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AT&T This tag is associated with 30 posts

July 1, 2010

Apple, AT&T sued over iPhone 4 reception

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You knew it was going to happen. From the first day people started complaining about the iPhone 4 and the poor reception, you just knew a lawsuit was imminent — and now it’s here.

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June 29, 2010

AT&T finishes network upgrade in New York City

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New York City, one of the toughest areas in the U.S. to get decent 3G and voice service on AT&T, has been upgraded.

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June 18, 2010

AT&T screwing its wireless customers again

Okay, we all know that AT&T’s wireless service is not very good in many areas of the U.S., so they have come up with a way for customers to improve that. They will sell you a Micro-Cell for $150, which basically fills in coverage gaps of its service. However, the Micro-Cell uses your broadband connection, [...]

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June 16, 2010

Apple says it has 600,000 iPhone 4 pre-orders, apologizes for problems

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Apple on Wednesday said it had more than 600,000 iPhone 4 pre-orders yesterday as customers shutdown AT&T’s ordering systems.

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iPhone 4 buckles AT&T systems

Users swarmed AT&T servers on Tuesday as the company began accepting preorders for Apple’s new iPhone 4.

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June 4, 2010

Should AT&T offer rollover data?

AT&T changed its data plans this week offering 200MB and 2GB plans instead of the unlimited plans many in the U.S. have become accustomed to using. For me, the change doesn’t really mean much because I don’t go over the smaller limit most months anyway. Joe Wilcox gives us five reasons why AT&T made the [...]

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June 2, 2010

AT&T caps data usage, intros $20 monthly tethering with new plans

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AT&T on Wednesday introduced new data plans to replace current iPhone unlimited data plans. The company also introduced the long-awaited tethering option for iPhone users.

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May 19, 2010

AT&T not worried about a possible Verizon iPhone

The talk of a Verizon iPhone started as soon as the device was first released. That was three versions ago and AT&T is still the exclusive carrier in the U.S. However, if that did change, some people think that hordes of customers would leave AT&T and join Verizon. AT&T CEO Ralph de la Vega isn’t [...]

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May 5, 2010

Report: AT&T drops three times as many calls as competition

ChangeWave research issued a report on Wednesday that said AT&T has the highest percentage of drop calls of any U.S. carrier at 4.5 percent. T-Mobile had 2.8 percent, Sprint had 2.5 percent and the company many people want to see Apple partner with, Verizon, had 1.5 percent. “AT&T was clearly the worst in the March [...]

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April 27, 2010

AT&T Connect Mobile allows mobile conferencing on the iPhone

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AT&T on Tuesday released AT&T Connect Mobile, an app that allows users to attend audio, web meetings on their iPhone.

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April 6, 2010

AT&T investing $1 billion in its infrastructure

I can’t even imagine the scope of what it takes to upgrade a network like AT&T’s, but for some customers, it’ll be too little, too late. Especially if rumors of a Verizon iPhone hold true for later this year. I talked to some people in New York that refused to even try an iPhone because [...]

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March 14, 2010

AT&T’s network holds up at SXSW

AT&T said it was prepared for SXSW this year and by all accounts, the network is holding up. The problem is that they didn’t really fixed the underlying problem. AT&T put in mobile cell towers to handle the extra bandwidth consumed at the show, but the network is still broken. That’s what needs to be [...]

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March 12, 2010

AT&T’s CEO gets 35% pay hike, makes $20.3 million

It’s a good news, bad news story for AT&T CEO Randall Stephenson when looking at his 2009 pay package. The bulk of Stephenson’s pay was in the form of stock awards, which were valued at 12.1 million, down 8 percent over the 2008. (In case you didn’t know, that folks, was the bad news). The [...]

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March 1, 2010

AT&T says it’s ready for SXSW this year

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AT&T says attendees of this year’s SXSW will have a much better experience using its wireless network than they did last year.

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December 16, 2009

AT&T not impressed with Fake Steve’s ‘Operation Chokehold’

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Dan Lyons (aka Fake Steve Jobs) got AT&T’s attention this week and they’re not impressed, according to a story on MacRumors.

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December 11, 2009

AT&T given ‘Best Mobile Phone Coverage in the World’ award

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Despite being berated by its users for poor network coverage, AT&T on Friday was named “Best Mobile Phone Coverage in the World” by Business Traveler Magazine.

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November 12, 2009

AT&T sets the record straight on Verizon ads

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Apple is well known for its iconic advertisements, but its wireless partner AT&T is taking some brutal hits from competitor, Verizon. AT&T said it is setting the record straight.

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October 6, 2009

AT&T agrees to VoIP coverage for iPhones, on 3G network

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AT&T announced Tuesday that it has “taken the steps necessary so that Apple can enable VoIP applications on iPhone to run on AT&T’s wireless network.” This means that iPhone users in the U.S. will now be able to use VoIP apps when they’re connected to AT&T’s 3G network, rather than just Wi-Fi.

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September 25, 2009

AT&T activates MMS for the iPhone

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As promised, AT&T on Friday activated Multimedia Messaging (MMS) for the iPhone 3G and iPhone 3GS.

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September 3, 2009

AT&T will offer iPhone tethering sometime ‘in the future’

Don’t get your hopes up for an iPhone tethering announcement from AT&T anytime soon.

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