It looks like Randall Stephenson is taking a gander at the overseas market, namely India, as a possible expansion opportunity. AT&T has entered a bid for a wireless license in Qatar, India in cooperation with India’s Mahindra Telecommunications. As the world’s fastest growing wireless market with 200 million mobile users, it makes sense for AT&T…
AT&T finally sets launch date for AT&T Tilt (HTC Kaiser TyTn II) – holy grail of smartphones launches tomorrow!
We thought it would never happen. After missing rumored launch dates left and right, AT&T has finally set a launch date for their AT&T Tilt. It looks like AT&T is going to be offering up the US-spec HTC Kaiser TyTn II as the AT&T Tilt (without the front-facing camera) on October 5. The No. 1…
HTC Tilt video tour; The best business smartphone ever?
AT&T is about to introduce the ultimate Windows Mobile smartphone – HTC Tilt, also known as TyTN 2. This business-centric baby has every single feature you may need, including 3MP camera with auto focus, built-in GPS, full slide-out QWERTY keyboard, WiFi, touchscreen… you name it. What follows is a 5-minute video tour of the new…
Woman sues iPhone trio over price cuts – Steve Jobs, Apple, AT&T all named in latest lawsuit
And they just keep coming in. The latest iPhone-related lawsuit is aimed not only at the iPhone maker, but at the exclusive iPhone carrier (AT&T), as well as Mr. Steve Jobs himself. The suit was filed on September 24 in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York, Queens. The plaintiff,…
Price list for AT&T’s lineup – AT&T 8925 Tilt, Pantech Duo, Motorola Q9 Global, SMT5700, etc.
Picking a new mobile phone based on features is hard enough without having to figure out what kind of price-points you’re dealing with. Wouldn’t it be nice if you had a convenient list of prices for all of a certain carrier’s upcoming mobile offerings? Well, Boy Genius got his hands on a price list for…
FCC to change rules for upcoming 700Mhz frequency spectrum auction
All the whining, suing, and petitioning from the likes of Verizon Wireless, AT&T and Frontline have prompted FCC Chairman Kevin Martin to take action . The recently approved open-access rules (for which we applauded the FCC) are now the target of revision by Martin. As you’ll remember, the 22Mhz block of the 700Mhz frequency spectrum…
AT&T to launch red BlackBerry Curve 8310?
Although you can’t say that from the image on the right, AT&T is reportedly preparing to launch the BlackBerry Curve 8310 in red. Again and again we see both carriers and handset makers releasing their handsets in multiple colors to appeal to both sexes and different styles. Hack, we’ve even seen T-Mobile releasing BlackBerry Pearl…
AT&T, Frontline petition FCC over upcoming 700Mhz spectrum auction
Following in Verizon Wireless’s footsteps, AT&T and Frontline (and a handful of smaller companies) are appealing the FCC’s auction rules for the upcoming 700Mhz frequency spectrum auction in January. The petition is an appeal to the FCC to remove some stipulations to the auction that is seen as “an extreme penalty,” according to AT&T’s petition.…
AT&T preparing to upgrade 3G network with faster upload speeds
While iPhone owner’s are still working with the EDGE upgrades that AT&T rolled out to make EDGE-speeds more bearable (and surveys seem to indicate that iPhone owners are happy with the iPhone’s EDGE data speeds), AT&T is preparing to rollout an upgrade to its 3G network. President of AT&T network services, Richard Burns, told Reuters…
iPhone update will enable WiFi iTunes Store on iPhones, will cripple unlocked handsets
It’s official. Apple has announced that they will indeed be releasing another iPhone update later this week. The iPhone firmware v1.1.1 (1.0.3) is slated to enable the WiFi iTunes Music Store that will give iPhone owners the ability to purchase and download any music from Apple’s premium music service. Of course, you’ll have to have…