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T-Mobile confirmed today that the FCC approved the transfer of AWS spectrum licenses from AT&T to T-Mobile. This spectrum shuffle is part of the break-up agreement that AT&T signed when it tried to buy T-Mobile. When the merger failed, AT&T paid T-Mobile a lump sum payment and started the approval process to transfer the valuable…
Earnings calls from Verizon and AT&T are in, and both spell potentially “bad” news for Apple. While the iPhone continues to outsell all other smartphones combined on these networks, the number of iPhones sold in the quarter after Apple’s record-breaking Q1 fell below analyst expectations. Analysts expected Apple to sell 32 million iPhones in the…
AT&T announced its quarterly earnings Tuesday morning and the company continues to record impressive gains in wireless revenue and smartphone sales. The wireless provider posted total wireless revenues of $16.1 billion, up 5.4 percent year over year. Wireless data revenue also exploded – up $1 billion or 19.9 percent from the same quarter last year.…
Not everyone craves for a smartphone. Or at least not everyone wants to pay a premium for all the benefits smartphones bring. Rather some folks are equally satisfied with a QWERTY keyboard equipped feature phone that will allow them to keep up with their buddies without committing to expensive monthly plans. For those folks, AT&T…
AT&T unveiled new data packages with double the data or more for the same price for GoPhone customers. Starting from April 22, you will be able to got 50 MB for $5, 200 MB for $15, and 1 GB for $25. These data packages are available on GoPhone’s line up of monthly plans, including the…
It’s certainly been a while since we’ve seen iPhone 5 (or is that iPhone – 6th generation?) rumors creep up on the internet. Over the course of the past 24 hours, however, two credible rumors have popped up to shed light on Apple’s next smartphone. The first rumor comes from Korea IT News, who report…
At this point, everyone knows AT&T is in bed with Microsoft, especially with the recent launch of the Nokia Lumia 900. The second largest wireless provider in the United States for weeks hyped the Lumia 900, claiming that it’ll be the company’s biggest launch for a device ever. Well, as bold as that statement sounds,…
We knew the One X was coming to AT&T and today the carrier has made it official. The flagship Android phone will land as an AT&T exclusive starting May 6. The AT&T One X will drop the NVIDIA Tegra 3 found in the international version of the handset and replace it with a 1.5 GHz…
In last year’s investigation into data speeds in the wireless industry, PCMag found that Verizon Wireless came out on top with its speedy LTE network. Over the past year, AT&T has started building out an LTE network, T-Mobile has enhanced their HSPA+ 42 mbps coverage, and Sprint has…umm…committed to building an LTE network starting mid-2012. But…
Randall Stephenson, AT&T’s CEO, is a man who can’t sit still. He recently spoke to CNN about the company’s current situation, how they can’t find enough skilled labor in America. We’ll get to that in a second. The thing we want to highlight is an account that Alex Elizardo, a student at the University of…