AT&T is spending $780 million in cash to scoop up more wireless spectrum. The company announced Tuesday that it is buying the U.S. retail wireless operations of a carrier called Atlantic Tele-Network or ATNI. As part of the deal, AT&T will acquire wireless spectrum licenses, network assets, retail stores and ...
AT&T Now Allows FaceTime over 3G to All Customers
on 1.16.13
After several months from Apple announcing FaceTime over cellular, AT&T is finally rolling the feature out to all of its tiered data customers. AT&T cites that its testing phase for FaceTime over cellular is complete, and will be enabled for all of its customers, including those on tiered data plans at no additional ...
AT&T doubled its 4G LTE coverage this year
on 11.16.12
Striving to play catch-up with Verizon, AT&T has doubled the reach of its LTE network since a year ago. The carrier's 4G LTE network now covers more than 150 million people across the U.S., double the number at the end of last year. With its roll out ahead of schedule, AT&T aims to reach 250 million people by the ...
iPad mini LTE and 4th-gen iPad now on sale at AT&T, Verizon
on 11.16.12
If you didn’t pre-order an LTE version of the iPad mini last month, not all hope is lost. Both AT&T and Verizon are now offering the smaller iPad as well as the 4th-gen iPad. AT&T says that you can purchase the new iPads at any of their physical locations, although they don’t mention anything about availability ...
PayPal Here Gets Its First U.S. Retail Deal; Now Sold At AT&T Stores
on 10.22.12
On eBay’s earnings call this past week, CEO John Donahoe revealed that the company’s Square competitor, PayPal Here, had landed its first U.S. retail deal. PayPal Here is now being sold at 1,800 AT&T stores across the US. Previously, PayPal only had an international retail deal in Japan with Softbank. PayPal Here, ...
Nokia’s Lumia 920 Windows Phone is an AT&T exclusive
on 10.4.12
On October 4, AT&T announced it will be offering Nokia's first two officially announced Windows Phone 8 devices: The Lumia 920 and Lumia 820. Given Nokia has been silent to date about U.S. carrier deals, that's the good news. The bad news for those of us not on AT&T: The Lumia 920, the higher-end model, is an ...
Cyan Nokia Lumia 920 coming to AT&T in November
on 10.4.12
A couple of days ago AT&T and HTC announced that the HTC Windows Phone 8X was coming in November and today we hear that AT&T is going all in with Windows Phone 8 as the Nokia Lumia 920 and 820 will also be coming in November. In addition, we see the first confirmation that a cyan colored Nokia Lumia 920 will be part ...
AT&T adds Galaxy Note II (again) and three more Samsung devices to its fall portfolio
on 9.28.12
AT&T subscribers looking for new Samsung Android devices will have plenty to chose from in the coming weeks, as the carrier on Friday announced that it was adding three Samsung smartphones and a new tablet to its device portfolio. The big name on the list is the Galaxy Note II, the sequel to Samsung’s popular Galaxy ...
11-year-old wins $20,000 at AT&T hackathon for creating app that discourages texting while driving
on 9.24.12
AT&T's already working on an app to keep folks from texting while driving, but earlier this month it gave folks at a Los Angeles hackathon the chance to develop their own solution. David Grau, a creative director and designer at an interactive agency, and 11-year-old Victoria Walker were awarded $20,000 by Big Blue to ...
AT&T fires up LTE in 10 more big markets
on 9.21.12
AT&T has been ramping up its LTE rollouts over the past week in anticipation of Apple’s first LTE iPhone. As AppleInsider reports, AT&T has officially launched LTE in 10 major markets over the past week, including Cincinnati, Philadelphia, Pittsburgh and Seattle. The addition of 10 new markets means that AT&T ...
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