T-Mobile is getting into the the television business with the acquisition of Layer3 TV, a TV tech company. The new service will launch next year, according to T-Mobile CEO John Legere. The wireless carrier is billing the service as a breakthrough for people who “love their TV, but … hate their TV providers.” The service …
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It took a little more than a year for AT&T’s DirecTV Now streaming video service to reach its first million. The Dallas telecommunications provider said Tuesday that more than 1 million consumers have subscribed to its service, which offers a mix of live television channels and on-demand content over the internet to your phone, tablet or TV box like a …
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Now playing: Watch this: ZTE Axon M has 2 screens and opens into a 6.8-inch tablet 2:12 If the recent release of the unusual ZTE Axon M has you curious, now may be the best time to get the phone. Enlarge Image Why settle for one screen when you can get two with the ZTE Axon M? Josh Miller/CNET Best …
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AT&T is giving itself a few more months to close its $85 billion acquisition of Time Warner. The Dallas telecommunications giant extended the deadline for the merger to April 22, according to a filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. It’s the second time the company has extended the deadline, which was originally set for Oct. 22. Standing in the …
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If you’re a T-Mobile customer, now is the best time to nab the Moto Z2 Force. The carrier is currently knocking $125 off the phone, bringing the full retail price to $375 (not including any sales tax you have to pay). That’s the lowest any carrier is currently offering it. On Verizon, AT&T and Sprint, the phone is still $756, …
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It looks like “Game of Thrones” and the “Justice League” may not be heading to AT&T after all. The Department of Justice is suing to block AT&T’s pending acquisition of Time Warner, saying the $85 billion deal would concentrate too much power in one company. Time Warner is the media giant behind movie studio Warner Bros., premium cable channel HBO …
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Technically Incorrect offers a slightly twisted take on the tech that’s taken over our lives. She tried to throw me off the scent. screenshot by Chris Matyszczyk/CNET I admit to being entirely unsurprised that HomePod won’t be home for Christmas. Somehow, it seemed inevitable that it would suffer the same fate as so many much-hyped Apple products of the past. …
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Technically Incorrect offers a slightly twisted take on the tech that’s taken over our lives. Enlarge Image Was I sold? Or unsold? César Salza/CNET AT&T just wouldn’t let go. First, it emailed me on iPhone X preordering day: “Krzysztof, your wait for iPhone X is over.” It wasn’t. When I went online, I could order only the 64GB version. And …
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AT&T said Wednesday that some US customers are experiencing trouble placing wireless calls but rebooting the device would fix the problem. DownDetector.com, which monitors reports of outages in real time, showed customers complaining about a lack of service across the country including in Houston, New York and San Francisco. AT&T, which also owns DirecTV, said it was aware of the …
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T-Mobile now offers 1-gigabit-per-second mobile networks in 430 markets, an expansion it hopes will help it woo subscribers away from Verizon and AT&T. Today’s mobile networks are powered by a technology called LTE (Long Term Evolution), and T-Mobile has brought an updated version called LTE Advanced to 920 US markets, it said at a press conference Thursday. In nearly half …
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