IDG News Service - AT&T has reversed its decision to allow Apple iPhone and iPad owners to use Apple's FaceTime videoconferencing application only on the carrier's most expensive data plans or if they are connected to Wi-Fi. AT&T on ...
Apple's much-maligned iPhone exclusivity agreement with AT&T Mobility, started in 2007 but now ended, is once again the target of a class-action suit. The lawsuit, filed Friday in U.S. District Court for the Northern District of ...
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Computerworld - AT&T's version of the quad-core LG Optimus G will go on sale Nov. 2 for $199.99 with a two-year contract. Pre-orders will start Tuesday, AT&T announced in a blog post. The $200 price puts the Optimus G at the same pricing ...
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Computerworld - Sprint will start selling the quad-core LG Optimus G smartphone on Nov. 11 for $199.99 and a two-year contract, nine days after AT&T put its version on sale for the same price. The Sprint LG Optimus G will have a ...
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AT&T said Monday it has upped its LTE wireless network reach to 109 markets, by adding six cities in Puerto Rico as well as Albuquerque, N.M., Reading, Pa. and Salt Lake City. The three cities in Puerto Rico are Guayama, San German-Cabo ...
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Vodafone today revealed its latest management strategy in Europe and has brought in a top telecoms CEO from the US. Mobile operator Vodafone has split its European operations into two divisions–Central and Northern Europe as one and ...
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AT&T said it added four new LTE wireless markets on Monday, for a total of 113 markets nationwide. The four new markets are mid-sized cities: Auburn, Ala., Grand Rapids, Mich., Nashua, N.H., and Wilkes-Barre, Pa. AT&T previously lit up ...
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AT&T will invest $14 billion over the next three years for wireless and wired capital improvements, including an expansion of 4G LTE service to 300 million people by the end of 2014, the carrier announced today. Previously, AT&T said it ...
Tags: next three years, wireless networks, wired networks, 4G LTE service
Two weeks after online orders of the Samsung Galaxy S III smartphone reached some AT&T customers, the carrier said the new smartphone will finally be available in its stores on Friday for $199.99 and a two-year contract. "We did let ...
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AT&T has agreed to pay $700,000 and refund certain customers said to have been overcharged on smartphone plans, after the Federal Communications Commission found that some customers were moved to more expensive monthly plans without their ...
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AT&T Wednesday kicked-off a free text messaging alert service designed to help retail customers find discounts and promotions at nearby stores. The service, called AT&T Alerts, works with all AT&T wireless phones except the iPhone 5. The ...
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AT&T is on pace to sell a record number of smartphones in the fourth quarter, with strong sales of the iPhone 5 and Android phones such as the LG Optimus G and HTC One X, AT&T Mobile CEO Ralph de la Vega said today. AT&T sold 6.4 million ...
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AT&T is putting the pedal to the metal on its LTE deployments, saying Thursday it has added seven more markets to its list, atop of the four market launches it had announced three days earlier. The carrier now offers LTE service in 120 ...
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Computerworld - AT&T Tuesday unveiled a personalized video service to help explain each new customer's wireless bill in some detail. The video service, to be rolled out nationwide in early 2013, uses computer animation and voice narration ...
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The U.S. Federal Communications Commission has voted to approve an agreement that will bring an end to a 15-year fight over interference concerns over mobile broadband service in the 2.3GHz band of spectrum. The FCC's vote Wednesday will ...
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