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Shakeup: AT&T shuffles roles of four senior executives
The changes will put John Stankey, previously the head of AT&T's business solutions division, into the newly created position of chief strategy officer. Stankey, 48, is credited for helping to expand AT&T's high-speed wireless network.
AT&T posts 4Q loss on charges; revenue increases
Together with considerable charges for adjustments in the value of the company's pension plans, the breakup of a deal to buy T-Mobile USA and a writedown of the value of its phone-directory business, AT&T reported a massive loss on Thursday for the fourth quarter of 2011.
Cree moves work; Motricity restructures; Nortel fraud case 'baseless;' AT&T gouging?; debating Internet law
In the Bulldog: Cree shifts work from Triangle to Wisconsin; Motricity abandons Asia, Triangale impact unclear; Nortel charges 'baseless;' are AT&T data price hike justified?; Internet piracy law 'dangerous.
AT&T offers new data plans with higher prices
AT&T's existing customers do not have to change their plans but are given that option. New customers will only be able to select from the new set of plans, which take effect Jan. 22.
AT&T to offer Nokia smartphone running on Windows
Nokia Corp. CEO Stephen Elop joined Microsoft Corp. CEO Steve Ballmer in unveiling the phone a press event in Las Vegas ahead of the International Consumer Electronics Show. The presence of both CEOs was a sign of the importance the companies place on the device.
AT&T's top NC exec touts 4G launch - and thanks God for her own miracle
Cynthia Marshall says the choice of Raleigh-Cary and Chapel Hill as being among the first areas for the faster data service reflects the state's importance to AT&T. She also is celebrating her victory over advanced colon cancer.
Cynthia Marshall smiles as she demos AT&T's 4G on a Samsung tablet
AT&T's high-speed wireless service now available in Triangle
The 4G service that offers data services at broadband speeds launches across Raleigh, Cary and Chapel Hill. Durham coverage will be added later, the company says.
HTC's Vivid 4G phone
Court OKs immunity for telecoms in wiretap case
A federal appeals court says a law giving telecommunications companies legal immunity for helping the government with its email and telephone eavesdropping program is constitutional.
AT&T hangs up on T-Mobile merger
AT&T Inc. is bowing out of its $39 billion bid to buy smaller wireless provider T-Mobile USA after the U.S. government raised concerns that it would raise prices, reduce innovation and give customers fewer choices.
Dish Network eyes deal with T-Mobile if AT&T merger falters
"We're not interested in making money on selling our spectrum," Dish CEO tells Bloomberg news. "We want to use it to create a national wireless network, video, voice and data. We've got expertise in satellite-TV, and we will in satellite broadband. The voice part, we'll need some help with."
Feds want to withdraw or postpone suit against AT&T merger
The Justice Department said Friday it wants to withdraw or postpone its antitrust case against the proposed merger between AT&T Inc. and smaller rival T-Mobile USA now that the two companies pulled their application with the Federal Communications Commission to approve the deal.
Cree stock cut; AT&T, FCC argue spectrum; Dell drops tablet; Red Hat upgrades enterprise Linux; Cisco unveils cloud product
AT&T expects record smartphone sales in fourth quarter
The company has sold 6 million smartphones in the first two months of the period, compared with the previous quarterly record of 6.1 million in the third quarter of 2010.
Is your cellphone spying on you? Tracking software triggers suits
Software on 150 million phones watches what owners of Sprint Nextel Corp. and AT&T Inc. smartphones do with them, including what people type and the numbers they dial. But it doesn't seem to transmit every keystroke to the company. Instead, it kicks into action when there's a problem, like a call that doesn't go through, and it lets the phone company know.
Carrier IQ web page touts how many phones include its software
Is your cellphone spying on you? Tracking software triggers suits
Software on 150 million phones watches what owners of Sprint Nextel Corp. and AT&T Inc. smartphones do with them, including what people type and the numbers they dial. But it doesn't seem to transmit every keystroke to the company. Instead, it kicks into action when there's a problem, like a call that doesn't go through, and it lets the phone company know.
