December 20, 2015 AT&T, Microsoft on donors list for Obama's second inauguration, in change from 2009 President Obama made a point in 2009 to reject big-dollar donations from corporations to finance his inauguration. This year, however, as he prepares for his second inauguration Jan. 21, the Presidential Inaugural Committee is logging donations from heavy hitters in the business world, including AT&T and Microsoft.
December 3, 2015 AT&T swears it was about to offer you a bunch of amazing deals, but then net neutrality happened Friends, AT&T has some tragic news for you. You see, it had planned to unveil several awesome promotions, deals and initiatives that you would have loved… but then the mean old Federal Communications Commission and its net neutrality rules had to get involved.
November 5, 2015 AT&T to pay $700,000 for overcharging customers AT&T agreed to pay the federal government $700,000 and offer refunds to customers for mistakenly forcing some smartphone users into monthly data plans.
November 3, 2015 Carriers reject kill switch idea for stolen smartphones Samsung Electronics, the world's largest mobile phone manufacturer, has proposed installing a built-in anti-theft measure known as a "kill switch" that would render stolen or lost phones inoperable, but the nation's biggest carriers have rejected the idea, according to San Francisco's top prosecutor.
November 3, 2015 No Home for Facebook at AT&T: HTC First to be discontinued The HTC First, or “Facebook phone” as many prefer to call it, is officially a flop.
October 22, 2015 Sorry, cellphone: Why landlines still rock Certainly cell phones, Internet calling, texting and other forms of digital communication are more flexible and more efficient, but the plain old telephone service has two major advantages.
October 22, 2015 AT&T barges into home security and automation AT&T Inc. will start selling home automation and security services nationwide, taking on incumbents led by Tyco International Ltd.'s ADT.
October 22, 2015 New phone upgrade plans: 'rentals' The phone companies call them installment plans, but you should think of them as phone rentals instead.
October 22, 2015 AT&T introduces option for faster phone upgrades, much like T-Mobile AT&T is making it easier for customers to upgrade their cellphones more frequently, as long as they're willing to pay more.
October 21, 2015 New rival for AT&T, Verizon: Google Google has held talks with Dish Network in recent weeks to partner on a new wireless service that would rival the networks of AT&T and Verizon Wireless, sources say.
