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Enlarge (credit: Getty Images | skaman306) Verizon and AT&T have promised to stop selling their mobile customers’ location information to third-party data brokers following a security problem that leaked the real-time location of US cell phone users. Sen. Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) recently urged all four major carriers to stop the practice, and today he published […]
AT&T won approval to merge with Time Warner last week. America’s largest telecom will now own premium Time Warner content like HBO and TNT. Now that the $ 85 billion megamerger has officially come to a close, consumers may soon see changes to content offerings, Jason Leigh, a research analyst at IDC, told Business Insider. AT&T and Time Warner […]
Antonio Villas-Boas/Business Insider With the availability of unlocked devices, it’s easier than ever to switch carriers and get the best “unlimited” data plan that works for you. There are a few things to consider when choosing a carrier and its unlimited data plan, like how carriers interpret the meaning of “unlimited.” For most of them, […]
AT&T’s approach to a public safety network has been available for a while, but only for emergency crews that supply phones and plans. That’s not much good if you’re a volunteer firefighter or otherwise have to bring your own device. However, you won’t be out of the loop for long. AT&T has launched FirstNet plans […]
Enlarge (credit: Chris Young) AT&T is imposing another $ 5-per-month price increase on customers who have held onto a decade-old grandfathered unlimited data plan. The new price will be $ 45 a month. The data plan’s price was $ 30 monthly for seven years until AT&T raised it to $ 35 in February 2016. A second $ […]
(credit: Mike Mozart / Flickr) AT&T has given up its years-long quest to cripple the Federal Trade Commission’s authority to regulate broadband providers. Just weeks ago, AT&T said it intended to appeal its loss in the case to the US Supreme Court before a deadline of May 29. But today, AT&T informed court officials that […]
The telecom giant confirms that it paid President Trump’s personal lawyer $ 200,000 “to provide insights into understanding the new administration.” https://media.wired.com/photos/5af3280fefa7377a33759169/master/pass/Cohen-FA-AP_18123824852772.jpg
Enlarge / Cloudflare’s DNS service uses the 1.1.1.1 address. (credit: Cloudflare) AT&T has been blocking the new Cloudflare DNS service, but AT&T says the blocking was unintentional and that it will fix the problem soon. The blocking is affecting AT&T home Internet customers who use an AT&T gateway. Cloudflare unveiled its DNS service on April […]
Enlarge / Protesters take part in a net neutrality rally at a Verizon store December 7, 2017 in New York. (credit: Getty Images | Don Emmert) A California bill that would impose the nation’s strictest state net neutrality law is being replicated in the New York state legislature. In California, the bill was approved last month […]
Enlarge (credit: T-Mobile) T-Mobile USA and Sprint today announced an agreement to merge, a deal that would combine the US mobile industry’s third and fourth biggest carriers to create a giant nearly as large as AT&T or Verizon Wireless. The all-stock merger deal would have T-Mobile acquire Sprint for $ 26 billion worth of stock, according […]
