Products
Verizon And AT&T Successfully Conduct Cellphone-To-Satellite Video Calls
Tele companies utilized mobile devices connected to AST SpaceMobile's BlueBird satellites
AT&T
Products
Boost Mobile Bidding To Become Fourth Major U.S. Cell Carrier
Former Sprint prepaid spinoff hopes to compete with AT&T, T-Mobile, and Verizon by offering lower-priced “Forever” guaranteed lifetime plans with unlimited talk/text/data, a 30-day...
CTA
CTA Centennial Part 5d: A Decade of Disruption – 1984 ‘Phones It In’
While we wouldn't be caught dead without a phone on our person today, we can thank the 80s for our current telecommunication lifestyles
CTA
CTA Centennial Part 4: The Sixties
The fourth in a series of essays exploring and celebrating CTA’s and our industry’s first century of invention, innovation, and entrepreneurship
Products
Happy 50th Birthday To The Cellphone
Motorola executives made the first cellphone call on April 3, 1973, after a crash six-month development process - but a scheduled celebratory anniversary gala...
Products
AT&T Denies 70 Million User Records Were Stolen From Its Servers
But hacker claiming to have data usually tells the truth
Products
AT&T Adds 5G To Legacy Unlimited Plans Entirely For Free
5G+ will also be included for long-term AT&T customers
5G
Executive Insight: 5G Almost Makes It To Mainstream
5G is right on the brink of becoming mainstream as we set off into 2021
Product Spotlight
Amazon Just Turned Alexa Into A Real Phone — But There’s A Catch
AT&T calling with Alexa is a new kind of convenience.
Products
Tom’s Guide Report: Microsoft Surface Duo Release Date, Price, Specs And News
Everything you need to know about the Surface Duo
Video
Bezos Predicts Amazon Fire TV Deal For HBO Max
Amazon founder and CEO tells House Republicans that impasse with WarnerMedia is simply a matter of large companies doing what they do when they...
5G
AT&T Launches 5G In 28 More Cities
Addition of markets including Dallas, Austin, Miami and Salt Lake City up the operator’s 5G carriage to 355 towns
Products
Tom’s Guide Review: Apple iPhone SE (2020) – The Best Cheap Phone Ever
The iPhone SE 2020 is an outstanding phone for under $400, delivering fast performance and very good cameras in a compact design.
CES
Experts Discuss the Impact of 5G
How will 5G help drive visions of the future? CES panel brings together experts from CTA, AT&T, Synchronoss Technologies, Boingo Wireless and LG to...
Buying Groups
Nationwide-AT&T Partnership Sees 1st Activation
King’s Great Buys Plus signs up first consumer
Buying Groups
Nationwide PrimeTime 2019: By The Numbers
The nitty-gritty behind NMG's February PrimeTime event.
Buying Groups
Nationwide Adds AT&T To Member Opportunities
Also partners with CoAdvantage for HR, payroll support
CES
AT&T Communications CEO John Donovan To Keynote At CES 2019
Will join MediaLink chairman and CEO Michael Kassan
news
AT&T-Time Warner Deal Draws Decidedly Mixed Emotions
Consolidation critics were discouraged by the Justice Department smackdown.
Products
AT&T & Verizon Gear Up To Sell World’s 1st Holographic Phone
The Hydrogen One will be able to display “four-view holographic content."
Keeping Current
Updated! U.S. Security Sanctions Nip Huawei, ZTE In The Bud
Chinese telecom companies Huawei and ZTE had big plans for the U.S. market. Now they're essentially toast.
news
T-Mobile Unveils 5G Plans
T-Mobile said it has its sights set on a rollout of 5G network technology in the U.S. by 2019, with nationwide coverage by 2020....
Keeping Current
AT&T Aids Real-World Testing Of Mobile 5G
5G promises to revolutionize the way we access the web, but roadblocks remain — literal ones like trees and trucks and rain. But AT&T...
news
T-Mobile, Consumer Cellular Lead In Customer Satisfaction
T-Mobile subscribers are more satisfied with their wireless service than subscribers of the three other national carriers, and Consumer Cellular is tops among non-contract...
news
Hey Verizon, Can You Hear Sprint Now?
Paul Marcarelli, who once appeared as the “test man” in Verizon commercials, has begun appearing in Sprint commercials to promote Sprint’s improved reliability and...
news
Cricket Wireless Jumps Into Best Buy, Aaron’s Stores
Prepaid cellular-service provider Cricket Wireless continues to expand its retail distribution with the announcement that 1,300 Best Buy locations and almost 2,000 Aaron’s lease-to-own...
news
AT&T Expanding Samsung Galaxy Selection With Express Prime, Express 3, Express J3
AT&T continues to expand its selection of Samsung smartphones with the launch of two prepaid GoPhone smartphones and a value-priced postpaid smartphone, all said...
news
AT&T Giving Away Samsung TV With Samsung Phone Purchase
Now it’s AT&T’s turn to give away a free Samsung TV. The company began today to offer a free 48-inch Samsung smart TV to...
Keeping Current
AT&T Gets Behind Launch Of Fullscreen SVOD Service
AT&T has signed on as the new service’s “premier launch sponsor” and will work with Fullscreen to market and promote the offering to AT&T’s...
Industry
FCC Unveils Wireless Auction Participants
The FCC has released the list of 104 applicants to its forward auction, which are the wireless companies and others who who applied to...
news
Verizon Adds 18.4-Inch Samsung Galaxy View Tablet
Verizon joined AT&T in offering an LTE-equipped version of Samsung’s 18.4-inch Galaxy View tablet, whose large screen and built-in carry handle and stand are...
news
AT&T Expands Phone-Number Sharing To LG Pad X
AT&T is expanding its selection of NumberSync-compatible devices via a software update for LG’s cellular-equipped LG G Pad X 10.1 tablet. The tablet is...
Home Satellite
AT&T’s DirecTV To Go Over The Top
DirecTV owner AT&T will launch DirecTV-branded OTT video programming over any fixed-broadband or cellular network to smartphones, tablets, smart TVs, PCs and streaming-media devices,...
news
MWC16: 5G Cellular Speeds Along, Verizon Targets 2017
5G wireless is competing with smartphone introductions for the wireless spotlight at Mobile World Congress, where the wireless industry talked up visions of 25Gbps...
news
Which Wireless Providers Offer Best Purchase Experience?
The wireless purchase experience through carrier channels hit a record high in the latest J.D. Power survey, with AT&T taking the top spot among...
Financial
T-Mobile Leads In Q4 Postpaid Phone Gains
T-Mobile is successfully balancing subscriber growth with profitability, T-Mobile president/CEO John Legere declared in releasing the carrier’s fourth-quarter financial results. The quarter ending December...
news
AT&T Fighting Back To Reverse Postpaid Phone Losses
AT&T is getting tired of losing postpaid phone subscribers to other carriers and has joined its national rivals in offering consumers a monetary incentive...
news
How To Scuttle The Pay-TV Set-Top Box
Many consumers can already dispense with a pay-TV provider’s set-top box (STB), but usually only in second, third or fourth rooms. Here are some...
Car Electronics
Sprint, Alcatel OneTouch Team For In-Car Wi-Fi Hot Spot
Sprint is turning cars into mobile hot spots with the launch of the Alcatel OneTouch Ride-fi, which plugs into a vehicle’s 12-volt power socket....
news
AT&T Gearing Up For 5G, Gigabit Wireless
AT&T will move 5G trials out of the lab and into the field later this year as part of its effort to accelerate wireless...
news
Sprint Keeps The Rate Cuts Coming
Sprint is pressing down harder on the rate-cut gas pedal. For the second time, the carrier is extending a promotion offering 50 percent off...