The fate of the AT&T — and potentially all media deals — is in the hands of a judge on the US District Court for the District of Columbia. It’s in the courtroom of Judge Richard Leon that AT&T and Time Warner are battling with the Justice Department over their right to merge, bringing together …
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For Verizon, no news is bad news when it comes to customer growth. After a flurry of promotional activity in 2017, which saw the return of unlimited data plans in a big way, as well as media bundles like free Netflix for T-Mobile subscribers and HBO Go thrown into AT&T wireless plans, US wireless carriers backed down with fewer discounts …
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AT&T and Time Warner are done making their case that the US government needs to get out of the way of their marriage. AT&T Chairman and CEO Randall Stephenson, Time Warner CEO Jeff Bewkes, and John Stankey, the AT&T executive in charge of the merger, all took the stand this week to defend the $85 billion media deal, which the …
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The feds are looking into whether AT&T and Verizon, along with an international standards body, have been in cahoots to make it difficult for people to switch carriers, according to a report from The New York Times. The US Department of Justice has been investigating the companies and the GSMA, an industry standards group, for the past five months after …
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AT&T is getting more than 100 cities ready for 5G. Just don’t be misled by how it’s doing it. The Dallas telecommunications giant said on Thursday that it’s rolling out its “5G Evolution” technology to parts of 117 markets, bringing its total to 141. New cities include larger cities like Miami and Dallas and smaller cities like Reno, Nevada, and …
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AT&T on Thursday revealed plans to launch a new streaming service to compete with industry veterans Netflix, Amazon Prime Video and Hulu, but the unveiling was definitely off script. AT&T CEO Randall Stephenson brought up the new offering, called AT&T Watch, during testimony in an antitrust trial, according to CNN. Stephenson was on the witness stand to defend AT&T’s proposed …
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An attempt in California to replace the FCC’s repealed Obama-era net neutrality rules faces its first legislative test Tuesday. Senate Bill 822, written by state Sen. Scott Wiener, a Democrat from San Francisco, will get its first hearing before the Energy, Utilities and Communications Committee, which could gut key provisions of the legislation. In its original form, the California bill offers consumers …
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In the race to get to 5G wireless technology in a real way, China is poised to lead the world. That’s according to a study conducted by Analysys Mason, which found that China had the best combination of wireless carriers committing to the technology, government backing for research, a clear rollout plan by 2020 and government commitment of spectrum, or …
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Your mobile speeds could be a lot faster soon thanks to 5G. How fast, exactly? According to AT&T, pretty damn fast. Specifically, around 1 gigabit per second, give or take. AT&T has been running test trials of 5G service in preparation for deployment in 12 US markets later this year. The carrier shared its speed test results and a few …
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