AT&T Predicts New Kind Of Phone Plans
NEW YORK — The CEO of AT&T Inc. said Friday that cellphone plans that count only data usage are likely to come in the next two years. In such a ...
NEW YORK — The CEO of AT&T Inc. said Friday that cellphone plans that count only data usage are likely to come in the next two years. In such a ...
Louis Belanger | Posted 05.30.2012
According to a new study by Oxfam, the ammunition trade tops $4 billion and yet the world has little regulation to control and keep track of who the bullets are sold to.
Art Brodsky | Posted 05.24.2012
There probably was no great need for Comcast to raise the usage caps on its broadband service, as it did last week from 250 GB to 300 GB per month. If the company thought for an instant that the modest increase bought it any good will from its theoretical regulators, it needn't have bothered.
Reuters | Sinead Carew and Jasmin Melvin | Posted 05.09.2012
By Sinead Carew and Jasmin Melvin NEW ORLEANS/WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The top U.S. communications regulator on Tuesday defended his oppo...
AP | PETER SVENSSON | Posted 05.08.2012
NEW ORLEANS -- The head of AT&T's wireless business says he's looking to introduce plans that share a data allowance among family members, similar to ...
Ted Kaufman | Posted 05.07.2012
Since Japan lowered its rate last April, our corporate tax rate has been the highest in the world. There is no disagreement in Washington, believe it or not, that a 35% rate is too high. What complicates things is that very few if any corporations actually pay that rate.
AP | PETER SVENSSON | Posted 05.09.2012
NEW YORK (AP) — AT&T Inc. will start selling home automation and security services nationwide, taking on incumbents led by Tyco International Lt...
New York Times | Posted 05.05.2012
When Randall Stephenson, AT&T's chief executive, spoke about the state of the wireless industry at a conference this week, he shared some surprisingly...
Reuters | Posted 05.05.2012
By Carey Gillam KANSAS CITY, Mo. May 4 (Reuters) - A Kansas City woman who converted from Christianity to Islam has been awarded $5 mi...
Bruce Kushnick | Posted 05.02.2012
If Americans believe the phone company hype -- and are seduced into believing that a slow and expensive wireless infrastructure is better than a fast wireline infrastructure -- the economic consequences could be grave.
ProPublica | Jeff Gerth | Posted 05.01.2012
By Jeff Gerth ProPublica, May 1, 2012, 10 a.m.At the dawn of the Internet era, Congress set out to avert a digital divide between rich and poor ...
Josh Levy | Posted 04.30.2012
Today, in an unprecedented move, AT&T shareholders voted on a proposal calling on the telecom behemoth to publicly commit to Net Neutrality on its wireless networks.
AP | Posted 04.24.2012
NEW YORK -- Apple shares slipped in early trading Tuesday after AT&T Inc., the largest seller of iPhones in the U.S., reported a sharp drop in first-q...
AP | PETER SVENSSON | Posted 04.24.2012
NEW YORK — Hidden in AT&T Inc.'s financial statements is a story that runs counter to its optimistic profit projections: The company is generati...
The Huffington Post | Emily Cohn | Posted 04.20.2012
Have you ever been shocked by a sudden increase in your cell phone bill? One in six of us have, according to the Federal Communications Commission. ...
Mary Bottari | Posted 04.19.2012
ALEC and the corporations funding ALEC's operations would like to turn back the clock to those good old days when there were no unions and no minimum wage. They must not be allowed to succeed.
John W. Whitehead | Posted 04.17.2012
Don't let this corporate exodus from ALEC fool you into thinking that these corporations have grown a conscience or that they have given up on influencing the political process.
Arnal Dayaratna | Posted 04.16.2012
After months of planning, the OpenStack Foundation is starting to take shape. This week, OpenStack announced 19 companies that will serve as Gold and ...
AP | Posted 04.10.2012
WASHINGTON — Cellphone companies and the government are trying to make it as difficult to use a stolen cellphone as it is to sell a stolen car. ...
Reuters | Posted 04.08.2012
NEW YORK (Reuters) - More than 40,000 employees at AT&T Inc will keep working under the terms of an expired labor contract while their union conti...
AP | Posted 04.07.2012
NEW YORK (AP) — Union contracts for 40,000 AT&T workers expire at midnight, leaving them free to call a strike to pressure the company at the ne...
Forbes | Posted 04.04.2012
If Americans aren’t disturbed by phone carriers’ practices of handing over cell phone users’ personal data to law enforcement en masse–in many...
David_Halperin | Posted 05.27.2012
Many people believe that the large amounts of money that ALEC pours into state legislation hurt ordinary Americans on economic issues like workers rights, health, consumer protection, and the environment.
Loren Berlin | Posted 03.27.2012
While March Madness heats up and college basketball teams fight for the national title, so too are some of America's largest corporations -- except th...
CNET | Posted 05.26.2012
Nokia's Lumia 900 smartphone will hit AT&T's store shelves on April 8, a move Nokia hopes will usher a return to the U.S. in a big way. ...
AP | PETER SVENSSON | Posted 06.01.2012