Now playing: Watch this: AT&T plans to buy T-Mobile 1:25 It will take up to a year before we know for sure whether or not AT&T will be allowed to acquire T-Mobile. But people are already starting to speculate about what this means for consumers, particularly the ones currently on T-Mobile’s service. To put together …
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March, 2011
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20 March
T
AT&T announced today it had entered into an agreement to acquire T-Mobile USA from Deutsche Telekom for $39 billion. The news was unexpected and sent the technology world into a frenzy, and naturally, it has many AT&T and T-Mobile subscribers wondering what’s next. Of course, T-Mobile customers have more to gain or lose in this deal, and to ease some …
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20 March
AT&T and T
AT&T and T-Mobile rocked the United States this morning with merger plans that would make T-Mobile USA part of AT&T’s empire. (That’s assuming the buyout receives regulatory approval; until then, it’s business as usual at T-Mobile for now.) Both T-Mobile and AT&T have a claim to fame in recent smartphone history. AT&T was first to get the Apple iPhone, in …
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20 March
AT&T to acquire T
In a blockbuster mobile deal, AT&T announced today it had agreed to acquire T-Mobile USA from Deutsche Telekom for $39 billion. The acquisition would make AT&T the dominant wireless player in the U.S. with the addition of more than 33 million subscribers to its 95.5 million customer user base, giving it a new total of more than 129 million subscribers. …
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20 March
AT&T’s T
From a network and technology perspective, the $39 billion marriage between AT&T and T-Mobile USA is a no-brainer, but the companies may have to do some smooth talking to get the deal approved by regulators. AT&T and T-Mobile USA, which is owned by German phone company Deutsche Telekom, each use the GSM technology and each company plans to deploy the …
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20 March
AT&T and T
Just when CTIA 2011 was shaping up to be a snoozer, it suddenly got a lot more interesting today when AT&T announced that it was acquiring T-Mobile for $39 billion. A rumored acquisition of T-Mobile has long been percolating for a few months–up until today Sprint was listed as the likely buyer–but the news of AT&T swooping nonetheless is shocking. …
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20 March
Current AT&T and T
In a year from now, the chart that you see below you might be out-of-date. After the news broke that AT&T would be acquiring T-Mobile USA, one of the first concerns was if T-Mobile customers would be able to keep their plans. Thankfully,T-Mobile has released an FAQ that answered just that; T-Mobile will keep things as they are for about …
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20 March
AT&T and T
The usual suspects are already sharpening their knives against AT&T’s announced acquisition of T-Mobile’s U.S. business. Within hours, the Media Access Project announced that “if approved, this deal would further increase costs and decrease choices for the public.” Media reform group Free Press headlined its press release, “Consumers lose when there’s less competition.” And Public Knowledge condemned the deal as …
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18 March
Nokia C2
Say what you will about Nokia, but the Finnish manufacturer knows how to churn out cheap phones. The new Nokia C2-01 will be the company’s cheapest 3G handset, and the X2-01 is a budget device with a full Qwerty keypad. Apart from its 3G connectivity and annoying name, the C2-01 is a run-of-the-mill Symbian Series 40 device, with an alphanumeric keypad, 3.2-megapixel camera and 2-inch screen. …
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18 March
Android still No. 1 smartphone OS on ad network
Millennial Media Android led smartphone platforms last month with a 51 percent share of all ad impressions tracked by mobile ad network Millennial Media, according to its Mobile Mix report released today. That number was down a few percentage points from January but still surpassed the 27 percent grabbed by Apple’s iOS. But Apple and iOS took the top spot …
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