It’s begun, whoop-dee-doo. Yesterday, AT&T submitted its paperwork to the FCC for approval. That merger, you know the one that conglomerates AT&T and T-Mobile as a giant telecom monopoly, has finally kicked off.
The uber-long behemoth of a document, at 381 pages long, documents AT&T’s case for acquiring T-Mobile USA from Deutsche …
In the first major market scuffle over iPhone sales, which wireless giant takes this round: AT&T or Verizon?
After both companies released their earnings report, it’s still a tough call. AT&T posted solid numbers yesterday, but Verizon is reporting today that it signed up more than 900,000 new net subscribers. That’s more than double …
After Verizon launched its iPhone in February, predictions for the fate of former iPhone-exclusive heavyweight AT&T were less than winning: revenue losses and a mass exodus of customers.
It looks like all those analysts and pundits were overly dour. AT&T is reporting that even with the added competition, profits during the first …
Research in Motion’s Blackberry Playbook tablet got dinged by critics for its reliance on a Blackberry phone for e-mail and calendar support, among other things, but with AT&T, it’s a moot point.
That’s because Blackberry Bridge, an app which connects Blackberry phones to the Playbook tablet, isn’t available to AT&T customers. …
AT&T is finally giving prepaid subscribers a smartphone in the LG Thrill.
The Thrill isn’t the most powerful Android handset on the market. Running Android 2.2, the Thrill has a wimpy 600 MHz processor, and the display is on the small side at 3.2 inches. There’s a 3.2 megapixel camera on the back and a 2 GB microSD card inside.
But …
Whether AT&T likes it or not, you can now get a white or black Nexus S smartphone that runs on the carrier’s 3G network.
Engadget got its hands on the device, which is being sold unlocked for $600 by Negri Electronics. Feature-wise, it’s the same Nexus S that debuted in December, with a 4-inch screen, 1 GHz processor, 16 GB of …
Windows Phone 7 handsets hit U.S. shores back in November of last year and have yet to be substantially updated with new features and bug fixes.
The first big update—called “NoDo”—is apparently officially coming sooner or later, but the pre-update to that update for was supposed to be here in February, with NoDo to follow in …
Despite all the praise that tech journalists bestowed on the Verizon iPhone, a new survey says that Verizon customers aren’t any more satisfied than AT&T iPhone users.
The survey from ChangeWave Research found that 82 percent of Verizon iPhone users are “very satisfied,” and 16 percent are “somewhat satisfied.” Among AT&T iPhone …
Bad news for AT&T customers who don’t like two-year commitments: the carrier is raising prices for early upgrades, one-year contracts and contract-free smartphones.
Buying an Android phone or Windows Phone 7 handset without a contract is now $50 more expensive. For one-year commitments, AT&T is raising prices by $150. For feature …
In case you hadn’t heard, AT&T and T-Mobile could soon become one. But what does that mean for the rest of us?
All good news for AT&T customers, says AT&T Chief Executive Randall Stephenson, so, you know, take the following comments with a grain of salt.
Stephenson says that if the merger is approved, the network will improve up to …
For weeks, AT&T customers have grumbled about slow uploads on their supposedly super-fast phones, the Motorola Atrix 4G and HTC Inspire 4G. Now, the carrier’s saying upload speeds will be crippled until some time in April.
The issue lies with High-Speed Uplink Packet Access, or HSUPA, a data transfer protocol capable of 5.5 Mbps …
Can’t say no one saw this one coming. Yesterday, Sprint made it known they aren’t happy about the pending AT&T and T-Mobile merger. At all.
General predictions forecasted that Sprint would be on the losing end if regulators approve the deal. If it happens, Sprint will have to play the role of lone wolf in its fight against Verizon …
