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CTIA Day 1: The Future is Now for Connected Homes
May 21, 2013 10:39 am | by Brad Smith | News | CommentsAfter years of fits and starts, the connected home is closing in on becoming a mass market reality. Just ask Kevin Petersen, president of AT&T Digital Life, which has launched in 15 markets and plans to add five more by the end of the week. Petersen, speaking at the Connections conference co-located with CTIA 2013...
AT&T Digital Life Adds Seven Cities to Its Launch List
May 20, 2013 10:52 am | by Ben Munson | News | CommentsAT&T’s wireless home management service, Digital Life, has just launched in an additional seven cities, adding to the 15 it started with at the end of April and moving closer to the 50 cities it hopes to populate by the end of 2013...
Stephenson: AT&T's 1Q was Disappointing
May 15, 2013 10:56 am | by Andrew Berg | News | CommentsAT&T CEO Randall Stephenson says he expects the company's mobility business to improve "markedly" in the coming quarter. Delivering the morning keynote at the J.P. Morgan investor conference that was broadcast online, Stephenson covered a number of topics...
Big 4 Cellphone Carriers Unite on Anti-Texting Ads
May 14, 2013 9:54 am | by Peter Svensson, AP Technology Writer | News | CommentsThe country's four biggest cellphone companies are set to launch their first joint advertising campaign against texting while driving, uniting behind AT&T's "It Can Wait" slogan to blanket TV and radio this summer. AT&T, Verizon Wireless, Sprint and T-Mobile will...
AT&T Launches Aio Wireless Prepaid Brand
May 9, 2013 11:34 am | by Ben Munson | News | CommentsAio’s website lists four different rate plans. Basic, Smart and Pro all offer essentially the same service except that Basic ($40) throttles HSPA+ data after 250 MB, Smart ($50) throttles it after 2 GB and Pro ($70) throttle it after 7 GB. In addition, a $15 Tablet plan offers 250 MB of HSPA per month. Extra gigabytes of HSPA run $10 and unlimited international calling plans start at $10.
AT&T Network Chief Highlights Small Cell Deployments
May 9, 2013 11:10 am | by Andrew Berg | News | CommentsAT&T is big on small cells. In fact, the company is set to deploy over 40,000 small cells by the end of 2014. Speaking at the Jefferies 2013 Global Technology conference, Bill Smith, president of AT&T's network operations, small cells are a key tool in the carrier's toolbox for maintaining the vitality of AT&T's wireless network going forward...
Q&A: Lurie Welcomes Customers to AT&T's Digital Life
May 7, 2013 1:57 pm | by Wireless Week Staff | Articles | CommentsAT&T has officially launched its IP-based Digital Life home automation service in 15 markets, with plans to introduce the service in up to 50 markets by the end of 2013. The new service, which was announced last spring and has been trialing in Dallas and Atlanta...
AT&T Digital Life Launches in 15 Markets
April 26, 2013 9:54 am | by Andrew Berg | News | CommentsAT&T has officially launched its IP-based Digital Life home automation service in 15 markets, with plans to introduce the service in up to 50 markets by the end of 2013. The new service, which was announced last spring and has been trialing in Dallas and Atlanta, will be served up a la carte, depending on which aspects of their...
AT&T Grows Margins Despite Record 1Q Smarpthone Sales
April 23, 2013 5:52 pm | by Andrew Berg | News | CommentsAT&T Mobility managed to grow its margins even as it reported a first-quarter record of 6 million smartphone sales. On $16.6 billion in total wireless revenues, $5.1 billion of which was from mobile data, AT&T Mobility managed wireless operating income margins of 28 percent...
Review: BlackBerry Z10
April 15, 2013 10:10 am | by Ben Munson | Articles | CommentsIt’s still too soon to predict BlackBerry’s fate. But it is clear to see, after spending some time with the Z10, that the company is making tangible strides toward shaking off some vestiges of what a BlackBerry was and embracing what it can be.
Boingo, AT&T Reach International Wi-Fi Roaming Agreement
April 9, 2013 9:58 am | by Ben Munson | News | CommentsAT&T customers who pay either $60 for 300 MB or $120 for 800 MB per month for international mobile data will gain access to 1 GB on Boingo’s hotspots for no additional charge. Considering the overage charges run steep at $30 per additional 120 MB of international data, this is good news for consumers looking to keep their bills under control.
First News Briefs for April 8, 2013
April 8, 2013 10:42 am | by Wireless Week Staff | News | CommentsAT&T now offers AT&T Mobile Barcode Services powered by Scanbuy to aid businesses with QR code campaigns. The service enables QR codes that can link to video, prompt a phone call or generate an email. It also provides solutions for mobile-optimized sites and analytics.
Facebook Finds Middle Ground with New Home App
April 4, 2013 2:06 pm | by Andrew Berg | News | CommentsRumors of a Facebook phone were brought to a head with today's much-hyped announcement from the social network. The results fall somewhere between a piece of hardware for Facebook to call its own and an actual operating system. Facebook today unveiled a new...
Verizon Denies Vodafone Buyout Rumors
April 3, 2013 10:13 am | by Andrew Berg | News | CommentsVerizon today denied a Financial Times report that surfaced yesterday claiming the carrier is teaming up with AT&T on a possible buyout of Vodafone. A post on the Financial Times' Alaphaville blog yesterday cited "usually reliable people"...
Report: VZW, AT&T Crafting Bid to Buy Vodafone
April 2, 2013 10:31 am | by Andrew Berg | News | CommentsTalk of a joint Verizon, AT&T buyout of Vodafone today bumped shares of the European carrier 6 percent in early trading. According to a post from the Financial Times' Alaphaville blog that cites "usually reliable people," Verizon Communications and AT&T are mulling a breakup bid...
HD Voice Coming to AT&T Later This Year
April 2, 2013 10:09 am | by Ben Munson | News | CommentsAT&T will be switching over to HD Voice later this year as it begins to migrate is voice calling over to its LTE network. The Wall Street Journal’s All Things Digital blog reports that AT&T senior vice president Kris Rinne, speaking at Venture Beat’s Mobile Summit, said that HD Voice is part of the company’s LTE strategy.
Galaxy S 4 Available for Pre-order April 16 from AT&T, U.S. Cellular
March 29, 2013 1:02 pm | by Ben Munson | News | CommentsBoth AT&T and U.S. Cellular have confirmed April 16 as the date when they’ll start accepting pre-orders for Samsung’s new flagship smartphone. AT&T has set the price at $249 with a two-year contract while U.S. Cellular has yet to reveal pricing details. Neither carrier has set a release date.
T-Mobile USA's New Plans Compared to Competition
March 27, 2013 8:56 am | by Peter Svensson, AP Technology Writer | News | CommentsNEW YORK (AP) — T-Mobile USA has revamped its pricing plans, the latest move in an industry that's still experimenting feverishly with various ways of luring customers and getting current ones to pay as much as possible. Here's how T-Mobile's gambit compares.
The "Un-Carrier" Cometh
March 19, 2013 3:32 pm | by Andrew Berg | Blogs | CommentsI have to admit that I'm excited to hear what T-Mobile has on its mind tomorrow. I want to know more about what's behind John Legere's devious, trouble-making smile. Basically, I want the specifics on what it means to be the "un-carrier"?
AT&T Announces New 30, 40 and 50GB Shared Data Plans
March 19, 2013 10:12 am | by Ben Munson | News | CommentsAT&T is beefing up its shared data plan offerings for the enterprise, introducing huge 30, 40 and 50GB iterations of the service. The plans start at $300 per month—plus a $10-$30 per device fee, depending on the type of device—and go up to $500. Current mobile share plans offer buckets of 1 to 20GB.
Man Gets over 3 Years in iPad Data Breach Case
March 19, 2013 8:49 am | by David Porter, Associated Press | News | CommentsAn admitted online "troll" was sentenced Monday to the maximum prison term under federal guidelines — more than three years — for illegally gaining access to AT&T's servers and stealing more than 100,000 email addresses of iPad users. Dozens of Andrew Auernheimer's supporter...
First News Briefs for March 15, 2013
March 15, 2013 10:40 am | by Wireless Week Staff | News | CommentsAT&T is introducing pdvConnect, a set of cloud-based mobile apps that gives businesses and organizations of all sizes a way to document events in near real-time by simply speaking, taking photos and sharing location information at the point of service.
Report: AT&T Considers Selling Some Assets
March 15, 2013 10:38 am | by Andrew Berg | News | CommentsAT&T may be open to selling some of its assets, specifically its wireless towers, as a way of building a financial cushion, according to a report from Bloomberg. AT&T's Brad Burns, a spokesman for the carrier, told Bloomberg that any decision would be driven by what's right...
All Major U.S. Operators Will Carry Galaxy S4
March 15, 2013 10:17 am | by Andrew Berg | News | CommentsAll four major U.S. carriers have put their support behind Samsung's new Galaxy S4, which was unveiled yesterday at an evening event in New York City. Immediately following the announcement, all four major U.S. carriers, as well as Leap Wireless and U.S. Cellular...
Report: AT&T Closing Gap in LTE War with VZW
March 12, 2013 10:56 am | by Andrew Berg | News | CommentsVerizon Wireless and AT&T are battling it out in the LTE wars, with both carriers receiving impressive scores in RootMetrics' latest 77-market study. According to the study, which is offered in a consumer-friendly format, AT&T’s LTE network...
