It’s a call that has the entire U.S. telecommunications industry on hold. The Federal Communications Commission last week stopped the clock on a review of T-Mobile USA’s proposed $39-billion mega-merger with AT&T after an antitrust Senate subcommittee criticized the deal as being anti-consumer and urged that it be blocked. If Washington approves the merger it [...] [...]
Respondent: Chris Hill, vice president, advanced mobility solutions, AT&T Business Solutions Q: What new devices/technologies has AT&T recently developed in the M2M communications space? A: AT&T has been an innovative, proactive, early leader in machine-to-machine communications and sees exciting potential in this space. In February, we announced four new relationships with companies that specialize in [...] [...]
AT&T is now offering software that can turn a mobile phone into a mobile credit card machine. Last week AT&T announced its new offering of AprivaPay applications, which can “turn your cell phone into a sell phone.” The company is marketing the software as a tool that will allow small business owners to increase cash [...] [...]
Company says iPhone sales in state are up since last 3G expansion AT&T expanded its 3G market in Mississippi in the late fall of 2009 and early winter of 2010, and areas of the state will continue to see expansion in coverage this year, company officials said. In an area that spans north of Clarksdale, [...] [...]
DALLAS — AT&T Inc. announced that core wireline employees in its Southeast Region (CWA District 3) have voted to ratify a three-year agreement with the Communications Workers of America (CWA). The agreement covers about 30,000 CWA members in Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina and Tennessee. The contract expired Aug. 8, [...] [...]
One of the world’s leading wireless carriers is hoping to further expand the capitol “T” that is its stock symbol into even more regions in the Magnolia State. AT&T Mississippi’s Jackson headquarters rolled out its 2010 network plans Feb. 25, saying in a release that it expects to open 60 new cell sites this year [...] [...]
Two of Mississippi’s major cellular carriers are responding to relief efforts in Chile after an 8.8 magnitude earthquake struck the South American country on Friday, killing more than 700. President Michelle Bachelet called the disaster “an emergency without parallel in Chile’s history.” Verizon Wireless announced Monday that the carrier has waived all calling fees for [...] [...]
Who is really winning the battle of cell phones; and what about Cellular South? AT&T is currently airing a number of entertaining commercials featuring actor Luke Wilson promoting the company as the nation’s best wireless carrier and downplaying Verizon, its main competitor. Which company in the rapidly changing world of cellular phone service is the [...] [...]
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