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 …
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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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Ah, Black Friday: The time of year when carriers and retailers fall all over themselves to outdo each other’s phone deals. It’s also the time of year when you see some of the hottest phones available with killer deals and discounts, and midprice phones that get even cheaper. Here are the best deals for AT&T, Cricket, Sprint, T-Mobile, US Cellular …
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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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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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Huawei is the biggest phone brand you’ve never heard of. But that second part could change soon. Code found by XDA Developers indicates a version of Huawei’s latest premium phone, the Mate 10 Pro, will be sold through AT&T. The firmware in question showed a Mate 10 Pro loaded with AT&T’s apps and software. This follows months of rumours that AT&T …
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The days of free iPhone promotions are long gone. A year ago, the carriers were doling out new iPhone 7 units if you exchanged your old iPhone — even if the unit was 2 years old. It was a sweet deal, perhaps too sweet — which is probably why you don’t see the offer anymore. But that doesn’t mean the …
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Technically Incorrect offers a slightly twisted take on the tech that’s taken over our lives. Enlarge Image I tried to say hello to the future. But the future didn’t reply. Apple No, I wasn’t going to sit up past midnight. I’d like to hold the iPhone X in my hand, slip it in my pocket and generally give it a …
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Sprint is hoping to ride out its days as an independent carrier on a high note. The nation’s fourth-largest carrier on Wednesday posted its fiscal second-quarter results, reporting that its rate of growth for post-paid subscribers, or regular customers who pay at the end of the month and often have higher phone bills, was the highest it’s been in more …
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