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T-minus-1 month: Cellphone carriers are gearing up for a solar eclipse Super Bowl

One month from today, Americans could well be in on the most photographed, most widely shared total solar eclipse in… Read More

Report: T-Mobile and Sprint merger talks have started up again

Rival wireless companies T-Mobile and Sprint are once again talking about merging. According to a report from Bloomberg, Sprint, as well… Read More

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Five years after giving up unlimited wireless data, this is the monthly bill

Back in 2012, I was one of those early AT&T customers who was grandfathered into an unlimited data plan, determined… Read More

Verizon on T-Mobile’s $8 billion wireless spectrum acquisition: ‘They need it, desperately’

T-Mobile touts its $8 billion low-band 600 MHz wireless spectrum acquisition as a game-changer, promising to significantly improve its LTE network throughout the… Read More

Verizon reports 20% decline in profits, as unlimited plans prevent steeper wireless losses

Verizon Communications’ quarterly profits fell by nearly 20 percent in the first quarter, to $3.5 billion, as the company’s wireless… Read More

T-Mobile spends $8B on low-band spectrum to strengthen LTE network across the U.S.

T-Mobile talks a big game as it seeks to stand out as competition for what it calls the “duopoly” of… Read More

IBM announces new data center in China, aims to use Watson to beat out cloud competitors

The cloud is becoming a bigger part of IBM’s business, and the technology giant is expanding its data center offerings.… Read More

Verizon to bring 5G network to select customers in Seattle and 10 other U.S. cities this year

Verizon will be the latest wireless provider to pilot 5G this year. The company announced Wednesday a plan to rollout the next-generation… Read More

FCC ends inquiries into T-Mobile’s Binge On and other ‘free data’ plans from AT&T, Verizon, Comcast

“Free data” programs from T-Mobile, AT&T, Verizon and Comcast are getting a reprieve from the Federal Communications Commission under Ajit… Read More

T-Mobile’s John Legere, always ready to tweet something, silent on Trump’s immigration order

John Legere is no stranger to Twitter. The T-Mobile CEO has amassed more than 3.59 million followers – more than… Read More

Comcast announces plan to bundle wireless services as AT&T, Verizon eye cable business

As both AT&T and Verizon shift their focus to cable, Comcast will launch its wireless phone service in the coming months,… Read More

Q&A: T-Mobile execs talk KickBack, elimination of rates and fees, FCC’s future and wireless M&A

LAS VEGAS — T-Mobile announced its latest “Un-Carrier” initiative here Thursday, announcing plans to include taxes and fees in the rates it… Read More

‘I just have to pinch myself’: The Linux Foundation is still adjusting to AT&T’s embrace of open source

LAS VEGAS — “AT&T is an open-source software company now — I just have to pinch myself.” That’s how Linux… Read More

Actor Joseph Gordon-Levitt: A.I. isn’t as smart as you think it is. Take Microsoft’s Clippy, for example

LAS VEGAS — As artificial intelligence increasingly becomes part of our daily lives, it’s easy to see the technology as… Read More

Actor Joseph Gordon-Levitt’s 3 problems with the Internet — and how to fix them

LAS VEGAS — Actor Joseph Gordon-Levitt is ready for the Internet to “grow up.” It needs to happen, he told… Read More

T-Mobile rolls out update to shut down remaining Samsung Galaxy Note 7 smartphones

T-Mobile is the first of the major wireless carriers to roll out an update for Samsung Galaxy Note 7 smartphones… Read More

AT&T to customers complaining about DirecTV Now problems: We’re working on it

AT&T launched its new streaming service DirecTV Now last month, but it appears to still be working out some of… Read More

T-Mobile teases big ‘Un-carrier’ announcement for Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas

T-Mobile has begun hyping its next “Un-carrier” move, which it will announce at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas next month.… Read More

Take that AT&T: T-Mobile offers a free year of DirecTV Now for new customers

T-Mobile is needling telecommunications rival AT&T by using its new DirecTV Now streaming service to peel away customers from the second… Read More

With new ‘Digits’ technology, T-Mobile has a new disruption target: the phone number

T-Mobile this morning unveiled Digits, a new technology that lets customers use the same phone number across a variety of internet-connected… Read More

AT&T and DirecTV target cord cutters with new mobile-oriented streaming service, DirecTV Now

AT&T and DirecTV pulled the lid off their new streaming service Monday: DirecTV Now. The service is aimed at cord… Read More

New Alexa skill lets AT&T customers send text messages through Amazon Echo speaker

Amazon’s digital assistant Alexa is becoming very skillful these days. She can buy stuff, she can find a lost phone,… Read More

T-Mobile CEO John Legere sees opportunity in AT&T’s $85B Time Warner deal

AT&T’s proposed $85 billion acquisition of Time Warner would combine a telecom giant with a media behemoth — giving the… Read More

AT&T and Time Warner to merge in massive $85B media-telecom tie-up

In a massive merger that brings together top telecom and media assets, AT&T today announced its plans to acquire Time… Read More

AT&T will partner with Amazon Web Services to offer security, analytics and IoT

AT&T will partner with Amazon Web Services, letting joint customers use AWS’s cloud services over AT&T’s worldwide network. The multi-year deal — terms… Read More

AT&T drone strategy targets down-to-earth applications and sky-high ambitions

When you think of the up-and-coming players in the commercial drone market, you might think of Amazon, or Google … but… Read More

Verizon continues to dominate, but T-Mobile gaining on bigger carriers in data and network speed, study shows

T-Mobile’s data and network speeds are catching up with bigger wireless carriers like Verizon and AT&T in metro areas, but the… Read More

Download delays: Why mobile service at Sea-Tac isn’t as strong as other busy airports

If you’ve traveled through the Seattle-Tacoma International airport recently, you’ve likely experienced long lines and delays. Fortunately, mobile devices allow travelers… Read More

T-Mobile CEO John Legere gets his very own official Twitter emoji

John Legere, T-Mobile’s spirited, social media-loving CEO, now has his own official Twitter emoji. He’s the second person to ever receive… Read More

Netflix’s admission that it throttles AT&T and Verizon video puts new attention on data caps

Netflix’s stunning admission that it has a policy of throttling video to subscribers watching via AT&T and Verizon’s wireless networks,… Read More