Tag: AT&T
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T-Mobile and SpaceX’s Satellite-Cellular Partnership May Be Grounded For Now
A little more than a year ago, T-Mobile CEO Mike Sievert and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk came together to unveil a partnership to offer a hybrid service that utilized satellites to boost the coverage and range of cellphones, with a promises of expanding coverage and eliminating dead zones for customers. Fast forward to today, and…
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AT&T Successfully Made a 5G Phone Call From Space
AT&T phone home? Well, sort of. AST SpaceMobile, the cellular satellite company backed by the mobile carrier, placed a satellite call over 5G. It’s the “first ever” 5G connection between an unmodified smartphone and a space satellite. On September 8, AST SpaceMobile used a Samsung Galaxy S22 smartphone in a wireless dead zone in Maui,…
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Telecom and Cable Companies Are Starting to Mirror Each Other as Cord Cutting Takes Center Stage
The telecom companies and the cable providers, with legacies of providing phone and video services, respectively, have traditionally been like water and oil or fire and ice – industries that are diametrically opposed to each other. But a funny thing happened: They increasingly started to look and act more like each other. Two decades ago,…
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DIRECTV is Dropping Free Max Perk From Legacy Plans
An old DIRECTV perk tied to legacy AT&T wireless and internet plans that included free access to HBO Max, now rebranded Max, is going away. Customers are reporting that they’ve received a notice that their plan would no longer include Max. DIRECTV said that the customers who are getting the alert are ones that are…
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T-Mobile, a Wireless Provider, May Be Placing a Bigger Bet on Fiber
T-Mobile may be taking a page out of its telecom rivals Verizon and AT&T and moving in fiber optics in a bigger way. The wireless carrier, which distinguishes itself from its competitors by focusing almost entirely on wireless — home and mobile — is in discussions with the fiber business of Tillman Global Holdings to…
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AT&T Says It Isn’t Interested in Buying USCellular
Regional wireless carrier USCellular is looking at potential suitors. Don’t count AT&T as one of them. AT&T Chief Financial Officer Pascal Desroches was asked about the company’s appetite for acquiring USCellular, and he was clear with his response. “We really like our wireless business and I don’t think that particular asset would change anything demonstrable…
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Is DIRECTV & AT&T Ending Free Max For Legacy Customers? Likely Just a Glitch
This afternoon DIRECTV mass emailed a massive number of DIRECTV customers to inform them that their legacy access to Max, formerly HBO Max was ending. According to the email, this is because the users made a change to their AT&T Wireless or Broadband Accounts that are resulting in them losing access to the accounts. As…
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AT&T and Comcast Want to Supercharge the Effort to Find a 5G Killer App
AT&T and Comcast joined a group dedicated to investing in new businesses and applications that take advantage of 5G wireless technology. The 5G Open Innovation Lab said on Wednesday that the two broadband giants have taken roles as “founding partners” and will help foster the development of 118 startups funded by the organization. Fifth generation,…
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Check the Fine Print on Those $1,000 iPhone 15 Trade-In Offers
It happens every year: Apple unveils a new iPhone and big carriers like T-Mobile, Verizon and AT&T shortly after roll out their big trade-in offers, all in a bid to get you to switch. A few hours after the iPhone 15 debuted, the carriers followed with several big offers, touting a $1,000 towards Apple’s flagship…
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AT&T Wants Big Tech Like Google & Netflix To Pay For a Rural Internet Rollout
Big Tech has benefited from more people coming online, and should help shoulder the cost of rolling out broadband internet. That’s the belief of AT&T, which suggested companies like Google contribute to the government’s Universal Service Fund since they directly benefit and profit from that broadband expansion. The USF is one of the key mechanisms…