AT&T

Reps attend annual meeting for execs and shareholders As some 17,500 unionized employees continue into the second week of work under an expired contract, union reps pressed AT&T higher-ups to …

AT&T shrugs off failed Comcast-TWC deal, expects mid-year close While Comcast’s attempt to consolidate the cable market by purchasing Time Warner Cable is dead, AT&T’s somewhat connected pending acquisition of …

Chris Rice, VP of AT&T Labs, explains carrier’s telecom software focus AT&T has built up a strong reputation as an industry leader in advancing software platforms designed to bolster telecom …

PCIA Wireless Infrastructure Show preview As the wireless infrastructure industry converges in Florida for The Wireless Infrastructure Show, vendors are consolidating, tower companies are growing and carriers are reevaluating. Consolidation …

Cell towers becoming obsolete? CNBC spoke with the founder of Parallel Wireless at the Founders Forum Smart Nation Singapore conference, who informed the major media outlet that he believes cell …

Crown Castle beat analysts’ revenue estimates during the first quarter, and raised its outlook for 2015 site rental revenue by roughly $15 million. First quarter site rental revenue was $768 …

AT&T Q1 results edge Verizon, but both impacted by Sprint, T-Mobile US AT&T posted first quarter financial results showing a continued diversified approach to its mobile operations that are being …

WASHINGTON – AT&T Mobility and Verizon Wireless are expected to continue trailing T-Mobile US in customer growth metrics for the first quarter of 2015, according to Bloomberg. AT&T Mobility, the …

AT&T has contingency plan if work stoppage materializes A week after contracts for 17,500 unionized AT&T workers expired, contract talks are still ongoing despite an earlier strike threat from labor …

Tablets up, smartphones and prepaid down for Verizon Wireless Competition, smartphone saturation and consumer infatuation with tablet devices continues to alter Verizon Wireless’ quarterly results, which showed financial strain tied …

Distributed antenna systems are increasingly common in large public venues, and many locations are already upgrading or replacing their original systems. To control costs, carriers and neutral host DAS providers …

Verizon and AT&T tackle video for value creation When I was a manager in the engineering and operations workforce in Sprint’s local division (later to become Embarq, and then CenturyLink), …

Cell tower would be 75-feet tall, disguised as evergreen tree AT&T wants to build a 75-foot-tall cellphone tower adjacent to a Eugene, Ore., church, but local residents and officials are pushing …

The telecom industry has buzzed about small cell technology for years, but as the race toward 5G and ultra-dense metros speeds up, small cell is just now becoming a viable …

Comcast rolls out Gigabit Pro in California; faster than Google Fiber, AT&T GigaPower In a move to keep up with competitors Google and AT&T, Comcast has rolled out its ultra-high-speed …

Verizon targeting millennials with mobile-focused OTT service Verizon Communications is tapping college sports in a move to drive customers to its mobile entertainment services and battle over-the-top content providers. The …

Wheeler speech at NAB show touts 600 MHz auction benefits for broadcasters Federal Communications Commission Chairman Tom Wheeler took to the stage at this week’s National Association of Broadcasters event …

At the simplest level, “Internet of Things,” connected car, M2M and telematics have all been buzzwords synonymous with the integration of telecommunications and automotive. Now “mobility” is entering the mix. …

There’s a lot of talk in the industry as to how the telecom players – operators and equipment vendors will or won’t more closely align with automotive OEMs and Tier …

Wi-Fi this week Wi-Fi is on the minds of airline executives and the people who sell to them. This week at the Hamburg Aircraft Interiors Expo, in-flight Wi-Fi pioneer Gogo …

Sprint rolling out housecalls, selling against AT&T, Verizon and T-Mobile US Sprint really wants your business. The carrier is trying to beat out its closest rival T-Mobile US while gaining ground …

Update 1, 10:00 a.m. CST: Texas-based members of the Communication Workers of America will hold a rally today, beginning at 11:30 a.m. CST at AT&T’s Dallas offices on Browder Street. …

Update 2, 5:12 p.m. CST: The Communication Workers of America posted this update on its website: “Some progress is being made in negotiations for new contracts covering workers represented by …

AT&T looks to gain full Apache Project status for automated policy code AT&T continues to push its software focus, announcing this week that it has released software into an Apache …

US Telecom Association challenging FCC’s net neutrality rules WASHINGTON – In a move that surprised nobody, trade group US Telecom Association, which represents carriers Verizon and AT&T among others, filed …