AT&T is reportedly facing a federal class-action suit for “systematically” overstating the data use of iPhone and iPad owners. – AT amp;T reportedly is facing a federal
class-action suit alleging that it
“systematically overstates the amount of data used on each data transaction
involving an iPhone or iPad,” according to
the Courthouse News Service, a
site for lawyers and the media.
According to the Jan. 31 report,
th…
News Analysis: AT&T doesnt have any time to waste once it loses its exclusive right to sell the Apple iPhone. It needs to play its cards right to keep the advent of the Verizon iPhone from slowing its growth. – Feb. 10 will be a landmark
day for Verizon as it begins selling the Apple iPhone. AT amp;T, on the other
hand, wont have much to cheer about. Over the past few years since the
iPhones launch in 2007, AT amp;Ts exclusivity deal in the United States has
helped the company generate boatloads of cas…
AT&T posted a strong quarter and customer additions that put it ahead of Verizon despite, it said, there being “no secret” that Verizon was getting an iPhone. – AT amp;Ts
pending loss of exclusive rights to the Apple iPhone cast a shadow over its
fourth quarter 2010 earnings call on Jan. 27, despite AT amp;Ts strong showing
on the wireless front; the carrier announced nearly 10 percent growth in
wireless revenue and the addition of 2.8 million wireless …
In a recent survey by Evans Data Corp., mobile-application developers ranked AT&T as the best carrier to cater to developer needs in North America. – Mobile-application
developers in North America rank AT amp;T as the best carrier for developers in
the region, according to a recent report by Evans Data Corp.
When asked to
rank the capabilities that carriers offer to developers, those in North America
ranked AT amp;T better than all competito…
Nokia has reportedly backed out of plans to offer its X7 smartphone exclusively to AT&T in the United States. Nokia would only confirm that its working to “regain leadership.” – Nokia has
called off the exclusive U.S. release of its X7 handset on the AT amp;T
network, according to the Wall Street Journal.
It would have
been Nokias first smartphone to launch exclusively with a U.S. carrier under
the direction of Stephen Elop, the former Microsoft executive who replaced…
Two men have been charged in connection with a hack on the AT&T Website last June that exposed more than 100,000 e-mail addresses belonging to owners of the Apple iPad 3G. – Two men believed to be at the center of the theft of e-mail addresses from AT amp;T last year are now facing criminal charges.
Daniel Spitler, 26, of San Francisco, and 25-year-old Andrew Auernheimer of Fayetteville, Ark., were taken into custody by the FBI Jan. 18 in connection with the theft of …
News Analysis: The long-awaited Verizon announcement will expand Apple’s market share and bring relief to beleaguered iPhone users who want access to a 4G wireless network. – With Apple’s iPhone market share threatened by Android’s
growing popularity and by the steadily deteriorating service of AT amp;T’s
overburdened 3G system, Verizon Wireless will finally get a chance to show what
the iPhone can do on its network.
The iPhone that the carrier is expected to intro…
Verizon Wireless is allegedly announcing its support for the iPhone Jan. 11. No wonder AT&T has been bolstering its Android support for 2011. – Last Friday night the cry rang out: the Verizon iPhone is
coming, the Verizon iPhone is coming.
Several journalists and bloggers
received this
invite to a press event helmed by Verizon President and COO Lowell McAdam
slated for Jan. 11 in New York. All indications this is the Verizon iPhone
c…
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AT&T will bundle MedApps’ m-health and cloud remote monitoring applications as part of its ForHealth business. – AT amp;T has announced that it will incorporate MedApps’
remote-monitoring products into its ForHealth portfolio of health care IT
products.
In November, AT amp;T formed
the ForHealth unit to combine the company’s current health care IT
offerings in mobile health, telehealth and the cloud wit…
News Analysis: AT&T lags behind other carriers as it prepares its high-speed network for eventual launch. But it says it will start rolling out 4G LTE service in mid-2011. – AT amp;T,
playing catch-up to Verizon Wireless and T-Mobile, announced at the Consumer
Electronics Show in Las Vegas that it will begin rolling out its 4G LTE network
sometime in mid-2011 and in the meantime will continue to finish its existing
3G HSPA+ network.
The
carrier, still struggli…
Pandigital Novel 9-inch Android tablet and color e-reader is the companys first e-reader with WiFi and integrated connectivity through AT&T. – You can count Pandigital among the companies showing off a new tablet at the 2011 Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas.
Pandital introduced the Multimedia Novel 9-inch Android tablet and color e-Reader Jan. 4, the companys first e-reader with integrated wireless connectivity through the AT amp;T …
AT&T is extending its WiFi hotzone program in New York and San Francisco. The hotzones help support the carriers 3G network. – AT amp;Ts WiFi hotzone pilot was
so successful, the carrier announced Dec. 28, that it plans to soon expand the
program to several additional locations. Kicking off the new growth will be an
extension of its Times Square hotzone launched
in June as well as new
Manhattan hotzones near Rock…
Google said AT&T customers with Android smartphones may now download applications from the Android Market and bill them directly to their wireless service bills. – Google Dec. 22 introduced AT amp;T Direct Carrier Billing
for customers who want to charge applications they download from the Android
Market to their wireless service bill.
AT amp;T customers who own Android handsets such as the
Samsung Captivate, HTC Aria and Motorola Backflip can search for …
While the enterprise-geared Dell Venue Pro is supported by T-Mobile, documents on the FCC Website suggest that a version is also headed for AT&T. – A version of the Dell Venue Pro appears to be headed for the AT amp;T network.
While the smartphone was introduced Dec. 1 in conjunction with T-Mobile, documents on the Federal Communications Commission (FCC)
Website show approval for a version of the Venue Pro with radios for
connecting to …
AT&T and Qualcomm announced plans for AT&T to purchase spectrum that Qualcomm currently uses for FLO TV, but that AT&T will use to support its planned 4G LTE network. – AT amp;T took a step closer to its planned deployment of a 4G LTE
(long-term evolution) network Dec. 20 by agreeing to purchase spectrum
licenses in the lower 700MHz frequency band from Qualcomm for $1.93
billion. AT amp;T said in a statement that it plans to deploy the
spectrum as “supplemental…
News Analysis: AT&T has been called the worst mobile phone carrier by Consumer Reports. While Apple shouldn’t end its relationship with AT&T, it’s time for Apple to distance itself by moving the iPhone to other carriers. – When
it comes to mobile phone carriers, AT amp;T
is the worst,
according to Consumer Reports. The company examined the overall value of
service, customer support, voice and data service quality to make its
recommendation. In every category, AT amp;T placed behind the
competition.
The
revie…
AT&T was ranked as the worst cell-phone service carrier in the U.S., according to a new Consumer Reports survey. AT&T said it is taking the survey seriously. – A Consumer Reports survey released Dec. 6 named AT amp;T quot;the
worst-rated cell-phone service carrier, quot; based on responses from 58,000
ConsumerReports.org subscribers. That represents a significant dip for AT amp;T
since the review firm’s 2009 survey.
quot;We take this seriously, an…
The Backup and Go app allows users to share and collaborate on files with colleagues and clients. – Small to midsize business owners can now access backed up PC data from their iPhone with a mobile application announced by wireless network operator AT amp;T. The companys Tech Support 360 Backup and Go Mobile App gives small business customers the ability to access their computer files backed up wi…
Cox Communications, looking to fend off AT&T and Verizon, will offer a bundled package of wireless services, Android mobile phones, TV and Internet. – Cox Communications, the nation’s third largest cable operator, is taking on
AT amp;T and Verizon Wireless, which have been slowly expanding into Cox’s TV
territory.
On Nov. 19, the company introduced quot;Unbelievable Fair, quot; a bundled
mobile phone and high-speed Internet service being ext…
