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Comcast won't give new speed boost to Internet users who don't buy TV service [telecom]
Comcast won't give new speed boost to Internet users who don't buy TV service Comcast keeps losing TV subscribers, but it has a new way to fight cord cutting. By Jon Brodkin As streaming video...
 
Phone maker settles charges it let partner collect customers' text messages [telecom]
Phone maker settles charges it let partner collect customers' text messages BLU phones sent a massive amount of data to firmware and data-mining provider. By Dan Goodin Phone maker BLU is settling...
 
Apple's Done Making Airport Routers, So Try These Instead [telecom]
Apple's Done Making Airport Routers, So Try These Instead CLOSE OBSERVERS OF Apple's networking products - surely they exist - know that the company hasn't updated its Airport line of Wi-Fi routers...
 
T-Mobile deceived customers with "false ring tones" on failed phone calls [telecom]
T-Mobile deceived customers with "false ring tones" on failed phone calls FCC fines T-Mobile $40M for rural call failures but requires no refunds. By Jon Brodkin T-Mobile USA has agreed to pay a $40...
 
Sprint and T-Mobile Agree to Merge, in Bid to Remake Wireless Market [telecom]
The two companies are betting that regulators will finally allow the American wireless market shrink to just three national players. A combined company, they said, would have more than 100 million...
 
Distracted-Driving Victims Deliver Shocking Monologues For At&T's 'It Can Wait' Campaign [Telecom]
By Ann-Christine Diaz Since 2010, AT&T has pushed the dangers of texting while driving to the forefront with its emotionally charged "It Can Wait" campaign. In recent years, it has depicted...
 
Service restored to AT&T customers, company says [telecom]
CROSS COUNTY, AR (KAIT) - An equipment issue was the cause of problems with wireless service in and around Cross County, officials with a communications company said Saturday. According to AT&T...
 
Why were protesters outside AT&T's annual meeting? [telecom]
Hundreds of AT&T workers rallied for higher wages and protested the outsourcing of jobs outside the telecommunications giant's annual shareholders meeting today at Moody Performance Hall in downtown...
 
T-Mobile CEO announces that yes, they're taking over Sprint [telecom]
[Twitter] John Legere Verified account @JohnLegere "I'm excited to announce that T-Mobile & Sprint have reached an agreement to come together to form a new company - a larger, stronger competitor that...
 
Why is AT&T trying to buy Time Warner? [telecom]
By Eric Johnson By next week, closing arguments will take place to see if one of the biggest media mergers in history will go through. More than two years ago, AT&T approached Time Warner about an $85...
 
AT&T-DOJ Closing Arguments Cheat Sheet for Monday [telecom]
Six weeks in Judge Richard Leon's courtroom flew by, and closing arguments in the DOJ suit to block AT&T's purchase of Time Warner start Monday. If you haven't been following along, here's what you...
 
Verizon Wireless Denied $19M New York Sales Tax Refund [telecom]
Daily Tax Report: State provides authoritative coverage of state and local tax developments across the 50 U.S. states and the District of Columbia, tracking legislative and regulatory updates,... By...
 
Verizon cell service draws Timnath's ire [telecom]
Verizon cell service draws Timnath's ire By Nick Coltrain Cellular service in Timnath, Colorado - provided by Verizon Wireless in particular - has residents fed up. And the town council has taken...
 
Sprint and T-Mobile Are Said to Be Close to a Merger to Compete at the Top [telecom]
A deal would create the third-largest wireless company in the United States, behind AT&T and Verizon. By Michael J. de la Merced and Cecilia Kang Sprint and T-Mobile are hoping to get it right this...
 
Comcast's $31 Billion Bid For U.K. Sky News Complicates Murdoch Plans [telecom]
Every time Rupert Murdoch gets closer to control of the British-based entertainment and TV giant Sky, new obstacles arise. The latest challenge could shatter his plans - or make him a richer man.