Rival wireless companies T-Mobile and Sprint are once again talking about merging. According to a report from Bloomberg, Sprint, as well as its biggest shareholder, SoftBank Group Corp. have had informal… Read More
Back in 2012, I was one of those early AT&T customers who was grandfathered into an unlimited data plan, determined not to give it up — until I realized just… Read More
T-Mobile touts its $8 billion low-band 600 MHz wireless spectrum acquisition as a game-changer, promising to significantly improve its LTE network throughout the country, competing more effectively with Verizon and AT&T. “That low-band… Read More
Verizon Communications’ quarterly profits fell by nearly 20 percent in the first quarter, to $3.5 billion, as the company’s wireless business reported a decline of more than 300,000 postpaid phone subscribers,… Read More
T-Mobile talks a big game as it seeks to stand out as competition for what it calls the “duopoly” of AT&T and Verizon. This week, the self-proclaimed Un-Carrier put its… Read More
The cloud is becoming a bigger part of IBM’s business, and the technology giant is expanding its data center offerings. IBM CEO Ginni Rometty announced at the company’s InterConnect conference in… Read More
Verizon will be the latest wireless provider to pilot 5G this year. The company announced Wednesday a plan to rollout the next-generation network to select customers in 11 cities across the U.S.… Read More
“Free data” programs from T-Mobile, AT&T, Verizon and Comcast are getting a reprieve from the Federal Communications Commission under Ajit Pai, the new FCC chairman, in the latest indication of… Read More
John Legere is no stranger to Twitter. The T-Mobile CEO has amassed more than 3.59 million followers – more than Jeff Bezos, Paul Allen and Satya Nadella combined. He even… Read More
As both AT&T and Verizon shift their focus to cable, Comcast will launch its wireless phone service in the coming months, the company announced during its Thursday earnings call. The aim… Read More
LAS VEGAS — T-Mobile announced its latest “Un-Carrier” initiative here Thursday, announcing plans to include taxes and fees in the rates it promises customers, and return up to $10/month to customers who… Read More
LAS VEGAS — “AT&T is an open-source software company now — I just have to pinch myself.” That’s how Linux Foundation Executive Director Jim Zemlin started off a talk Wednesday… Read More
LAS VEGAS — As artificial intelligence increasingly becomes part of our daily lives, it’s easy to see the technology as a little magical. After all, many of our devices can… Read More
LAS VEGAS — Actor Joseph Gordon-Levitt is ready for the Internet to “grow up.” It needs to happen, he told the crowd at AT&T’s Developer Summit, if we’re going to… Read More
T-Mobile is the first of the major wireless carriers to roll out an update for Samsung Galaxy Note 7 smartphones to brick the remaining devices that haven’t already exploded or been… Read More
AT&T launched its new streaming service DirecTV Now last month, but it appears to still be working out some of the kinks in the system. DirecTV Now subscribers have been… Read More
T-Mobile has begun hyping its next “Un-carrier” move, which it will announce at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas next month. T-Mobile CEO John Legere tweeted out a teaser video for… Read More
T-Mobile is needling telecommunications rival AT&T by using its new DirecTV Now streaming service to peel away customers from the second largest wireless carriers. In its latest shot against the top… Read More
T-Mobile this morning unveiled Digits, a new technology that lets customers use the same phone number across a variety of internet-connected devices as well as add multiple numbers to one phone. In… Read More
AT&T and DirecTV pulled the lid off their new streaming service Monday: DirecTV Now. The service is aimed at cord cutters and people who either can’t afford cable television or… Read More
Amazon’s digital assistant Alexa is becoming very skillful these days. She can buy stuff, she can find a lost phone, she can turn on the oven. Now, she can even… Read More
AT&T’s proposed $85 billion acquisition of Time Warner would combine a telecom giant with a media behemoth — giving the wireless company and Internet provider ownership of CNN, HBO, Warner Bros.… Read More
In a massive merger that brings together top telecom and media assets, AT&T today announced its plans to acquire Time Warner Inc. for $107.50 per share, a deal valued at… Read More
AT&T will partner with Amazon Web Services, letting joint customers use AWS’s cloud services over AT&T’s worldwide network. The multi-year deal — terms of which were not disclosed — is designed to help… Read More
When you think of the up-and-coming players in the commercial drone market, you might think of Amazon, or Google … but how about AT&T? “AT&T is going to be one of… Read More
T-Mobile’s data and network speeds are catching up with bigger wireless carriers like Verizon and AT&T in metro areas, but the self-proclaimed “Un-carrier” still lags behind the competition at a national… Read More
If you’ve traveled through the Seattle-Tacoma International airport recently, you’ve likely experienced long lines and delays. Fortunately, mobile devices allow travelers to work, read, and otherwise make use of that dead… Read More
John Legere, T-Mobile’s spirited, social media-loving CEO, now has his own official Twitter emoji. He’s the second person to ever receive his own icon on Twitter, after “Cool Pope” Francis. The… Read More
Netflix’s stunning admission that it has a policy of throttling video to subscribers watching via AT&T and Verizon’s wireless networks, seems designed to spark debate about data caps. The Wall… Read More
You’re at a park in Seattle and the the restrooms are gross — like seriously, maybe-I’ll-just-use-the-woods gross. Now imagine this: you can report their unsanitary state by pressing a button on… Read More