full Story at money.cnn.com NEW YORK (CNNMoney) — AT&T handily beat Verizon in the battle for iPhone customers last quarter, but the company lost $6.7 billion in large part due to its failed merger with T-Mobile. The nation’s second-largest wireless company said Thursday that it sold 7.6 million iPhones during the holiday quarter, which bested [...]

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AT&T expands data plans for smartphones, tablets

By doris | Published: January 19, 2012

Full Story at msnbc.com DALLAS — AT&T is rolling out expanded wireless data plans as consumers are doing more surfing, texting and emailing on their smartphones and tablets. The company announced the plans, which allow for more data but at a higher price tag, late Wednesday. AT&T’s existing customers do not have to change their [...]

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AT&T to pay $215M to TiVo to settle patent suit

By doris | Published: January 4, 2012

Full Story at news.Yahoo.com LOS ANGELES (AP) — AT&T Inc. will pay TiVo Inc. at least $215 million through June 2018, becoming the latest TV signal provider to settle a patent lawsuit involving the digital video recorder pioneer. Per subscriber, this payout will be much larger than a similar $500 million settlement TiVo reached in [...]

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FCC approves AT&T purchase of Qualcomm spectrum

By doris | Published: December 28, 2011

Full Story at msnbc.msn.com SAN FRANCISCO — The Federal Communications Commission approved wireless carrier AT&T’s $1.93 billion purchase of unused wireless spectrum from Qualcomm. AT&T said a year ago that it planned to buy the spectrum to add capacity to its fourth-generation, or “4G” network, which it has been rolling out across the country. The [...]

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AT&T, Sprint, T-Mobile use Carrier IQ, but don’t collect personal info

By doris | Published: December 2, 2011

Full Story at Technolog.msnbc.msn.com Three of the nation’s four largest wireless carriers — AT&T, Sprint and T-Mobile — say they use Carrier IQ’s controversial key-logging software, say they do not use it to monitor subscribers’ activities. The Carrier IQ program is an analytical tool, strictly to “improve wireless network and service performance,” not to track [...]

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Verizon is chipping away at AT&T’s iPhone lead

By doris | Published: October 24, 2011

Full Story at money.cnn.com NEW YORK (CNNMoney) — AT&T remains the most popular iPhone carrier in the United States, but Verizon is catching up. Verizon Wireless said Friday that it sold 2 million iPhones in the quarter ended Sept. 30, compared with the 2.7 million AT&T sold in the same three-month stretch. That’s a narrower [...]

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How long do wireless carriers keep your data?

By doris | Published: September 29, 2011

Full Story at Technolog.msnbc.msn.com Have you wondered how long your wireless carrier keeps text messages, call logs and your phone’s Web surfing records? There are some answers to that, from a Justice Department document prepared for law enforcement with those details. The information was obtained by the American Civil Liberties Union of North Carolina via [...]

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AT&T to activate faster 4G network on Sunday

By doris | Published: September 15, 2011

Full Story at CNN.com (CNN) — AT&T Mobility is saddling up for the initial launch of its faster fourth-generation data services. The 4G LTE network is set to debut on Sunday, said John Stephens, AT&T’s financial chief, at a conference on Thursday. AT&T said earlier that the network will debut in five cities, reaching 70 [...]

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AT&T resumes online sales of iPhones in NYC

By doris | Published: September 3, 2011

Full Story at msnbc.com After abruptly halting online sales of the iPhone to New Yorkers over the weekend, AT&T Monday resumed selling the popular device via the Web, although the reason sales were stopped at all is still not known. On AT&T’s Web site, prospective iPhone buyers who entered New York City ZIP codes were [...]

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AT&T texting plan: $20, not $10, for new customers

By doris | Published: August 20, 2011

Full Story at Technolog.msnbc.msn.com AT&T is getting rid of its $10-a-month text messaging plan for new customers, or those current customers wanting to sign up for a text messaging plan, effective this Sunday, and going to a $20-a-month plan. The $10-a-month plan, which remains in place for customers who already have the plan, lets them [...]

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AT&T to simplify texting plans

By doris | Published: August 19, 2011

Full Story at CNN.com (WIRED) — AT&T confirmed today that it will slim down its text-messaging service plans, offering customers either unlimited messages for a flat monthly fee, or a pay-per-text service. The company is eliminating its middle-of-the-road option, a plan that allots customers 1,000 text messages for $10 monthly. “The vast majority of our [...]

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Wall Street Week Ahead: Debt and data suggest more losses

By doris | Published: July 30, 2011

Full Story at news.Yahoo! News.com WASHINGTON (AP) — AT&T Inc., Verizon Communications Inc. and four other telecom companies are offering a proposal to overhaul the $8 billion federal phone subsidy program to pay for high-speed Internet connections in rural and other underserved areas. They say the plan, which was filed with the Federal Communications Commission [...]

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