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Hackers could impersonate AT&T Wi-Fi to attack your phone [telecom]
HOUSTON (KTRK) -- Public Wi-Fi is available almost everywhere you go. But if you're not careful, some smartphones could automatically connect to a hacker's hotspot, without the user even knowing....
 
Outages reported in Verizon Wireless service [telecom]
by AnnMarie Kent MICHIGAN (WPBN/WGTU) -- A representative from Verizon Wireless said all service in northern Michigan is fixed. As of 2:20 p.m. Monday the service problems were solved, but throughout...
 
Fixed 5G, The Prequel: Starring AT&T And Verizon Wireless [telecom]
By Will Townsend I'm a Star Wars nerd and this week brings the release of the latest installment to the franchise, The Last Jedi. Before Disney took the helm, George Lucas kept us all confused with...
 
Napa city stoplights may become Verizon transmitter platforms [telecom]
By Howard Yune Napa and Verizon Wireless may complete a trade - of more places to set up cellphone transmitters in exchange for what may become the backbone of a synchronized, traffic-smoothing...
 
California warns people to limit exposure to cellphones [telecom]
California Warns People to Limit Exposure to Cellphones By Ed Cara Since the earliest days of mobile phones, a small but steady con- tingent of environmental activists, conspiracy-inclined folks, and...
 
Net neutrality is dead - what happens next? [telecom]
Net neutrality is dead - what happens next? By Russell Brandom and Adi Robertson Yesterday, FCC chairman Ajit Pai successfully led a vote to repeal the Open Internet Order, effectively killing net...
 
T-Mobile promises to end the "complete bulls--t" from TV companies in 2018 [telecom]
T-Mobile promises to end the "complete bulls--t" from TV companies in 2018. John Legere wants to give the cable companies a taste of the "Un-carrier" medicine. By Peter Bright T-Mobile CEO John Legere...
 
Two million people were impersonated in net neutrality comments [telecom]
2 million people - and some dead ones - were impersonated in net neutrality comments. "My late husband's name was fraudulently used [in comment to FCC]." By Jon Brodkin An analysis of public comments...
 
Comcast to be "unleashed" on rivals when NBC merger conditions expire [telecom]
Comcast to be "unleashed" on rivals when NBC merger conditions expire By Jon Brodkin Yesterday's repeal of net neutrality rules isn't the only good news Comcast is getting these days. In January 2018,...
 
The Never Ending Battle Over Net Neutrality Is Far From Over [telecom]
The never ending battle over net neutrality is far from over. Here's what's coming next. As the FCC and net neutrality activists gear up for a court fight, many policy experts say they're exhausted.
 
AT&T and Union Reach Accord on Job Protection for Workers [telecom]
Stemming the tide of rising economic insecurity for service workers, a major union has won significant job protection and increased pay for about 20,000 AT&T wireless employees, as well as a...
 
A Net Newtrality article from 2011. [telecom]
The following article was originally published in the February 2011 issue of "Communications Technology" ("empowering broadband professionals"), a publication for the cable TV technical community. The...
 
AT&T Finally Introduces The Real-Time Text Service [telecom]
AT&T Finally Introduces The Real-Time Text Service By Manny Reyes AT&T has officially unveiled the Real-time Text (RTT) communications service for those who have difficulty in hearing or speaking in a...
 
Don't Believe AT&T's Net Neutrality Lies [telecom]
AT&T has promised to be good if the FCC overturns the Net Neutrality rules. The problem is, you can't trust AT&T. by Matt Wood, Dana Floberg Last week, AT&T Senior Vice President Bob Quinn tried (and...
 
AT&T Labs' Mazin Gilbert on AI, quantum computing, data collaboration and 5G [telecom]
By Larry Dignan Dr. Mazin Gilbert, AT&T Labs' vice president of advanced technology, is placing his research bets on software defined infrastructure, big data, artificial intelligence and ways to...