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AT&T's new trade-in program for smartphone buyers

Posted May 2, 2013 - 3:15 pm

If you have old phones stashed in drawers around the house, AT&T will now pay you for them via a voucher good for obtaining a brand new handset from the company's offerings.
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AT&T opens Galaxy S4 pre-orders, phones start shipping April 30

Posted April 16, 2013 - 3:51 pm

The long-awaited Samsung Galaxy S4 phone has a launch date: April 30 on AT&T, with other carriers expected to follow suit soon after.
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BYOD gets messy with AT&T class action lawsuit

Posted April 11, 2013 - 3:02 pm

With a BYOD twist, AT&T agreed to settle a class action lawsuit for overcharging corporate customers for almost seven years. But like most things involving BYOD, this gets complicated.
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AT&T smashes distance record for 400Gbps data connection

Posted March 13, 2013 - 10:40 am

Researchers from AT&T Labs will present the results of a record-setting fiber-optic transmission experiment next week at the Optical Fiber Communication Conference/National Fiber Optic Engineers Conference in Anaheim.
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Pre-paid smartphone plans that do not suck, part 2

Posted February 19, 2013 - 11:42 am

Here's a table of the best and most reasonable pre-paid smartphone plans from the big four carriers in the U.S.
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Will the FCC's free WiFi plan bridge the digital divide?

Posted February 5, 2013 - 12:56 pm

Are powerful, free WiFi networks coming soon to your neighborhood? Maybe, but don’t hold your breath
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The 12 techiest Super Bowl ads of all time

Posted January 31, 2013 - 9:00 am

The Super Bowl is the time for football, and commercials – increasingly geeky ones.
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The Weekly Hash - January 25, 2013

Posted January 25, 2013 - 12:26 pm

Making fun of some of the top - or goofiest - tech stories of the past seven days, this week featuring the latest in Cuban underwater cable-laying technology, what Twitter and Beyonce had in common during the presidential inauguration and John Boehner’s new look
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AT&T spectrum grab: buying Alltel for $780 million

Posted January 22, 2013 - 5:34 pm

AT&T on Tuesday said it has agreed to buy Alltel's U.S. wireless operations, including licenses, network assets, retail stores and about 585,000 subscribers, for $780 million in cash.
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Watch this pro-phone monopoly video from 1970

Posted December 17, 2012 - 5:35 pm

Archive film from 1970 takes a Schoolhouse Rock approach to a pro-phone company monopoly position.
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Drumbeat of of AT&T LTE launches goes on

Posted December 13, 2012 - 5:26 pm

AT&T is putting the pedal to the metal on its LTE deployments, saying Thursday it has added seven more markets to its list, atop of the four market launches it had announced three days earlier.
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Watch the Real Housewives of 1950 abuse a telephone repairman

Posted December 13, 2012 - 12:34 pm

The customer may always be right, except when they're shrewish housewives from the 1950s annoyed with their telephone service.
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AT&T boosts LTE coverage to 113 markets

Posted December 10, 2012 - 3:58 pm

AT&T said it added four new LTE wireless markets on Monday, for a total of 113 markets nationwide.
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AT&T launches free text messaging service for shoppers

Posted December 5, 2012 - 5:00 pm

AT&T Wednesday kicked-off a free text messaging alert service designed to help retail customers find discounts and promotions at nearby stores.
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AT&T launches personalized video billing service

Posted December 4, 2012 - 10:18 pm

AT&T Tuesday unveiled a personalized video service to help explain each new customer's wireless bill in some detail.
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AT&T adds six more LTE cities

Posted December 3, 2012 - 4:48 pm

AT&T said Monday it has upped its LTE wireless network reach to 109 markets, by adding six cities in Puerto Rico as well as Albuquerque, N.M., Reading, Pa. and Salt Lake City
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AT&T vs. Verizon Wireless: 4G-LTE coverage

Posted December 3, 2012 - 3:16 pm

If ever there was a "phony war" in mobility, this is it.
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The Weekly Hash - November 30, 2012

Posted November 30, 2012 - 11:52 am

A review of this week’s goofiest tech stories, involving lederhosen, the International Atomic Energy Agency and (finally!) a cloud-based medical device for your dog
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AT&T to sell rugged flip phone with push-to-talk Dec. 14 for $100

Posted November 29, 2012 - 5:46 pm

In a sign that the flip phone and walkie-talkie functionality are still popular with some workers, AT&T said it will sell the rugged Samsung Rugby III exclusively for $99.99 with a two-year agreement starting Dec. 14.
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AT&T still at bottom of Consumer Reports rankings, but boasts best 4G network

Posted November 29, 2012 - 5:20 pm

AT&T held onto its last place position in Consumer Reports’ ranking of the four major U.S. cellphone carriers. But the company can point to one bright spot in the annual ratings published by Consumer Reports Thursday: AT&T’s 4G service garnered the least complaints from customers.
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More on the iPad and AT&T's Mobile Share plans

Posted November 20, 2012 - 4:56 pm

Getting iPhones onto a Mobile Share plan is easy. But adding an iPad is a bit trickier. Part of that difficulty involves the way you may be enjoying cellular data on your iPad today, and the other part is the poorly trained (or perhaps strictly coached) AT&T customer service representatives.
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The 4G ad wars: Evaluating AT&T and Verizon Wireless

Posted November 19, 2012 - 4:54 pm

Wireless carriers are battling in print, TV and Web commercials that focus on having the biggest 4G network or the most 4G coverage. All these commercials create a phony issue that doesn't relate to the actual reasons for choosing 4G service or choosing a given carrier to provide it.
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AT&T's LTE service expands to 103 cities, ahead of schedule

Posted November 16, 2012 - 4:10 pm

AT&T said it is ahead of schedule for 4G LTE network deployments and has now reached 103 cities in the U.S.
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AT&T to expand FaceTime over cellular access to tiered LTE customers

Posted November 9, 2012 - 3:31 pm

More AT&T customers will soon be able to converse face-to-face with their friends and loved ones no matter where they are. The carrier on Thursday published a post on its Public Policy Blog announcing its intentions to bring FaceTime over cellular to all customers on tiered LTE plans over the next eight to ten weeks.
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The Weekly Hash - November 9, 2012

Posted November 9, 2012 - 11:09 am

Examining, deconstructing and laughing at this week’s top tech stories, today featuring Priceline, Siri and Oprah
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