AT&T is cutting more than 3,400 jobs across technicians and clerical workers in addition to axing 1,300 retail jobs, the carrier told Communications Workers of America Tuesday. The layoffs will affect jobs across the nation, with AT&T closing down more than 250 AT&T Mobility and Cricket Wireless stores. “If we are in a war to …
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AT&T’s low-band 5G network is growing, expanding on Monday to now cover over 160 million people in 327 markets. Among the new areas that can now tap into 5G are Atlanta, Baton Rouge and Nashville. AT&T previously announced that it planned to launch a nationwide 5G in the first half of 2020. With the coronavirus disrupting the world, that timeline moved toward having …
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HBO Max, when it arrived two weeks ago as an amped-up app to stream HBO with a lot of extra programming, also brought confusion about how the new streaming service fits in with the company’s two existing apps. To simplify matters, HBO’s parent company — AT&T’s WarnerMedia — said Friday that it will retire its HBO Go app as of July 31 …
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AT&T is adding more resources to its budding 5G network. The wireless giant said on Friday that it has started deploying a new network technology known as dynamic spectrum sharing that could eventually lead to a big jump in coverage. The carrier has turned on a 5G network for 120 million people using low-band spectrum, with a goal to have …
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AT&T wireless customers without unlimited data plans won’t have to worry about going over their data usage when streaming HBO Max. The company isn’t counting usage from its own streaming service, but competing services like Netflix and Disney Plus can still eat up data plans. AT&T confirmed in an email to CNET on Wednesday that wireless subscribers streaming HBO Max …
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5G is on every techie’s mind. At least, it was before the coronavirus hit. But the next-generation wireless networks continue to roll out despite the pandemic, and if you’re interested in technology at all, 5G and its baggage of technical terms will is a reality for you. But not to fret! That’s what CNET is all about — deciphering and …
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AT&T on Tuesday said it will give DirecTV customers who subscribed to MLB Extra Innings and MLS Direct Kick credits for payments already made. Future charges have been postponed “until we learn more from the leagues,” the company said in an update on its site. The move comes as professional baseball and soccer seasons, as well as other sports, have …
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HBO Max, the HBO-anchored streaming service from AT&T’s WarnerMedia, launched Wednesday without a confirmed deal with Comcast to give a free upgrade to the new service — packed with extra movies and shows — to HBO subscribers on the nation’s biggest cable service. But Comcast’s Xfinity Twitter account spill the news of a better-late-than-never deal Wednesday, telling the company’s high-tech X1 and Flex customers who subscribe …
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HBO Max, live Wednesday in the US after months of hype, marks the arrival of yet another major-league streaming service. It has a huge catalog of blockbuster movies and TV hits to watch — superheroes included. It’s trying to entice you with big-budget, exclusive originals. And one of those shows wants to tug at your heartstrings with an adorkable puppet. …
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HBO Max — the latest in a parade of streaming services, this one from AT&T’s WarnerMedia — launched Wednesday in the US after months of hype. For some people, helming the rollout of an app with a multibillion-dollar lineup of programming in the middle of a pandemic might be vexing. (Ask Quibi.) But Tony Goncalves, the overseer of HBO Max‘s development, says he’s …
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