It’s Friday and we hope everyone is enjoying their weekend, but it seems 5000 people at AT&T will not be as soon as they find out that they’ve been axed.
AT&T preparing to launch Mobile TV on May 4?
It’s been a long time coming and after more delays than we have patience for, AT&T may finally be launching their Mobile TV service on May 4. With the Samsung Access ready to rock and roll with AT&T’s MediFLO-powered Mobile TV service, the new service can’t launch fast enough. Word on the street has AT&T…
Reminder: Microsoft Surface hitting AT&T stores today!
It was at the CTIA when AT&T announced that it will use Microsoft Surface computer tables in its stores to enhance the user experience. The “Surface Day” is here. If you live near one of the five stores where AT&T will install the uber-cool tables first, you may want to check them out. Here are…
LG Voyager headed to Sprint and AT&T?
The LG Voyager has been Verizon Wireless’s touchscreen-toting answer to the iPhone. With 1.1 million units shipped since its launch, LG has done well for itself with the lateral (side) flipping handset. The LG Voyager VX10000 launched on Verizon’s No. 2 network as an exclusive, but word has it that the Voyager could be making…
US to get emergency SMS text message alert system – FCC to announce nationwide text alerts
In a time of national emergency, it makes sense to have a system in place to alert all affected Americans. Email is too slow and unreliable, while individual phone calls to the affected population is just unreasonable. What the US needs is a nationwide SMS text messaging alert system. And, that’s exactly what the FCC…
Another RIM BlackBerry BIS system blackout?
Boy Genius Reports has been hearing that BlackBerry users are again left in the dark due to a presumed BlackBerry BIS outage. Apparenty, CrackBerry addicts on Verizon, AT&T, and T-Mobile are experiencing problems with their email. If you’ve been having any BlackBerry outage problems, please leave a comment and let us know just how big…
Former Verisign VP John Donovan appointed as AT&T’s CTO
AT&T announced a new CTO – John Donovan, who was previously executive VP of product, sales, marketing and operations at Verisign and even before, chairman and CEO of inCode Telecom Group and a director of industry practices for telecom and media at Deloitte Consulting. Based in San Antonio, Donovan will oversee the company’s global technology…
T-Minus 60 days for the 3G iPhone says Walt Mossberg
Walt Mossberg of the Wall Street Journal just said that the 3G iPhone will come out in 60 days. I believe him. Fast forward to the 6 minute and 50 second mark. [Via: 9 to 5 Mac]
AT&T: 4G LTE network in 2012
Just what does AT&T plan on doing with all that 700Mhz B-Block spectrum (from the 700Mhz FCC auction) and that valuable swath of 700Mhz C-Block spectrum (from Aloha Partners)? It looks like AT&T is going to use the fresh-off-the-grill spectrum to launch its own 4G LTE mobile broadband network.The additional spectrum firmly plants AT&T at…
Hands-on with Samsung Access, Samsung Alias and Samsung Instinct from CTIA Las Vegas 2008
Samsung didn’t really have much to show at CTIA, which is pretty much in line with the lack of anything new from CTIA Las Vegas 2008, but they did have the new Samsung Access and the Samsung Alias on showcase. The Samsung Alias is an updated successor to the popular dual-hinge Samsung SCH-u740 clamshell handset…