Happy with your current phone but not your current network? Thanks to the Unlocking Consumer Choice and Wireless Competition Act, it’s perfectly legal to unlock your phone and switch to a new carrier. Unlocking your phone is legal, but some restrictions, as they say, may apply. Your phone needs to be fully paid for, whether …
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The Federal Aviation Administration might still be working out how commercial unmanned aerial systems, or drones, fit into US airspace, but that’s not stopping Qualcomm from researching how to make the skies — and the ground below — safer right now. Qualcomm will work with AT&T and its commercial 4G LTE network to begin trials to analyze how drones can …
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Here’s something Democrats and Republicans can agree on during this contentious political season: a strong wireless signal. The country’s major wireless and cable carriers have invested in Cleveland and Philadelphia, the cities hosting the Republican and Democratic conventions, to ensure that the tens of thousands of political junkies at the gatherings have access to Twitter, Instagram and Facebook from their …
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What if a drone could provide you with better network? Drones could provide enhanced networks according to AT&T. Daniel Terdiman/CNET That is what AT&T intends to do in the future. The carrier wants to use drones as a way to temporarily boost LTE networks, said John Donovan, AT&T’s chief strategy officer, in a blog post Wednesday. While it is not …
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Cellular connection or not, I am not a good drone pilot. That’s what I learned from my brief time at telecom-gear maker Ericsson’s booth at the Mobile World Congress trade show last week in Barcelona. I had a chance to pilot a drone more than 1,400 miles away in Stockholm with the help of an Oculus Rift virtual-reality headset and …
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AT&T has ambitions to connect everything from cars to whole cities. Why not drones, too? The Dallas wireless carrier and chip giant Intel said Monday they would partner to investigate adding 4G LTE connectivity on drones, which would be a key element in getting them to fly higher and further than ever before. The companies will offer an early look …
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Now playing: Watch this: Jumping on AT&T’s cheaper unlimited plan? Not so fast… 2:46 AT&T’s unlimited data plan is back, with strings attached. The Dallas telecom giant said Monday it will once again offer unlimited wireless data, though only for customers who also subscribe to its DirecTV or U-Verse TV services. Enrollment begins Tuesday. The limited-time offer comes at a …
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For once, Tom Wheeler is leaving wireless carriers wanting more. FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler is putting on the wireless carriers on alert. Brendan Smialowski/AFP/Getty Images In an op-ed piece published on Wired.com Wednesday, the chairman of the Federal Communications Commission laid out his proposal to treat both wired and wireless data services as public utilities under Title II of the …
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AT&T CEO Randall Stephenson warned that he could hold off on many of his company’s capital investment plans — including fast new fiber lines — if uncertainty persists over how the US government will regulate the Internet. AT&T CEO Randall Stephenson has some strong opinions about Net neutrality and Title II. Stephen Shankland/CNET “It’s prudent to pause,” he said at …
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Verizon’s supercookies track the websites you visit and links you click on. CNET It’s bad enough that Verizon and AT&T have unleashed a new breed of “supercookie” that can track your every online move, even as you switch between your smartphone, tablet and TV. Far worse is the possibility of abuse by advertisers, governments and hackers, privacy experts warn. “Any …
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