Judge rejects AT&T's bid to pull Verizon ads

A federal judge on Wednesday denied a request by AT&T Inc. to force competitor Verizon Wireless to pull its "There's a Map for That" commercials.

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AT&T completes delayed Centennial acquisition

AT&T Inc. said Friday that its acquisition of smaller wireless carrier Centennial Communications Corp., has closed after several delays due to the regulatory process.

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AT&T sues Verizon in Ga. over 'map for that' ads

AT&T Inc. is suing Verizon Wireless over its competitor's "There's a Map for That" commercials, saying in a lawsuit filed Tuesday that the ads are misleading and amount to deceptive trade practices.

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AT&T profit dips but wireless results strong

AT&T Inc.'s net income dipped as revenue from traditional landlines fell faster than the company could cut costs. But AT&T pleased investors Thursday by showing that it is thriving in the wireless business, adding a record number of data-hungry iPhones to its network.

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AT&T sues screen makers, alleging price fixing

AT&T Inc. has sued the major makers of LCD screens used in cell phones, saying they colluded to raise the prices the carrier paid for 300 million phones.

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AT&T asks employees to lobby FCC on net neutrality

AT&T Inc. is encouraging employees to join its lobbying campaign against proposed federal rules that would restrict the ways broadband companies can manage traffic on their networks.

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AT&T, Centennial deal gets Justice Department okay

AT&T Inc. has reached an agreement with the Justice Department and the Louisiana Attorney General to sell off assets in eight markets in Louisiana and Mississippi in order to proceed with its proposed $944 million acquisition of Centennial Communications Corp.

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AT&T to expand Internet calling services on iPhone

AT&T Inc. said late Tuesday that it will begin allowing iPhone owners to use Internet calling services on its wireless network.

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AT&T buys VeriSign security consulting business

AT&T Inc. said Thursday it has completed a deal to buy VeriSign Inc.'s security consulting business.

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AT&T to sell satellite phone from TerreStar

AT&T Inc. plans to sell a satellite phone from TerreStar Corp. that can place calls even in the deep wilderness or at sea, the carrier said Wednesday.

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AT&T launches an online video site like Hulu

AT&T Inc. on Thursday unveiled a Web site that offers free access to TV shows and movies.

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AT&T to double wireless data speeds in 6 cities

Chicago, Dallas, Houston, Los Angeles, Miami and Charlotte, N.C., will be the first cities to see the benefits of AT&T's plans to double the data download speeds on its wireless network. The six cities will be upgraded before the end of the year, the carrier said Wednesday.

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In race with cable, AT&T pushes discounted bundle

AT&T Inc. has started offering its first bundle discount for customers who combine its U-Verse TV service with wireless and broadband.

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Agency files age-discrimination suit against AT&T

The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission said Thursday it filed an age-discrimination lawsuit against AT&T Inc., the country's largest telecommunications provider.

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Correction: AT&T labor story

In an Aug. 16 story about AT&T agreeing on a new contract with 8,900 employees, The Associated Press erroneously reported that members of the Communications Workers of America had earlier ratified a new contract with AT&T in the West region. Those CWA members have not yet officially approved the pact.

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AT&T reaches deal with some electrical workers

AT&T Inc. said Sunday it reached tentative agreement with a union covering about 8,900 of its electrical workers on new contract terms.

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AT&T files program complaint against Cablevision

AT&T Inc. has filed a complaint with federal regulators charging that Cablevision Systems Corp. is violating federal law by denying AT&T's video customers in Connecticut access to Cablevision's New York area sports programming in high-definition format.

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AT&T and union district reach tentative deal

AT&T Inc. has reached a tentative deal on a new three-year contract for 23,000 employees in California and Nevada, the telecommunications company said Monday.

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AT&T says Web site block was not censorship

AT&T Inc. blocked freewheeling Web site 4chan.org this weekend, leading to accusations of censorship, but the reason for the action turned out to be a routine security measure.

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Economy and iPhone subsidies trim AT&T's 2Q profit

AT&T Inc.'s earnings fell 15 percent in the second quarter as it subsidized a record-setting launch of the newest iPhone. The weak economy also continued to sap its landline business.

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AT&T to report 2Q results

AT&T Inc. reports its second-quarter results on Thursday. The following is a summary of key developments and analyst opinion related to the period.

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New e-book reader to use AT&T network

Following in the footsteps of Amazon.com Inc.'s Kindle, another e-book reader is set to get a wireless connection from a cellular carrier, letting it access books anywhere there's a signal.

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AT&T, union reach tentative contract deal

AT&T Inc. and its largest union have tentatively agreed on a new contract for 18,500 employees in the Midwest.

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AT&T relents on iPhone pricing for upgraders

AT&T Inc. will allow some current iPhone owners to upgrade to a new model at the same price as new buyers when it is released Friday.

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Class action by ex-AT&T Wireless customers allowed

AT&T Wireless subscribers who felt mistreated when the company was bought by Cingular can go ahead with a class action lawsuit, a federal court has ruled.

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The Motorola Droid will be the most powerful Android phone to date when it launches on November 6, 2009. However, the device still features the same shortcomings of all other Android phones. The Droid ships with a 512 MB ROM which contains only 256 MB available for app storage.

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As the FCC prepares to lay down tougher net neutrality rules, hundreds of nonprofit groups are filing comments urging the agency to go slow on the policy. Is telco funding behind this push? Ars investigates the murky world of lobbying.

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'XYZ Organization' magically shares AT&T's lobbying positions

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The oldest bluff in the telecom lobbying playbook...

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FCC eyes open access after backing away from regulation in 2001 and 2002

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18 Republican senators yesterday told FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski that network neutrality is trying to solve a problem that doesn't exist, and that Genachowski had better not try to pass new rules without Republican support.

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As pressure from AT&T, Verizon competitors builds...

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Many in industry think flat-rate pricing is going nowhere

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The issue with Googles Services is it's using the same technology that is opposed by Net Neutrality supporters, in an application or out of one. If all packets are equal then all packets are to be equal, not filtered by a gatekeepter like google.

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The date is September 25th, which does indeed fall a few days past the official end of summer. It was important to give our customers a positive experience from day one.

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Cable companies don't want the FCC to define broadband based on the actual performance of their networks. AT&T wants the definition restricted to a "minimal set of applications" that doesn't explicitly mention video or audio. Others want a definition based on what it can deliver.

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AT&T today cleared to FCC that they don't have any role in the decision by Apple. They even claimed that they were not even asked by the Apple on the matter of Google Voice APP in Apple App store. Neither they gave any view to the Apple on the issue.

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Apple has an exclusive deal with AT&T in the U.S., stirring up rumors that AT&T was the one behind Apple rejecting Google Voice. How could AT&T not object? AT&T clings to the old business of charging for voice calls in minutes.

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Reader "ValentineHumphrey" has a part-time job with a company that gets a 25% discount from AT&T. It sounded like a good deal until she found out there was actually a fee for signing up for the discount. What?

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The nation's cellphone networks could suffer "potentially catastrophic" cyberattacks by iPhone-wielding hackers at home and abroad if iPhone owners are permitted to legally jailbreak their shiny wireless devices — that's what Apple claims.

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Earlier today we learned that Apple had begun to pull all Google Voice-enabled applications from the App Store, citing the fact that they "duplicate features that come with the iPhone".

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Reports began to surface on Sunday that AT&T had blocked broadband access to parts of the notorious (and powerful) Internet forum site 4chan.

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For the last few weeks it hasn't been unusual to see AT&T among Twitter's trending topics — following its disappointing performance at WWDC and the activation issues with the iPhone last week, the carrier hasn't exactly been garnering positive reactions from its legions o …

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First day with an iPhone 3GS

I woke up an hour early on Friday to pick up the new iPhone 3GS on its launch day. I never had an iPod or iPhone. After the hardware and software updates were announced I decided it was finally time.

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ATT- iPhone: Hold Your Horses If You Think You Can Upgrade Early

Ok I've been patient on the whole iPhone upgrade ordeal. Sure I can upgrade on June 24th no big deal. Didn't really want to wait, it was kinda fun waiting in line last year.

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Palm has requested that the Pre Dev Wiki refrain from discussions about how to use a Pre for tethered internet access, explaining that such discussions risk upsetting Sprint.

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My customer service so far with AT&T (A long read)

Now this is in relation to DSL, I've not had too many problems with AT&T wireless (they did want to charge me $1100 because they forgot to give me the data plan for the iPhone, but that was rectified rather quickly).

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Apparently the outcome of the latest season of American Idol caused some controversy when the contestant generally regarded as the underdog of the two finalists was crowned the winner, provoking an angry backlash from his rival's fans.

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But why did iPhone sales fall 10 percent? Rumors of a new and improved iPhone have been circulating for months, and it's likely that potential buyers are sitting on the fence to see what Apple rolls out this summer.

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Verizon (VZ) and Apple (AAPL) are discussing the possible development of an iPhone for Verizon, with the goal of introducing it next year, people familiar with the situation say.

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