Mobile Industry FCC slaps top telecom companies with $200 million in fines for selling user location data AT&T, Verizon, T-Mobile, and Sprint continued to sell data even after warnings By Zo Ahmed, April 30, 2024, 7:43 AM 8 comments
Security The Web AT&T confirms data leak affecting 73 million customers - after spending two weeks denying it Four-digit passcodes have been reset for affected customers By Rob Thubron, April 1, 2024, 5:20 AM
Mobile AT&T wireless service outage is impacting many US customers Emergency service connectivity seems to be down or disrupted as well By Alfonso Maruccia, February 22, 2024, 1:48 PM 8 comments
Mobile Space AT&T and comsat partner complete the first satellite 'direct-to-smartphone' call Samsung Galaxy S22 becomes first unmodified cellphone to make a satellite call By Cal Jeffrey, April 25, 2023, 3:13 PM
Mobile Security Hackers accessed personal data from 9 million AT&T customers No credit card information or social security numbers exposed By Daniel Sims, March 10, 2023, 5:36 PM
Mobile AT&T walks back promise to support 3.45GHz on older phones Support for 3.5GHz on AT&T narrows By Shawn Knight, September 16, 2022, 11:37 AM 8 comments
Tech Culture The Web Comcast was too expensive and AT&T was too slow, so this man built his own ISP Michigan man awarded $2.6 million government contract to expand fiber ISP By Shawn Knight, August 11, 2022, 10:44 AM 25 comments
Industry Hardware ISPs continue to charge unfair router rental fees, potentially breaking US laws Consumers continue to be charged for network equipment, despite having their own By Vann Vicente, March 12, 2022, 8:54 AM 28 comments
Mobile Industry The status of 5G edge computing as we see challenges remain It's still early days By Bob O’Donnell, February 25, 2022, 5:34 AM
Mobile The Web AT&T's 3G shutdown won't just affect old phones Alarm and car emergency systems still need to upgrade By Daniel Sims, February 18, 2022, 4:59 PM 10 comments
The Web Industry The 5G market in the U.S. just got much more interesting The spectrum-grab has a few years in the making By Bob O’Donnell, January 21, 2022, 7:18 AM
Mobile AT&T's C-Band 5G rollout gets going in eight metro areas Wireless carriers are not happy with the FFA's response to the deployment By Shawn Knight, January 20, 2022, 1:08 PM
Gaming Google AT&T lets you play Batman: Arkham Knight for free through white-labeled Stadia partnership AT&T customers can play Arkham Knight for free By Cohen Coberly, October 21, 2021, 5:22 PM
Industry Sony completes $1.175 billion acquisition of anime site Crunchyroll from AT&T Sony aims to "create a unified anime subscription experience as soon as possible" By Rob Thubron, August 10, 2021, 7:25 AM 7 comments
Industry WarnerMedia is merging with Discovery to create a new streaming giant Another telecom giant exits the streaming arena By Shawn Knight, May 17, 2021, 10:01 AM 9 comments
The Web AT&T is upgrading its emergency service-focused 'FirstNet' network to 5G It's arriving in 38 cities to start By Cohen Coberly, April 1, 2021, 4:08 PM
The Web AT&T will no longer allow unlimited TV streaming now that California law bans 'zero-rating' HBO Max subscribers will now see their streaming count towards their data caps By Cal Jeffrey, March 18, 2021, 1:25 PM 33 comments
The Web Tech Culture AT&T rushes to install fiber after 90-year-old's WSJ open letter goes viral Aaron Epstein paid $10,000 for the quarter-page ad in the WSJ, but it got him the Internet service he wanted By Joe White, February 13, 2021, 1:20 PM 53 comments
Industry AT&T may cancel its DirecTV auction if offers don't improve, report claims AT&T is disappointed by the bids it has received By Cohen Coberly, December 21, 2020, 5:26 PM 8 comments
Industry AT&T offers cheap wireless data to teachers, will spend $10 million to connect 'at-risk' students AT&T will support education during the Covid-19 pandemic By Cohen Coberly, November 12, 2020, 2:28 PM
The Web Tech Culture AT&T's 768kbps DSL is dreadful in 2020, but still the only option for some Make no mistake, DSL connections are in no way fit for today's Internet demands By Joe White, November 7, 2020, 10:10 AM 43 comments
Mobile Industry T-Mobile claims to have overtaken AT&T as #2 wireless provider in the US The New T-Mobile era is underway By Shawn Knight, August 7, 2020, 1:32 PM
Mobile AT&T notifies customers that they will lose service if they don't buy a new phone Talk about your planned obsolescence By Cal Jeffrey, July 22, 2020, 3:34 PM 19 comments
Industry Mobile AT&T brings low-band 5G service to 28 additional US markets One step closer to going mainstream By Shawn Knight, June 30, 2020, 10:24 AM
Mobile Industry AT&T is slashing a 'sizable' number of jobs and closing 250 retail stores The pandemic accelerated AT&T's plans By Shawn Knight, June 17, 2020, 2:09 PM