Sprint has joined the bandwagon of carriers redefining what an unlimited data plan should be. The nation’s fourth-largest wireless carrier, awaiting a merger with No. 3 T-Mobile, on Thursday unveiled two unlimited data tiers to replace its single Sprint Unlimited Freedom plan. The first is a $60 Unlimited Basic plan, which costs the same as …
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The US Department of Justice may not be through with AT&T and Time Warner yet. The agency has filed a notice of appeal in its effort to stop AT&T and Time Warner from merging. Only, AT&T completed the $85 billion acquisition last month. The move is surprising given the complete victory AT&T won over the Justice Department in the case. …
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In advance of Magic Leap’s mystery live stream on Wednesday, communications behemoth AT&T announced it invested an undisclosed amount in the perennial startup, which is developing some potentially cool AR hardware and software. AT&T also gained the rights to be the only distributor through which consumers will be able to purchase Magic Leap’s products, and its stores will be the …
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Philo, a cheap skinny-bundle TV streaming service, said Tuesday it raised $40 million in funding from its TV network backers AMC Networks, Discovery and Viacom. The live-TV streaming company is also launching its Apple TV and Amazon Fire TV apps, after announcing those apps earlier this year. Philo, which launched in November, is the latest in a parade of virtual TV …
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Now you can stream DVD-quality videos through the Spectrum network. Charter Communications has launched Spectrum Mobile, a 4G LTE mobile broadband service that supports DVD-quality video streaming at 480p. You can get an unlimited data plan with free calling and texts for $45 per month, or pay for $14 for each gigabyte of data you use. What you don’t get, apparently, is …
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Leading California lawmakers said Thursday they have reached an agreement on legislation that will create super-strong net neutrality protections after the Federal Communications Commission voted to repeal its own regulations. The deal comes after bitter debate among Democrats over how much muscle to put into the legislation, heralded as one of the nation’s most aggressive efforts to revive Obama-era net …
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AT&T’s DirecTV Now streaming video service will soon hit your wallet harder. Starting Aug. 1, the price of all of AT&T’s DirecTV Now’s plans will go up by $5 apiece. The plans start at $35, but will cost $40 next month, according to a company spokesman. The only exception is the $45 Spanish language “Todos y Mas” plan, which doesn’t …
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AT&T‘s new WatchTV service and unlimited data plans went into effect on Friday. The company last week unveiled two unlimited data plans, dubbed AT&T Unlimited &More and AT&T Unlimited &More Premium, bundled with WatchTV, a new “skinny bundle” of more than 30 live channels. The plans replace the existing options, with a starting price that’s $5 more expensive for …
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AT&T has more than doubled its administrative fee from 76 cents to $1.99 for its 64.5 million wireless customers. The increase, noticed by BTIG Research analyst Walter Piecyk and first reported by Fortune, could add $800 million onto the carrier’s annual revenue. Piecyk notes that the increase only applies to monthly customers, not those with prepaid accounts. USB Type-C has …
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When you call 911, you expect emergency services to pick up the phone. But last year, AT&T dropped some 15,000 emergency calls and failed to notify call centers quickly — and now the company has been fined $5.25 million to settle an FCC investigation into the outages. According to the FCC (PDF), there were actually two outages: the one in …
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