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  • January 2008

    • AT&T and Yahoo Forge Alliance

      San Jose Mercury News  |  Jan 30, 08 5:24 PM CST

      AT&T and Yahoo Forge Alliance

      (Newser) - Yahoo and AT&T announced a new alliance today in which Yahoo will provide search and advertising on AT&T’s mobile phones, the San Jose Mercury News reports. AT&T in turn will get their att.net web portal redesigned by Yahoo, through which their customers will get access to Yahoo’s services at no additional charge. More »

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      Yahoo  • cell phones  • Internet advertising  • AT and T  • mobile Internet  • web portals

    • 1,000 to Lose Jobs as Yahoo Profits Fall 23%

      Wall Street Journal  |  Jan 30, 08 3:25 AM CST

      1,000 to Lose Jobs as Yahoo Profits Fall 23%

      (Newser) - After a 23% plummet in fourth quarter profits, Yahoo's CEO said the company will face job cuts and continued "headwinds" in 2008, the Wall Street Journal reports. Facing decreased advertiser spending, the company will lay off 1,000 employees next month, though it will try to relocate some within Yahoo. Such bleak expectations prompted a 10% drop in shares after hours. More »

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      Internet  • Yahoo  • business  • Internet advertising  • AT and T  • Jerry Yang  • layoffs  • Susan Decker

    • Errant iPhones? No Big Deal, Analyst Says

      ComputerWorld  |  Jan 28, 08 8:41 PM CST

      Errant iPhones? No Big Deal, Analyst Says

      (Newser) - An estimated 1.4 million iPhones that have been either inventoried or clandestinely unlocked may not pose a significant threat to techno-juggernaut Apple's overall profit. The "missing" phones could force stock prices to dip, "but if you look at Apple," reassures analyst Ezra Gottheil, "It's solidly profitable without the iPhone. The iPhone just takes it up to another level." More »

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      stock market  • Apple  • iPhone  • AT and T  • wireless  • unlock iPhone

    • AT&T's 4Q Numbers Bolstered by Cell Sales

      Wall Street Journal  |  Jan 24, 08 7:53 PM CST

      AT&T's 4Q Numbers Bolstered by Cell Sales

      (Newser) - AT&T's quarterly numbers indicate strong wireless sales, the Wall Street Journal reports, though unimpressive figures from its landline and Internet divisions have left some analysts and investors concerned. AT&T enjoyed a quarterly revenue of $3.14 billion—up from $1.94 billion this time last year—bolstered by the highest quarterly gain for a US cellular provider. More »

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      Apple  • iPhone  • earnings reports  • AT and T  • telephone  • wireless industry  • ISP  • land lines

    • AT&T Might Filter Internet Traffic

      Associated Press  |  Jan 23, 08 6:58 PM CST

      AT&T Might Filter Internet Traffic

      (Newser) - AT&T is considering steps to filter the Internet traffic it provides in order to stop illegal file-sharing, the AP reports. CEO Randall Stephenson, speaking to the World Economic Forum today, likened the company's role as passive participant in copyright infringement to witnessing a crime: "It's like being in a store and watching someone steal a DVD. Do you act?" More »

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      censorship  • AT and T  • Comcast  • ISP

    • Analog Service Hanging Up on Customers

      Washington Post  |  Jan 21, 08 3:01 AM CST

      Analog Service Hanging Up on Customers

      (Newser) - Phone customers still dialing up using old analog networks will be out of luck—and service—beginning Feb. 18 when the nation’s wireless companies shut down the outdated technology and switch to digital. Of the quarter-billion American cell phone users, the vast majority use digital networks, but some 1 million people still phone the old way, reports the Washington Post. More »

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      General Motors  • FCC  • Verizon  • AT and T  • Sprint Nextel  • T-Mobile  • phone service  • Alltell  • analog networks

    • FCC: Economy Could Dampen Wireless Sale

      Reuters  |  Jan 18, 08 10:24 AM CST

      FCC: Economy Could Dampen Wireless Sale

      (Newser) - FCC head Kevin Martin registered concern this week about the impact of the credit crunch on the government auction of wireless airwaves scheduled to begin Jan. 24, Reuters reports. The auction, which Congress has ordered to go forward, comes at a time when the meltdown of housing and subprime mortgage markets has battered the ability of companies to raise capital. More »

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      Congress  • mortgage crisis  • FCC  • Verizon  • AT and T  • Kevin Martin  • spectrum auction

    • Battery Mishaps Lead to Major AT&T Recall Effort

      Wall Street Journal  |  Jan 16, 08 2:50 PM CST

      Battery Mishaps Lead to Major AT&T Recall Effort

      (Newser) - AT&T will replace 17,000 backup batteries for its U-Verse TV system after a handful of small explosions and fires, reports the Wall Street Journal . The batteries, made by a now-defunct Québec company, were housed in outside equipment cabinets. There was property damage in two cases but no one was hurt by the mishaps, which AT&T says won’t affect the Internet-based TV service. More »

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      Internet  • television  • AT and T  • battery  • recalls

    • Crickets Likely at FCC Discount Airwave Auction

      Wall Street Journal  |  Jan 15, 08 2:32 PM CST

      Crickets Likely at FCC Discount Airwave Auction

      (Newser) - What if the FCC held an auction and nobody came? In 2 weeks, the government will put a  nationwide airwave on the block starting at the low, low price of $1.33 billion. The catch? The lucky winner has to share the band with emergency responders. Right now, no company looks too interested in the deal, the Wall Street Journal reports. More »

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      Google  • FCC  • AT and T  • spectrum auction  • emergency responders  • airwaves

    • AT&T Considering Online Filtering

      New York Times  |  Jan 9, 08 6:40 AM CST

      AT&T Considering Online Filtering

      (Newser) - AT&T and several partners are considering means of implementing network filtering technology that would block the transfer of copyrighted media, according to a recent panel at the annual Consumer Electronics Show. The technology would allow an ISP to continuously scan for material that appears to be copyrighted. Privacy groups have long expressed concern regarding such methods of data surveillance. More »

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      AT and T  • Consumer Electronics Show  • packet filtering

  • December 2007

    • NSA Deepens Tense Alliance with Telecoms

      New York Times  |  Dec 16, 07 2:33 PM CST

      NSA Deepens Tense Alliance with Telecoms

      (Newser) - The telecom industry will be all ears to proceedings beginning tomorrow on Capitol Hill, where lawmakers will decide if companies helping the government’s warrantless surveillance program should receive immunity. President Bush personally lobbied Congress to further the NSA’s tenuous alliance with the industry, whose members are increasingly resistant to phone record requests, the New York Times reports. More »

    • Why IT Isn't Buying the iPhone

      Fortune Magazine  |  Dec 13, 07 2:55 PM CST

      Why IT Isn't Buying the iPhone

      (Newser) - Your company's IT department isn't just being snotty when it refuses to support iPhones. Fortune runs down 10 ways Apple's new baby is problematic for business: Your infrastructure has to be configured to get business email and calendars It won't support third-party apps You can't encrypt data or otherwise secure it IT can't remotely lock or wipe an iPhone when it turns up missing More »

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      list  • Apple  • iPhone  • AT and T  • encryption

    • Wireless Giants Blocking New Mobile Services

      BusinessWeek  |  Dec 11, 07 10:54 PM CST

      Wireless Giants Blocking New Mobile Services

      (Newser) - Wireless service giants AT&T and Verizon may be blocking other companies' devices and applications to defeat potential competition. Business Week reports that a discount international cell phone service, a wireless banking service, and PayPal, trying to bring its online payment service to wireless, were all obstructed by one or more of the major carriers. More »

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      cell phones  • Verizon  • AT and T  • Wachovia  • Sprint  • wireless service  • PayPal  • Nextel  • SunTrust Banks

    • AT&T Adds Speed to US Network

      Associated Press  |  Dec 10, 07 3:09 PM CST

      AT&T Adds Speed to US Network

      (Newser) - AT&T has begun using a high-speed backbone network to move data faster across the US, the company said Monday. The network's capacity is 40 gigabits per second -- quadruple the previous capacity -- allowing users to more quickly access bandwidth-greedy files and videos. It is the first such network deployed in the US, reports AP, though Verizon is planning a backbone network in Europe. More »

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