]> http://www.corporateweblogging.com/tags/atampt Blog Articles Tagged with 'atampt' at http://www.corporateweblogging.com en http://www.corporateweblogging.com/sectors/directory/gigaom?iid=70299&rsstype=tag&tag=atampt The fourth-generation iPhone has several new features and a new app that clearly shows why AT&T s had to end unlimited data plans for new subscribers now rather than in a year or so when it gets around to deploying its LTE network. The 720p HD came... Tue, 08 Jun 2010 20:00:46 -0400 http://www.corporateweblogging.com/sectors/directory/gigaom?iid=70299&rsstype=tag&tag=atampt http://www.corporateweblogging.com/sectors/directory/gigaom?iid=70049&rsstype=tag&tag=atampt Perhaps the most polarizing news in these parts of late is around AT&T s new smartphone data plan changes, which the carrier unveiled yesterday. Some customers are happy that they ll be saving up to $15 a month with reduced plan pricing, while ot... Thu, 03 Jun 2010 17:30:05 -0400 http://www.corporateweblogging.com/sectors/directory/gigaom?iid=70049&rsstype=tag&tag=atampt http://www.corporateweblogging.com/sectors/directory/gigaom?iid=69967&rsstype=tag&tag=atampt AT&T, the nation s second-largest carrier and the exclusive provider of the iPhone, today introduced new pricing that eliminates unlimited broadband for its smartphones. Some people responded with praise, while others declared AT&T evil. My colleag... Wed, 02 Jun 2010 19:38:40 -0400 http://www.corporateweblogging.com/sectors/directory/gigaom?iid=69967&rsstype=tag&tag=atampt http://www.corporateweblogging.com/sectors/directory/gigaom?iid=69968&rsstype=tag&tag=atampt AT&T changed its mobile data plans today effectively putting an end to the all-you-can-eat mobile broadband pricing plans for smartphones. Having watched this space for the last year I knew that given the demand for mobile broadband and the capac... Wed, 02 Jun 2010 19:09:39 -0400 http://www.corporateweblogging.com/sectors/directory/gigaom?iid=69968&rsstype=tag&tag=atampt http://www.corporateweblogging.com/sectors/directory/gigaom?iid=69940&rsstype=tag&tag=atampt AT&T today revamped its data offerings for both smartphones and Apple s iPad 3G with plans that cost less but also limit monthly data. In other words, as of June 7, the all-you-can-eat pricing for iPhone data plans goes out the window.Current custo... Wed, 02 Jun 2010 11:57:29 -0400 http://www.corporateweblogging.com/sectors/directory/gigaom?iid=69940&rsstype=tag&tag=atampt http://www.corporateweblogging.com/sectors/directory/jupiter-research-analyst-blog?iid=69926&rsstype=tag&tag=atampt This morning AT&T announced new data pricing for its mobile customers. Today's $30 per month unlimited use plan will be replaced by two plans: $15 per month for up to 200 megabytes of data, with additional blocks of 200 MB at $15 each. $25 pe... Wed, 02 Jun 2010 03:14:11 -0400 http://www.corporateweblogging.com/sectors/directory/jupiter-research-analyst-blog?iid=69926&rsstype=tag&tag=atampt http://www.corporateweblogging.com/sectors/directory/gigaom?iid=69782&rsstype=tag&tag=atampt Apple s iPhone production is ramping up to levels that suggest it s increasingly becoming carrier-agnostic and could mean we ll see a Verizon iPhone sooner than previously expected, Rodman & Renshaw analyst Ashok Kumar alleges in a note t... Fri, 28 May 2010 11:15:36 -0400 http://www.corporateweblogging.com/sectors/directory/gigaom?iid=69782&rsstype=tag&tag=atampt http://www.corporateweblogging.com/sectors/directory/gigaom?iid=69600&rsstype=tag&tag=atampt First they ignore you. Then they laugh at you. Then they fight you. Then you win. Mahatma Gandhi. I included that quote because I was bemused by AT&T s announcement that it s building a giant Wi-Fi hotspot in Times Square as a way to offloa... Tue, 25 May 2010 10:28:39 -0400 http://www.corporateweblogging.com/sectors/directory/gigaom?iid=69600&rsstype=tag&tag=atampt http://www.corporateweblogging.com/sectors/directory/gigaom?iid=69556&rsstype=tag&tag=atampt AT&T said today it s agreed to sell its Sterling Commerce software division to IBM for $1.4 billion. The deal will let AT&T offload a business unit that SBC Communications bought for $3.9 billion at the height of the dot-com boom (SBC went on to b... Mon, 24 May 2010 12:50:54 -0400 http://www.corporateweblogging.com/sectors/directory/gigaom?iid=69556&rsstype=tag&tag=atampt http://www.corporateweblogging.com/sectors/directory/gigaom?iid=69456&rsstype=tag&tag=atampt AT&T, a day after the Federal Communication Commission released its wireless competition report (it was the first year since 2003 that the agency didn t declare the industry competitive), said it would raise the early termination fee on smartphone... Fri, 21 May 2010 15:32:29 -0400 http://www.corporateweblogging.com/sectors/directory/gigaom?iid=69456&rsstype=tag&tag=atampt http://www.corporateweblogging.com/sectors/directory/gigaom?iid=69435&rsstype=tag&tag=atampt It s going to take almost 10 years for the sale of LTE devices to overtake 3G devices, according to an analyst who follows the industry. Keith Mallinson, founder of WiseHarbor, estimates the tipping point between LTE and 3G will occur in 2019 and s... Fri, 21 May 2010 11:00:04 -0400 http://www.corporateweblogging.com/sectors/directory/gigaom?iid=69435&rsstype=tag&tag=atampt http://www.corporateweblogging.com/sectors/directory/gigaom?iid=69271&rsstype=tag&tag=atampt AT&T is planning for faster wireless, but also wants to push its wireline networks to 80 Mbps downstream this summer in a trial using esoteric copper technologies such as vectoring, pair bonding and spectrum management. In an interview with me yeste... Tue, 18 May 2010 18:00:32 -0400 http://www.corporateweblogging.com/sectors/directory/gigaom?iid=69271&rsstype=tag&tag=atampt http://www.corporateweblogging.com/sectors/directory/gigaom?iid=69208&rsstype=tag&tag=atampt AT&T has what it hopes to be an ace in the hole while it transitions to the Long Term Evolution fourth-generation wireless network technology faster 3G over its entire footprint by the end of the year. How fast? Up to 14 Mbps through an upgrade t... Mon, 17 May 2010 20:00:45 -0400 http://www.corporateweblogging.com/sectors/directory/gigaom?iid=69208&rsstype=tag&tag=atampt http://www.corporateweblogging.com/sectors/directory/gigaom?iid=69188&rsstype=tag&tag=atampt Carriers data revenue rose 22 percent to $12.5 billion in the first quarter of 2010 over the same period a year ago, according to the latest data from Chetan Sharma, a wireless analyst. However, while data now contributes slightly more than 30 per... Mon, 17 May 2010 15:37:36 -0400 http://www.corporateweblogging.com/sectors/directory/gigaom?iid=69188&rsstype=tag&tag=atampt http://www.corporateweblogging.com/sectors/directory/gigaom?iid=68964&rsstype=tag&tag=atampt Demand for new broadband connections jumped during the first quarter of 2010, reversing what was a long slide in 2009, according to a new report by Durham, N.H.-based Leichtman Research. The top 19 cable broadband and telephone companies added a net ... Wed, 12 May 2010 10:00:57 -0400 http://www.corporateweblogging.com/sectors/directory/gigaom?iid=68964&rsstype=tag&tag=atampt http://www.corporateweblogging.com/sectors/directory/gigaom?iid=68577&rsstype=tag&tag=atampt If you re an AT&T customer looking to take a trip outside the U.S., would you take along a smartphone or an iPad 3G model for your Internet activities? On the face of it, price doesn t seem to be a determining factor international data plans... Tue, 04 May 2010 15:30:24 -0400 http://www.corporateweblogging.com/sectors/directory/gigaom?iid=68577&rsstype=tag&tag=atampt http://www.corporateweblogging.com/sectors/directory/gigaom?iid=67883&rsstype=tag&tag=atampt AT&T today reported first-quarter earnings of $2.5 billion and sales that were largely unchanged from the year before, at $30.6 billion but the flat sales mask the gains made in its wireless business, which grew to account for 45 percent of reven... Wed, 21 Apr 2010 11:04:10 -0400 http://www.corporateweblogging.com/sectors/directory/gigaom?iid=67883&rsstype=tag&tag=atampt http://www.corporateweblogging.com/sectors/directory/gigaom?iid=67860&rsstype=tag&tag=atampt By now, those who care about the upcoming fourth-generation iPhone have seen the pictures that surfaced courtesy of Gizmodo and are likely wondering what Apple will do next. But here at GigaOM, we re wondering how AT&T s role as the exclusive pr... Tue, 20 Apr 2010 17:00:35 -0400 http://www.corporateweblogging.com/sectors/directory/gigaom?iid=67860&rsstype=tag&tag=atampt http://www.corporateweblogging.com/sectors/directory/gigaom?iid=67841&rsstype=tag&tag=atampt As regulators dive deep into broadband politics, AT&T has turned not only to lobbyists, but to threats. Ma Bell today issued a ho-hum press release saying it s chosen Ciena as its optical equipment provider for upgrades to maintain and expand ... Tue, 20 Apr 2010 13:01:16 -0400 http://www.corporateweblogging.com/sectors/directory/gigaom?iid=67841&rsstype=tag&tag=atampt http://www.corporateweblogging.com/sectors/directory/gigaom?iid=67349&rsstype=tag&tag=atampt Anyone involved in the online video industry has to be chilled to the bone by the recent court ruling invalidating much of the FCC s authority over broadband service providers.The court essentially told the FCC that it couldn t force Comcast to p... Fri, 09 Apr 2010 03:00:59 -0400 http://www.corporateweblogging.com/sectors/directory/gigaom?iid=67349&rsstype=tag&tag=atampt http://www.corporateweblogging.com/sectors/directory/gigaom?iid=67223&rsstype=tag&tag=atampt The U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia handed Comcast a victory against the Federal Communication Commissions today, but in winning its appeal, Comcast may have just set off a war one it could wind up losing. As we noted, a th... Tue, 06 Apr 2010 18:42:54 -0400 http://www.corporateweblogging.com/sectors/directory/gigaom?iid=67223&rsstype=tag&tag=atampt http://www.corporateweblogging.com/sectors/directory/gigaom?iid=67206&rsstype=tag&tag=atampt A slew of news out this morning ranging from AT&T s $1 billion expansion of its network to Cisco s update of its unified computing system highlights the continued need to invest in networking. We re piling on compute power and boosting ... Tue, 06 Apr 2010 14:07:39 -0400 http://www.corporateweblogging.com/sectors/directory/gigaom?iid=67206&rsstype=tag&tag=atampt http://www.corporateweblogging.com/sectors/directory/gigaom?iid=67018&rsstype=tag&tag=atampt A New York-based private equity firm s plans to build out an open nationwide 4G wireless network may simply be a facade aimed at pumping up the value of the spectrum held by its portfolio companies, according to several satellite industry analysts.... Thu, 01 Apr 2010 18:20:24 -0400 http://www.corporateweblogging.com/sectors/directory/gigaom?iid=67018&rsstype=tag&tag=atampt http://www.corporateweblogging.com/sectors/directory/gigaom?iid=66955&rsstype=tag&tag=atampt AT&T today filed a petition with the Federal Communications Commission asking it to reconsider some of the conditions associated with an order the agency issued last Friday allowing Harbinger Capital Partners to take over a satellite company and its... Wed, 31 Mar 2010 16:29:32 -0400 http://www.corporateweblogging.com/sectors/directory/gigaom?iid=66955&rsstype=tag&tag=atampt http://www.corporateweblogging.com/sectors/directory/gigaom?iid=66853&rsstype=tag&tag=atampt Google and Verizon have teamed up once again, with its CEOs penning a jointly authored opinion piece in today s Wall Street Journal that praises certain aspects of the National Broadband Plan. The article, from Ivan Seidenberg of Verizon and Google... Tue, 30 Mar 2010 17:05:22 -0400 http://www.corporateweblogging.com/sectors/directory/gigaom?iid=66853&rsstype=tag&tag=atampt http://www.corporateweblogging.com/sectors/directory/gigaom?iid=66840&rsstype=tag&tag=atampt Google, Microsoft, AT&T, Salesforce.com, AOL, Intel, Loopt and numerous advocacy groups are asking the U.S. Congress to update its electronic privacy legislation in order to address new forms of surveillance and data collecting. The so-called Digital... Tue, 30 Mar 2010 13:45:11 -0400 http://www.corporateweblogging.com/sectors/directory/gigaom?iid=66840&rsstype=tag&tag=atampt http://www.corporateweblogging.com/sectors/directory/gigaom?iid=66795&rsstype=tag&tag=atampt Harbinger Capital Partner s bold plan to build out an open 4G wireless network has more moving parts than the latest OK Go video, and would require a minimum of $6 billion for the terrestrial and satellite infrastructure alone. Based on the expense... Mon, 29 Mar 2010 20:54:34 -0400 http://www.corporateweblogging.com/sectors/directory/gigaom?iid=66795&rsstype=tag&tag=atampt http://www.corporateweblogging.com/sectors/directory/gigaom?iid=66764&rsstype=tag&tag=atampt Boingo today launched a new app to help get Apple iPads online without any ties to AT&T. Boingo s Wi-Fi Credits software which also supports iPhones and iPod touch devices offers wireless access for $1.99 per hour. The new software is avai... Mon, 29 Mar 2010 09:09:36 -0400 http://www.corporateweblogging.com/sectors/directory/gigaom?iid=66764&rsstype=tag&tag=atampt http://www.corporateweblogging.com/sectors/directory/gigaom?iid=66730&rsstype=tag&tag=atampt A New York private equity firm plans to build a multi-billion dollar 4G wireless network that will cover most of the country by 2015. The ambitious plan by Harbinger Capital Partners relies on deploying a Long Term Evolution network over spectrum own... Sat, 27 Mar 2010 22:33:13 -0400 http://www.corporateweblogging.com/sectors/directory/gigaom?iid=66730&rsstype=tag&tag=atampt http://www.corporateweblogging.com/sectors/directory/gigaom?iid=66517&rsstype=tag&tag=atampt Huawei today demonstrated the next-generation Long Term Evolution network technology in trials that reached speed of 1.2 Gbps. That s faster than most wireline networks, but it s delivered via a cellular network. With such speeds you could downlo... Tue, 23 Mar 2010 15:20:51 -0400 http://www.corporateweblogging.com/sectors/directory/gigaom?iid=66517&rsstype=tag&tag=atampt http://www.corporateweblogging.com/sectors/directory/gigaom?iid=66452&rsstype=tag&tag=atampt AT&T today launched a new bundle of services containing video, data and voice, but this time consumers can choose whether they want wireless or a landline (it could be VoIP or a traditional circuit-switched line) for voice. This upends the idea that ... Mon, 22 Mar 2010 15:54:24 -0400 http://www.corporateweblogging.com/sectors/directory/gigaom?iid=66452&rsstype=tag&tag=atampt http://www.corporateweblogging.com/sectors/directory/gigaom?iid=66453&rsstype=tag&tag=atampt AT&T this morning confirmed that it will add Palm s Pre Plus and Pixi Plus to its portfolio, in addition to Dell s Aero, an Android-based handset set to hit the market soon. But while the nation s second-largest carrier will be the only U... Mon, 22 Mar 2010 15:05:25 -0400 http://www.corporateweblogging.com/sectors/directory/gigaom?iid=66453&rsstype=tag&tag=atampt http://www.corporateweblogging.com/sectors/directory/gigaom?iid=66279&rsstype=tag&tag=atampt Deep discounts are helping to push smartphones beyond early adopters and hardcore business users and into the hands of mainstream U.S. consumers, according to figures released this morning from The NPD Group. But those lower prices are stalling reven... Thu, 18 Mar 2010 12:30:16 -0400 http://www.corporateweblogging.com/sectors/directory/gigaom?iid=66279&rsstype=tag&tag=atampt http://www.corporateweblogging.com/sectors/directory/gigaom?iid=66281&rsstype=tag&tag=atampt The location wars between rival mobile check-in services, the unmet expectations of the Twitter keynote and the hordes of newbies crowding out regulars (as they do every year) were some of the leading threads at SXSW this year. And rightful... Thu, 18 Mar 2010 11:11:22 -0400 http://www.corporateweblogging.com/sectors/directory/gigaom?iid=66281&rsstype=tag&tag=atampt http://www.corporateweblogging.com/sectors/directory/gigaom?iid=66192&rsstype=tag&tag=atampt Presence-enabled communities will be the primary market driver behind mobile demand for Web 2.0 applications and services that will generate $18.9 billion in 2014, according to figures released this morning from Juniper Research. Carriers will ... Tue, 16 Mar 2010 13:00:32 -0400 http://www.corporateweblogging.com/sectors/directory/gigaom?iid=66192&rsstype=tag&tag=atampt http://www.corporateweblogging.com/sectors/directory/gigaom?iid=65793&rsstype=tag&tag=atampt Carriers are swapping mobile search partners in an effort to better monetize users looking for content on the wireless web. The latest round of deals could help knock Google, which currently dominates mobile search, off its perch.T-Mobile USA recentl... Mon, 08 Mar 2010 13:00:47 -0500 http://www.corporateweblogging.com/sectors/directory/gigaom?iid=65793&rsstype=tag&tag=atampt http://www.corporateweblogging.com/sectors/directory/gigaom?iid=65745&rsstype=tag&tag=atampt The FCC will deliver its National Broadband Plan to Congress a day earlier than originally scheduled on March 16. Also on that day, the five FCC commissioners will vote on a mission statement intended to represent the spirit of the submitte... Sun, 07 Mar 2010 12:00:59 -0500 http://www.corporateweblogging.com/sectors/directory/gigaom?iid=65745&rsstype=tag&tag=atampt http://www.corporateweblogging.com/sectors/directory/gigaom?iid=65549&rsstype=tag&tag=atampt U.S. mobile users consumed almost 400 petabytes of data last year, up 193 percent from 2008, according to a new report from analyst Chetan Sharma. But carrier revenues aren t keeping pace.Sharma, who also serves as a member of the GigaOM Pro Analys... Tue, 02 Mar 2010 17:42:46 -0500 http://www.corporateweblogging.com/sectors/directory/gigaom?iid=65549&rsstype=tag&tag=atampt http://www.corporateweblogging.com/sectors/directory/gigaom?iid=65517&rsstype=tag&tag=atampt It s hard to grow in a saturated market, but despite 89 percent cell phone penetration in the U.S., AT&T managed to pull out some impressive revenue growth over the past three years, not because it has the iPhone but because it s been buying othe... Tue, 02 Mar 2010 12:00:28 -0500 http://www.corporateweblogging.com/sectors/directory/gigaom?iid=65517&rsstype=tag&tag=atampt http://www.corporateweblogging.com/sectors/directory/gigaom?iid=65483&rsstype=tag&tag=atampt The prepaid guys pummeled each other during the fourth quarter of 2009 while the nation s two largest carriers enjoyed their view from the throne. Users continued to move toward prepaid thanks to an ultra-competitive prepaid market that encourages ... Mon, 01 Mar 2010 17:30:35 -0500 http://www.corporateweblogging.com/sectors/directory/gigaom?iid=65483&rsstype=tag&tag=atampt http://www.corporateweblogging.com/sectors/directory/gigaom?iid=65452&rsstype=tag&tag=atampt Smartphones, including iPhones were all the rage at SxSW in 2009.Last year, the hordes of South by Southwest-attending geeks toting iPhones blew out the AT&T network around the convention center in Austin, resulting in dropped calls and crappy connec... Mon, 01 Mar 2010 07:49:17 -0500 http://www.corporateweblogging.com/sectors/directory/gigaom?iid=65452&rsstype=tag&tag=atampt http://www.corporateweblogging.com/sectors/directory/gigaom?iid=65400&rsstype=tag&tag=atampt The Apple iPad isn t even out yet, but already thousands of words have been written about its influence on hardware, media, computing and even ergonomics. It has a new chip, a new contract-free pricing plan from AT&T and a new SIM in order to get o... Fri, 26 Feb 2010 16:00:08 -0500 http://www.corporateweblogging.com/sectors/directory/gigaom?iid=65400&rsstype=tag&tag=atampt http://www.corporateweblogging.com/sectors/directory/gigaom?iid=65343&rsstype=tag&tag=atampt Palm has cut its revenue forecast and said its third-quarter numbers will disappoint, sending its shares plummeting. In the meantime, there s plenty of speculation about potential suitors, but scant evidence that anyone is actually considering buyi... Thu, 25 Feb 2010 14:13:05 -0500 http://www.corporateweblogging.com/sectors/directory/gigaom?iid=65343&rsstype=tag&tag=atampt http://www.corporateweblogging.com/sectors/directory/gigaom?iid=65327&rsstype=tag&tag=atampt AT&T was named as a most trusted company in privacy by a survey of 99,000 consumers, according to the Ponemon Institute, an information security research company. AT&T ranked No. 20 in a survey conducted during the fourth quarter of last year. ... Thu, 25 Feb 2010 10:14:50 -0500 http://www.corporateweblogging.com/sectors/directory/gigaom?iid=65327&rsstype=tag&tag=atampt http://www.corporateweblogging.com/sectors/directory/gigaom?iid=65278&rsstype=tag&tag=atampt Clearwire today reported fourth-quarter and 2009 results showing how heavily the carrier is spending to gain customers. As part of its efforts to triple its subscribers this year, Clearwire reiterated its plans to cover 120 million people by the cl... Wed, 24 Feb 2010 11:30:49 -0500 http://www.corporateweblogging.com/sectors/directory/gigaom?iid=65278&rsstype=tag&tag=atampt http://www.corporateweblogging.com/sectors/directory/gigaom?iid=65020&rsstype=tag&tag=atampt Motorola got a much-needed lift this morning with the news that AT&T will begin selling its Android -based Backflip handset next month. The carrier will finally join the crowded Android bandwagon March 7 with the release of the gadget, which rocks a ... Thu, 18 Feb 2010 09:38:41 -0500 http://www.corporateweblogging.com/sectors/directory/gigaom?iid=65020&rsstype=tag&tag=atampt http://www.corporateweblogging.com/sectors/directory/gigaom?iid=64982&rsstype=tag&tag=atampt The demand for mobile broadband will surpass the spectrum available to meet it in mid-2013, according to Peter Rysavy, a wireless analyst. In a report on the looming spectrum crisis that was sponsored by Research in Motion for the Mobile World Congre... Wed, 17 Feb 2010 16:00:35 -0500 http://www.corporateweblogging.com/sectors/directory/gigaom?iid=64982&rsstype=tag&tag=atampt http://www.corporateweblogging.com/sectors/directory/gigaom?iid=64831&rsstype=tag&tag=atampt The Federal Communications Commission released data today detailing the spread of high-speed Internet connections across the nation as of the end of 2008, including this map (click on image for an expanded view). You might be thinking, Wow, that ... Fri, 12 Feb 2010 17:30:02 -0500 http://www.corporateweblogging.com/sectors/directory/gigaom?iid=64831&rsstype=tag&tag=atampt http://www.corporateweblogging.com/sectors/directory/gigaom?iid=64776&rsstype=tag&tag=atampt Time Warner Cable plans to expand its DOCSIS 3.0 broadband upgrades in portions of Texas, Ohio and upstate New York during the first half of this year, according to Light Reading. I ve emailed the company for confirmation, but really I m hoping t... Thu, 11 Feb 2010 18:12:50 -0500 http://www.corporateweblogging.com/sectors/directory/gigaom?iid=64776&rsstype=tag&tag=atampt http://www.corporateweblogging.com/sectors/directory/gigaom?iid=64755&rsstype=tag&tag=atampt Aspera today launched a version of its rapid file transport software for the iPhone, which will allow iPhone users to squeeze their picture and video files through the crappiest connection that AT&T may have to offer. And it makes the transfer fast! ... Thu, 11 Feb 2010 10:25:10 -0500 http://www.corporateweblogging.com/sectors/directory/gigaom?iid=64755&rsstype=tag&tag=atampt