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AT&T stories: 69 news summaries

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 Google Suffers Global Hiccup

For 2 hours, most services were unavailable

May 14, 09 2:28 PM CDT
(Newser) - Google was down for nearly 2 hours earlier today in a mysterious and widespread outage, PC World reports. Services from the home search page to Gmail, YouTube, Maps, and News were unavailable to users in the US and as far away as China. The glitch—quickly dubbed #googlefail on Twitter—... More »

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technology • Google • Internet • AT&T • Twitter • failure • Jay-ZTV

 Verizon May Get 
 iPhone in 2010 

Deal could come through when AT&T's exclusive rights expire next year

Apr 27, 09 12:47 PM CDT
(Newser) - Apple is in talks about developing an iPhone for Verizon’s wireless network—with possible deployment next year, USA Today reports. Currently, the iPhone is only available on AT&T’s GSM network, which is incompatible with Verizon’s CDMA operation. AT&T has exclusive US rights to the... More »

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Verizon • iPhone • Apple • smartphones • AT&T • mobile devices • iPhone 3G • GSM • CDMA

Tweeting for Peace in Iraq?

US asks social media, tech execs to help
build transparency,
fight corruption

Apr 21, 09 2:50 PM CDT
(Newser) - Iraqi lawmakers tweeting during sessions? YouTube campaign videos? Execs from communications and social media firms, including the likes of Google, AT&T, YouTube, MeetUp, and Twitter are in Iraq this week at the behest of the State Department. Their mission: to consider how their tools might be used to boost... More »

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Iraq • social networking • Google • YouTube • State Department • AT&T • Twitter

AT&T Rolls Out $50 Mini-Laptops

For customers who sign up for a combined home-and-mobile broadband plan

Apr 1, 09 12:57 PM CDT
(Newser) - AT&T is trying out a program that would make buying a laptop a bit like buying a cellphone. Walk into one of its Atlanta or Philadelphia retail outlets, and you’ll soon be able to nab a “mini-laptop” (or netbook, as the rest of the world calls them)... More »

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telecom industry • mobile Internet • AT&T • Netbooks

(Newser) - AT&T pledged to spend $565 million to replace its current vehicle fleet with models that run on alternative fuels, the Detroit Free Press reports. The firm will buy over 15,000 hybrid and natural-gas-powered cars, mainly from Ford. AT&T billed the move as not only environmentally responsible but... More »

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alternative energy • Ford • telecom • trucks • hybrid car • natural gas • AT&T

MARKETS

Dow Dips 81 on Autos, Building 

Several wireless and financial firms fall after downgrades

Jan 5, 09 3:20 PM CST
(Newser) - Stocks fell today as the markets digested poor, but better-than-forecast, reports in auto sales and construction spending, the Wall Street Journal reports. Though the Dow rose to an 8-week high Friday, it fell 81.80 today to close at 8,952.89. The Nasdaq lost 4.18, closing at 1,... More »

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energy • Verizon • Dow Jones • Nasdaq • auto industry • wireless service • wireless industry • S&P 500 • AT&T • oil futures • oil prices

Labor Faces a Tough Year
at Table as Economy Stalls

Worsening economic conditions are forcing unions to reopen contracts, weigh givebacks

Jan 5, 09 6:45 AM CST
(Newser) - Organized labor is facing one of its toughest negotiating years in decades as the swooning economy prompts employers to seek givebacks and contract reopenings, reports the Wall Street Journal. With several major contracts expiring—AT&T, United Airlines, and Goodyear, among others—2009 could be punishing for labor. More »

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unions • United Airlines • labor unions • AT&T • Teamsters • financial crisis

Google Seeks
Special Online 'Fast Lane'

Dumps 'Net neutrality' support; wants preferred treatment

Dec 15, 08 2:20 AM CST
(Newser) - Google is quietly negotiating for preferential treatment from Internet providers in an about-face from its staunch support of equal network access for all content providers. The move could spark an industry-wide race for Internet "fast lanes" that would discriminate against less-funded sites and potentially curb users' online choices, reports... More »

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Congress • Yahoo • Google • Comcast • Microsoft • net neutrality • AT&T • President Obama

ANALYSIS

AT&T Layoffs Just the Beginning of Telecom Pain

Reduced consumer spending will result in cycles of layoffs and decreased capital expenditure

Dec 5, 08 1:59 PM CST
(Newser) - AT&T’s elimination of 12,000 jobs is just the beginning of cutbacks that will radiate throughout the telecom industry, BusinessWeek reports. As pinched consumers cut back on communication spending, job and capital-expenditure reductions will only continue. One surprising statistic shows how consumers are downsizing telecom budgets: The fastest-growing... More »

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cell phones • iPhone • telecom • subscription • revenue • AT&T • financial crisis

MARKETS

 Dow Loses 215 on Job Cuts 

Retailers miss estimates as consumer rein in spending

Dec 4, 08 3:16 PM CST
(Newser) - The markets lost value today amid data that unemployment is growing, and poor sales reports from retailers, MarketWatch reports. Traders are bracing for the worst ahead of the November jobs report, due tomorrow. The Dow fell 215.45, closing at 8,376.24. The Nasdaq dropped 46.82 to settle... More »

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Viacom • Exxon • Dow Jones • recession • unemployment • Nasdaq • Adobe • S&P 500 • AT&T • financial crisis

MARKET Open

 Stocks 
 Go South 
 at Bell 

Dow down 150

Dec 4, 08 8:48 AM CST
(Newser) - Stocks took a modest dip at the open, amid a weak round of retail sales numbers and general economic pessimism. The Dow fell 81 points, while the S&P and Nasdaq dropped 1.3% and 1.4% respectively, the Wall Street Journal reports. Stocks started to the downside yesterday,... More »

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Dow Jones • Nasdaq • markets • retail sales • Bank of England • S&P 500 • Wal-Mart • AT&T

 AT&T Hacks 12,000 Jobs 

The telecom says its mobile and broadband divisions are continuing to grow

Dec 4, 08 8:10 AM CST
(AP) - AT&T is cutting 12,000 jobs, or 4% of its workforce, mostly in the landline segment that has lost market share to cell phones, cable operators, and Internet calling options, reports the AP. AT&T, which has cut more than 25,000 jobs so far this year, said it... More »

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layoffs • phone service • Internet phone • AT&T • job • mobile phones

AT&T to Cap Bandwidth
of Some Users

Firm tests usage limits in Reno

Nov 5, 08 3:44 PM CST
(Newser) - AT&T is capping users’ Internet bandwidth in Reno as an experiment, suggesting that the practice of limiting usage may soon become widespread, Wired reports. Depending on the service plan, new broadband customers will be held to 20 to 150 gigabytes of usage monthly. Current customers will soon face limits... More »

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Internet • Time Warner • Comcast • Reno • AT&T • bandwidth


 Lower-Income 
 Buyers Snatch 
 Up iPhones 

Increasingly, consumers are turning to
the iPhone for music, Web browsing and calls

Oct 30, 08 8:00 AM CDT
(Newser) - Lower-income households are snatching up iPhones at a faster rate than their more financially flush counterparts, reports the Wall Street Journal, potentially attracted by its multiple uses—and single fee. By relying on the “Swiss-Army knife kind of device” to make phone calls, listen to music, and access the... More »

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email • mobile Internet • AT&T • mobile devices • iPhone 3G

MARKETS

 Dow Sinks 514 on Bad Earnings 

Third-quarter reports detail suffering across the board

Oct 22, 08 3:32 PM CDT
(Newser) - Stocks continued yesterday’s decline amid a wave of poor earnings reports across the board, the Wall Street Journal reports. The Dow, down at one point nearly 700 points in the final hour, fell 514.45 to close at 8,519.21. The Nasdaq shed 80.93 points, closing at... More »

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Merck • Boeing • Dow Jones • earnings reports • Nasdaq • third quarter earnings • S&P 500 • AT&T

McCains Get Free Cell Towers at Ranch

Ethics lawyers cite his Senate post overseeing telecom industry

Oct 16, 08 12:01 AM CDT
(Newser) - Verizon and AT&T provided portable cell phone towers to John McCain's Arizona ranch free of charge soon after he launched his presidential bid, the Washington Post reports. The companies say it's a unique situation—a modern candidate has to be plugged in, after all—but ethics lawyers say it's... More »

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ethics • John McCain • Verizon • Cindy McCain • cell phone towers • AT&T

Google Keeps Up Battle
for Open-Access Cells

Phone operators balk at plans to loosen mobile networks

Sep 27, 08 8:12 PM CDT
(Newser) - Google renewed its battle for open cell phone networks this week by filing for a new patent, CNET reports. The search giant filed to free smartphones from network-carrier agreements so users can tap into whatever connection is strongest and most affordable. But carriers mostly resist the notion, saying tight networks... More »

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Google • FCC • wireless • Verizon • auction • WiFi • AT&T • open access

AT&T Rivals Pounce on iPhone Glitches

Dropped calls ring up a marketing opportunity for other networks

Aug 29, 08 4:48 AM CDT
(Newser) - Glitches have plagued the new iPhone since its release and AT&T's rivals are gleefully capitalizing on customers' griping, the New York Times reports. It's still unclear whether Apple or the wireless network is to blame, but companies like Verizon aren't letting the opportunity slip by. “A phone is... More »

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Verizon • iPhone • telecommunications • wireless service • AT&T • AT&T Wireless • iPhone 3G

MARKETS

 Mixed News Keeps Gains Slim 

Markets absorb gloomy Fed data and continued oil drop

Jul 23, 08 3:15 PM CDT
(Newser) - The markets pared earlier gains to end just slightly positive today, amid mixed earnings reports and a gloomy-but-expected Federal Reserve data on the US economy, the Wall Street Journal reports. The Dow gained 29.88, closing at 11,632.38. The Nasdaq gained 21.92, settling at 2,325.88,... More »

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Federal Reserve • Dow Jones • Pfizer • Nasdaq • Freddie Mac • Fannie Mae • S&P 500 • AT&T • Beige Book

 Apple Sells 1M
 iPhones in 3 Days 

Gadget posts phenomenal first weekend

Jul 14, 08 12:57 PM CDT
(Newser) - The iPhone 3G turns out to be pretty popular, technical glitches or no. Apple sold 1 million units in its first weekend, Bloomberg reports, sending the company’s shares up 3.5%. As of last night, half of the company’s 187 US retail outlets were already sold out. “... More »

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iPhone • Apple • sales • AT&T • iPhone 3G

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