AT&T is offering the first nationwide bundle of services. CNET/Marguerite Reardon Well, AT&T didn’t waste any time. Fresh off of closing its acquisition of DirecTV last month, the nation’s second-largest wireless carrier unveiled its first bundle of mobile and television services. The company is offering four wireless accounts with 10GB of sharable data and television …

T-Mobile CEO John Legere had another good quarter of subscriber growth. Sarah Tew/CNET T-Mobile has shown it can win over customers at an impressive rate. Now it needs to prove it can consistently make money doing so. If the second quarter’s results are any indication, T-Mobile is off to a good start. The nation’s fourth-largest wireless carrier posted a profit …

The Idol 3 is Alcatel OneTouch’s idea of a flagship smartphone. Josh MIller/CNET When you think flagship smartphone, Apple’s iPhone 6 or Samsung’s Galaxy S6 — devices that start at $650 without a service contract — come to mind. But Chinese smartphone vendor Alcatel OneTouch doesn’t believe flagship necessarily has to equal expensive. “It’s all of the right technology at …

The Motorola Moto X Style allows you to customize the phone. Motorola Say hello to the new generation of Moto smartphones. Motorola, a unit of Chinese consumer electronics giant Lenovo, on Tuesday unveiled the Moto X Style . In the US, the phone will be known as the Moto X Pure Edition and will have universal LTE banding, allowing it …

Motorola’s new Moto X Pure Edition will be sold on the company’s website, rather than through carrier stores. Motorola Motorola is betting that consumers will want its next big smartphone enough to seek it out for themselves. The company on Tuesday unveiled two variants of its Moto X flagship smartphone, the smaller (albeit still large) Moto X Play , intended …

T-Mobile is at it again with another announcement this summer. T-Mobile T-Mobile won’t — or maybe can’t — stop. The nation’s fourth-largest wireless carrier said that it will lock in the monthly price of $15 for anyone buying an iPhone today with an intent to upgrade to the next iPhone later this year. It’s the latest — and last — …

AT&T can make the case that it isn’t necessarily a phone company anymore. CNET/Marguerite Reardon The Dallas telecommunications giants said on Thursday that it added 2.1 million net new customers in the second quarter. But nearly all of its growth was driven by tablets and connected cars — it added 1 million of them in the period. The results underscore …

T-Mobile CTO Neville Ray calls the company’s new text message feature a “wake-up call for the old carriers.” CNET/James Martin T-Mobile on Wednesday introduced “Advanced Messaging,” which adds a set of bells and whistles to the traditional text message. Advanced Messaging, which T-Mobile said runs on a standard that any carrier can use, allows you to fire off group messages …

Are you a frequent flyer? You might want to heed the advice of testing firm Root Metrics. Stephen Shankland/CNET If you’re a frequent flyer who spends a lot of time at airports in the US, you’re better off using Verizon Wireless. That’s the conclusion from wireless testing firm RootMetrics, which released its bi-annual report on the state of mobile coverage …

Verizon posted its secod-quarter results on Tuesday. Verizon Verizon’s customer growth may be slowing, but the company isn’t going anywhere. The nation’s largest wireless carrier added more than 1 million net new retail customers, down nearly a third from a year ago. The growth, however, was good enough to reclaim some bragging rights over at least one rival. Verizon shares …