The reports of ZTE’s death are greatly exaggerated. Well, at least for now. The fate of the Chinese maker of telecommunications gear has been up in the air since ZTE disclosed on Wednesday that it had shut down “the major operating activities of the company.” The closure followed a US Commerce Department denial order, which …
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It’s go time for that legal battle that refuses to die: Apple v. Samsung. The two smartphone giants will meet in a San Jose, California, court for a week starting Monday to determine how much Samsung owes for illegally using three Apple design patents and two utility patents. The lawsuit, initially filed in 2011, made it all the way to …
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AT&T may ask the US Supreme Court to end a lawsuit filed by the Federal Trade Commission over the carrier’s data throttling policies for unlimited plans. In 2014, the FTC sued AT&T in the US District Court of Northern California, accusing the company of promising unlimited data service to customers and then slowing that service down to rates that were …
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AT&T told the judge deciding its antitrust case that it sees no need to put conditions on its merger with Time Warner, according to a brief filed late Thursday. The US Department of Justice is suing to block AT&T’s $85 billion deal to acquire Time Warner. The trial concluded earlier this week and the decision is now in the hands …
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Were you planning to buy LG’s new flagship phone, the LG G7 ThinQ, from AT&T? Not so fast — because AT&T won’t be carrying it. Instead, a company spokesperson says AT&T will carry a different, exclusive LG phone instead. Perhaps that’ll be the LG V35 ThinQ rumored a few weeks back? “We offer a strong lineup of devices from LG …
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Sprint is looking ahead to its $26 billion merger with T-Mobile as it shuffles top executives and makes its pitch for the merger to federal regulators in Washington, DC. On Wednesday, the company announced CEO Marcelo Claure will become executive chairman while the company’s chief financial officer, Michel Combes, will take over as CEO by the end of this month. …
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T-Mobile’s plan to merge with wireless rival Sprint doesn’t even rate a blip on Verizon’s radar. That was Verizon CEO Lowell McAdam’s reaction Wednesday when asked his opinion about the $26 billion deal between the third- and fourth-largest US wireless carriers. “We don’t care, is the answer to that,” McAdam told GeekWire, facetiously alluding to past attempts by T-Mobile to …
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T-Mobile’s success could undo its $26 billion bid to buy Sprint. The Seattle-based mobile carrier continued a run of adding new customers, saying on Tuesday it had grabbed 617,000 postpaid phone subscribers in the quarter that ended in March. Postpaid subscribers are customers who pay their bills at the end of the month. The growth was greater than that of …
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The Justice Department reiterated Monday why it’s against AT&T’s $85 billion merger with Time Warner, saying the deal would hurt pay TV rivals and raise prices for consumers. In closing arguments for the antitrust trial, Craig Conrath, the lead attorney for the Justice Department, said if the deal were to go through, AT&T would have an incentive to use Time …
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The years-long wireless industry twist on the will-they-won’t-they romantic comedy is finally reaching its climax. T-Mobile and Sprint finally — finally! — agreed to get together. The $26 billion deal would combine the nation’s third and fourth largest wireless carriers, creating a larger player to better compete against industry leaders Verizon Wireless and AT&T. Under the deal, T-Mobile parent Deutsche …
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