Cell phone pioneer Fred Salerno on deal-making, leadership and corporate governance
During Fred Salerno's 40-year career, he has shunned the limelight, given few interviews, but completed more deals than even the most successful banker on Wall Street.
Georgia voting law prompts Gov. Murphy to incentivize Hollywood studios to move to New Jersey
Murphy emphasized that, in addition to offering tax credits of up to to 30% of eligible production costs, New Jersey also offers a subsidy of up to 40% for brick and mortar studio development
T-Mobile to wind down live TV services, offer YouTube TV
T-Mobile US Inc. is scrapping its efforts to crack into the home television market on its own after the wireless company failed to build its skinny bundle of channels into a profitable service.
Robocalls are back with a vengeance: How to stop them
Robocalls are surging again as the economy begins to pick up steam.
University of Phoenix students to receive $50M in tuition refunds as part of 2019 FTC settlement
The Federal Trade Commission is mailing 146,804 checks and issuing 677 PayPal payments to students who first enrolled in a masters, bachelors, or associates degree program at University of Phoenix between October 15, 2012 and December 31, 2016, and paid more than $5,000 with cash, grants, federal and private student loans, or military benefits.
SEC suing AT&T for telling analysts nonpublic information
The Securities and Exchange Commission is suing AT&T and three of its investor relations executives for telling Wall Street analysts about the telecom giant's sales data before it released quarterly results.
AT&T sells part of DirecTV to buyout firm TPG
AT&T Inc. agreed to sell a stake in its pay-TV unit to private-equity firm TPG and carve out the struggling business, pulling the telecom giant back from a costly wager on entertainment.
California man, 90, spends $10G on ads to complain about AT&T's shoddy internet service
A 90-year-old California man grabbed national attention last week after placing two ads in The Wall Street Journal calling out AT&T for providing shoddy internet service.
AT&T sued for $1.35 billion over tech to synchronize smart devices
NEW YORK - AT&T Inc was sued on Tuesday for at least $1.35 billion by a Seattle company that accused the telecommunications giant of stealing its patented "twinning" technology, which lets smart devices such as watches and tablets respond to calls placed to a single phone number.
These wireless networks have fewest call issues, JD Power study finds
Verizon Wireless customers reported the fewest call issues in 2020, followed by AT&T, T-Mobile and Sprint, J.D. Power's 2021 Wireless Network Quality Study found.
McDonald's, Nike, Boeing, Wells Fargo latest to share stance on pausing political donations after Capitol riots
A growing list of businesses are pausing or reviewing political contributions in response to efforts against the certification of the Electoral College and the Capitol riot by a group of Trump supporters that followed.
More businesses moving to Austin because of high risk tolerance, mayor says
Austin Mayor Steve Adler on how his city is adapting as more Americans move to Texas.
Nashville bombing shows domestic communications vulnerabilities
The Nashville bomber knocked AT&T's network offline in several states.
AT&T to waive data overage charges for customers impacted by outages due to Nashville bombing
As of Sunday evening, the company said 96% of its wireless network was restored, 60% of business services and 86% of consumer broadband and entertainment services.
AT&T outages stretch into third day, with 911, cell, Internet services around Nashville affected
"We expect to activate power to at least four additional floors of the building during the day today and are working on the cooling equipment to manage the temperatures in the facility," AT&T said. "Teams are assessing equipment on the building’s lower floors for any damage caused by the flooding of the building."
Nashville blast: Repairs begin on mangled communications systems
Buildings shook and windows shattered streets away from the explosion near a building owned by AT&T that lies one block from the company's office tower, a landmark in downtown.
AT&T outage reported across region after Nashville explosion
A suspicious explosion that wounded three people in Nashville on Christmas morning also knocked out AT&T service in the city and surrounding areaa, the company said on Twitter, and it disrupted at least some 911 service.
Comcast adding data caps for home Internet
Starting Jan. 1, Comcast will hit customers with an extra charge for using too much data, a hike that has become an annual holiday tradition for some of the biggest cable companies.
‘Dune’ star Timothée Chalamet stirs speculation with ‘SNL’ sweatshirt choice amid Warner Bros., HBO Max deal
Timothée Chalamet may have inserted himself into the streaming war between Warner Bros. Pictures and Legendary Entertainment.
AT&T Inc agrees to sell Crunchyroll anime business to Sony Corp’s Funimation Global Group, LLC
U.S. telecommunications firm AT&T Inc has agreed to sell its Crunchyroll anime business to Sony Corp’s Funimation Global Group, LLC, both companies said in a joint statement late Wednesday.