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AT&T stories: 69 news summaries

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Without AT&T Contract, iPhone 3G Runs $600

Price doesn't quite add up, analyst says

Jul 2, 08 3:26 PM CDT
(Newser) - AT&T will sell contract-free iPhone 3Gs for $600 (the 8-gig model) and $700 (16 gigs), a $401 mark-up, the New York Times notes. There are no details available on why a consumer would want the phone without the, er, phone, but AT&T says there is a demand—and... More »

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iPhone • Apple • price • contract • AT&T • iPhone 3G

GADGETS

 Not Just iPhone—iRadio! 

The new gadget supports AOL Radio's new app, for free

Jun 13, 08 9:00 PM CDT
(Newser) - Apple’s new iPhone will provide free, CD-quality radio from 200 stations in 25 genres—even if that does cut into iTunes' music business, Saul Hansell blogs in the New York Times. But Apple knows that it will "fare best if it makes the iPhone as useful as possible,... More »

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radio • AOL • CBS • iPhone • Apple • AT&T • iPhone applications • streaming content

This Bid's for Bud: Belgian Brewer Offers $46B

InBev wants to buy Anheuser-Busch

Jun 11, 08 10:28 PM CDT
(Newser) - The Belgian-based brewer InBev has made a $46 billion cash bid for US beer giant Anheuser-Busch in what would be one of the largest foreign acquisitions of an American corporation, the Wall Street Journal reports. If it goes through—a prospect that is far from certain—the 132-year-old Budweiser brand... More »

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Proctor • St. Louis • Budweiser • Cingular • Heineken • Carlsberg • AT&T • Miller Brewing • Anheuser-Busch • Molson Coors • InBev • Stella Artois • Labatt Blue • Gillette • August A. Busch IV • Michelob • Bud Light

Verizon Seeks Alltel Deal, Challenge to Top Dog AT&T

Wireless companies are in negotiations to cover 80 million customers

Jun 4, 08 4:06 PM CDT
(Newser) - Verizon Communications is in negotiations to buy wireless carrier Alltel, a merger that would cover 80 million US subscribers and create the nation's biggest cell-phone company, the Wall Street Journal reports—though the potential $27 billion deal could easily fall through. But if it's consummated, and the feds see no... More »

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cell phones • Verizon • wireless service • wireless industry • Alltel • AT&T

FCC to Examine Cancellation Fees for Cable, Phone, Web

Agency responding to consumer complaints

May 31, 08 1:02 PM CDT
(Newser) - The FCC says next month’s hearing on cell phone cancellation fees may also include similar charges leveled by cable and Internet providers. Chairman Kevin Martin hopes the hearing will ease consumer tension over the fees, which were among cell phone users’ five most common complaints last year, the More »

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FCC • Verizon • cell phone industry • Sprint • Kevin Martin • fees • AT&T • T-Mobile

 Cell Phone Market
 Nears Saturation 

Which means services for customers should get better

May 30, 08 8:46 AM CDT
(Newser) - The number of Americans signing up for cell phone service is slowing down after more than a decade of explosive growth, reports USA Today. Within a couple of years, experts say, just about everybody who wants a cell phone will have one, meaning good news for consumers as companies focus... More »

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cell phones • wireless • Verizon • Sprint Nextel • cell phone industry • AT&T

AT&T Starts
Rationing
iPhones

Shortage is fueling speculation that
new model is near

May 15, 08 10:02 AM CDT
(Newser) - AT&T is limiting customers to one iPhone purchase each to keep the popular product in stock longer, according to a newsflash sent to managers and picked up by the Boy Genius Report, and Apple's online stores have already sold out of iPhones. Apple is known for managing its stock... More »

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iPhone • Apple • smartphones • handsets • AT&T

Consumers Giving Up Landlines

One-sixth of US households are
now wireless

May 14, 08 8:29 AM CDT
(Newser) - Mobile and Internet-based phones are replacing landline phones in US households as younger Americans lead a movement to newer technologies, reports USA Today. The number of homes depending on wireless phones jumped 159% between 2004 and 2007. Nearly 35% of people 25-29 years old lived in wireless-only households in... More »

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cell phones • Verizon • VoIP • telephone • AT&T

 AT&T Offers TV Phone Service 

Mobile TV programming includes 10 channels, including ESPN, CBS, and CNN

May 1, 08 10:10 AM CDT
(Newser) - After nearly a year-long delay, AT&T has jumped into the competition for TV viewers on the go. Beginning Sunday, the telecom will offer mobile TV service on two handsets, offering 10 channels of programming for $15 a month, reports the AP. AT&T will offer the service in Atlanta,... More »

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Verizon • Qualcomm • AT&T • MediaFlo • mobile video


 ATT to Offer Half-Priced iPhone 

Rumor has it that AT&T will underwrite $200 of the handset's cost

Apr 30, 08 11:43 AM CDT
(Newser) - The new iPhone will have not only a GPS chip and a slimmer silhouette, but a much lower price tag than its predecessor, Fortune reports. AT&T will subsidize as much as half the cost of each phone bought along with a 2-year contract, a source tells Fortune, bringing the... More »

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cell phones • iPhone • Apple • AT&T • AT&T Wireless

Competition for Cable Customers Turns Nasty

The cable wars turn nasty as telcos fight for a beachhead

Apr 28, 08 9:05 AM CDT
(Newser) - The battle for a larger share of TV customers has taken a nasty turn as companies like Time Warner, DirecTV, and Verizon hone ad campaigns highlighting rivals' shortcomings, the Wall Street Journal reports. It's not the first time operators have taken shots at each other, but it signals a ramping-up... More »

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DirecTV • advertising • Verizon • marketing • Time Warner Cable • AT&T

AT&T Delays New BlackBerry Rollout

Slated June debut of competing 3G iPhone may be the cause

Apr 25, 08 4:12 PM CDT
(Newser) - Research in Motion’s latest BlackBerry has been delayed two months, Fortune reports. The Meteor phone, to run on AT&T’s 3G network, was pushed back from June to August. No reason was given, but sources say AT&T had concerns about audio quality. More »

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iPhone • Research In Motion • Apple • BlackBerry • smartphones • handsets • AT&T

earnings report

 Wireless Drives AT&T Growth 

Company posts 22% increase in net income for Q1 despite dip in landline earnings

Apr 22, 08 2:43 PM CDT
(Newser) - AT&T posted a 22% increase in net income during the first quarter, thanks to strong growth in its wireless unit. Its wireless earnings nearly doubled, while landline earnings dropped 2.1%. The company’s net income was $3.46 billion (57 cents a share), compared to $2.85 billion... More »

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telecom industry • earnings reports • wireless industry • land lines • telephone • AT&T

 Wal-Mart Tops Fortune 500 

Exxon Mobil repeats 2007 performance, finishes second

Apr 21, 08 4:07 PM CDT
(Newser) - Wal-Mart nosed out Exxon Mobil for the second consecutive year to land atop the 2008 Fortune 500, with $37.7 billion in revenues, the magazine said today. In profits, the oil company far outstripped the megaretailer. Three of the top 5 on the list were oil companies, the AP reports.... More »

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Chevron • ConocoPhillips • Citigroup • Bank of America • General Motors • General Electric • ExxonMobil • Fortune 500 • Ford • Wal-Mart • AT&T

Streamlining AT&T Plans 4,600 Layoffs

TV, wireless hires will offset white-collar landline losses

Apr 18, 08 2:23 PM CDT
(Newser) - As it adjusts its business model to lowered demand for landlines, AT&T will lay off 4,600 employees, the Wall Street Journal reports. The company plans to create about the same number of new wireless, broadband, and TV jobs, a trade-off that will create savings through dropping more senior,... More »

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broadband Internet • wireless • layoffs • AT&T • job

AT&T, Verizon Plan New WiFi in Old TV Spectrum

Telecoms envision WiFi that can penetrate deep into buildings

Apr 6, 08 1:00 AM CDT
(Newser) - Verizon and AT&T are talking big about recent bandwidth acquisitions at an FCC auction, the Washington Post reports. The companies promised fast, high-tech new networks in the next few years based on long-range frequencies, newly available from television broadcasters, that can penetrate deep into buildings. A Verizon spokesman... More »

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FCC • Verizon • spectrum auction • telecommunications companies • wireless technology • AT&T • AT&T Wireless

Is a New iPhone on the Way?

Apple-store shortages prompt a frenzy of speculation that a refresh is coming early

Apr 3, 08 12:58 PM CDT
(Newser) - Yes, there’s an iPhone shortage at Apple stores. No, that doesn’t mean a new iPhone is on the way, reports the New York Times. Apple product shortfalls usually presage new-model introductions, but experts say there’s no certainty that the 3G iPhone will arrive before its scheduled mid-year... More »

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cell phones • iPhone • Apple • smartphones • Piper Jaffray • AT&T

ANALYSIS

Saint John Still Tainted by Senate Murk

Ethics crusader is still no stranger to
lobbying culture

Mar 27, 08 12:12 PM CDT
(Newser) - With John McCain the presumptive Republican nominee, Democrats are rushing to expose chinks in the Arizona senator's saintly armor, Michael Scherer reports in Time. Though McCain talks tough about special interests, he has often appeared to have done their bidding. He once, for example, wrote a letter on behalf of... More »

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John McCain • Howard Dean • McCain Feingold • Dish Network • Campaign Finance Reform • lobbyist • Democratic National Committee • lobbying • FedEx • Senate Commerce Committee • McCain 2008 • AT&T • Vicki Iseman • Keating Five • Qwest Communications • 1996 Telecommunications Act • Federal Communications Commission • Public Citizen

AT&T, Verizon Will Dominate New Airwaves

Wireless spectrum auction saw no major first-time entrant

Mar 21, 08 1:37 PM CDT
(Newser) - AT&T and Verizon were the two top bidders in the airwaves auction that ended this week, representing 80% of the FCC’s record $19.6 billion haul and positioning themselves to offer advanced wireless Internet services, reports the Wall Street Journal. Google, sans licenses, was another winner,... More »

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Google • FCC • Verizon • cell phone industry • spectrum auction • wireless industry • mobile Internet • AT&T

Making a Marriage of Convergence

A Hollywood agency, Silicon Valley VCs and AT&T partner to invest in digital media

Mar 3, 08 12:13 PM CST
(Newser) - In an unusual partnership, a Hollywood talent agency is teaming up with two Silicon Valley venture capital firms and AT&T to invest in Southern California digital media startups. The William Morris Agency announced the fund on Monday, in which AT&T is a limited partner. The focus is online... More »

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Hollywood • Silicon Valley • cell phones • venture capital • AT&T • Accel Partners • Venrock

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