It turns out 1 percent makes for a huge difference. In recent months, Sprint has contended that its overall network reliability is within 1 percent of larger rivals Verizon and AT&T, and actually exceeds T-Mobile, and that you’re better off with one of its plans, which can be as much as half off the competition’s …
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T-Mobile wants to take the lead in 5G — even if it’s not the kind of 5G you’re expecting to get. The nation’s third-largest carrier on Tuesday unveiled plans to build out its next-generation wireless network using the radio airwaves it just purchased in a government auction. The focus for its 5G network isn’t necessarily speed, but instead broader coverage …
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With T-Mobile tearing up the wireless industry, what’s a carrier to do? If you’re AT&T, start looking outside the wireless business. AT&T doesn’t want to be known as just a telecom company anymore. It’s using its DirecTV Now streaming service to take control of what you watch and of how you watch it. AT&T owns one of the key services …
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For very specific AT&T users, things are about to get much faster. The telecommunications giant announced the next step in its “5G Evolution” on Tuesday, offering faster internet speeds at twice the pace of its current 4G LTE network. Just as long as you live in one of the 20 major cities where it’s offering the trial run. Oh, and …
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AT&T’s superfast internet service is expanding to new metro areas in California, Ohio, Georgia, Wisconsin, Indiana, Missouri and Michigan. The internet, wireless and TV provider said in a statement Thursday that it’s planning to expand to eight new metro areas: Dayton, Ohio Macon, Georgia Madison, Wisconsin Monterey-Salinas, California Savannah, Georgia South Bend, Indiana Springfield, Missouri Western Michigan The company also …
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Fans of rugged Samsung phones rejoice, the company is said to be working on an Active variant of the Galaxy S8. The Galaxy S8 Active (code-named Cruiser, model number SM-G892A) will be sold exclusively by AT&T, SamMobile is reporting. Active variants are repurposed versions of flagship devices that are beefed up to handle drops and water submersion better than the …
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AT&T just made its 5G ambitions a little closer to reality. The telecommunications giant said Monday that it will acquire Straight Path Communications. The little-known company holds a swath of nationwide high-frequency radio licenses in the 39 gigahertz and 28 gigahertz bands. That spectrum will be crucial if AT&T wants to deploy a large-scale wireless network running on 5G. The …
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Sprint is getting more aggressive in its pricing on unlimited data as it feels the heat from traditional competitors as well as new ones, like Comcast. Sprint, nation’s fourth largest wireless carrier, launched on Thursday new pricing for its Unlimited Freedom plan. It basically extends the savings it was offering as a promotion to new customers until at least June …
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In the wireless war to win you over, AT&T may have just found its nuclear weapon: free access to “Game of Thrones.” The carrier said Wednesday that customers who subscribe to its “Unlimited Plus” plan will get HBO thrown in at no extra cost. Customers with an AT&T DirecTV or U-Verse TV account will get the premium channel added to …
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With a new live TV service, YouTube is wagering young people are as hooked on their phones for a full TV meal as they are for video snacks. YouTube TV launches Wednesday, offering a “skinny bundle” of about 50 live TV networks online for $35 a month, starting in Los Angeles, New York, Chicago, Philadelphia and the San Francisco. The …
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