Archive for the 'AT&T' Category
AT&T today announced the successful completion of a live network environment field trial of 100-Gigabit backbone network technology. The trial advances development of the next generation of backbone network technology that will support growing volumes of wireless and wired Internet and data traffic in the years to come.
During the trial, AT&T field tested the new Cisco CRS-3 Carrier Routing System, conducting a standards-ready, single-flow, 100-Gigabit technology trial in a live network environment. For this test, AT&T used Opnext 100 Gigabit CFP client side modules and Ixia's "K2" 100 Gigabit traffic generator and analyzer.
AT&T's trial also demonstrated ...
Posted on 11th March 2010
Under: AT&T, Cisco |
AT&T today announced two new 3G LaptopConnect devices: the AT&T USBConnect Turbo from LG and AT&T USBConnect Velocity from Option. Both will be available in AT&T retail stores, business channels and online beginning March 7. The Turbo and Velocity enable customers to stay connected on their laptop while on the go with the nation's fastest 3G network.
The Velocity is the first GPS-enabled LaptopConnect device from AT&T. The built-in aGPS functionality opens the door to location-based applications making it easier than ever for customers to get to their desired destination. Option offers a free software application, the ...
Posted on 6th March 2010
Under: 3G, AT&T, GPS |
Synergy Research Group announces the publication of Carrier VoIP Q4 2009 and YE 2009 market shares. The worldwide market for Carrier VoIP totaled just over $10 billion for the full year 2009. Year over year, the market fell 18 percent; significantly less than drops measured in other Telecom and IT equipment markets. The biggest drivers for Carrier VoIP traditionally have been migrating aging TDM PSTN switches to VoIP platforms; in the last 24 months further growth has been added with Mobile Operators pursuing the Capex and OpEx advantages of IP as did the Wireline networks before ...
Posted on 26th February 2010
Under: AT&T, Alcatel, Ericsson, Nokia, Nortel, Siemens, VoIP |
Financial Report Highlights:
* 3.9 million 3G-capable converged device users as of the end of 2009, up almost 40% from the end of the third quarter of 2009 and a nearly five-fold increase during the year.
* 371,000 net new customers added in the fourth quarter of 2009, up from a decline of 77,000 in the third quarter of 2009, but down from 621,000 in the fourth quarter of 2008.
* $1.38 billion Operating Income Before Depreciation and Amortization (“OIBDA”) in the fourth quarter of 2009, down from $1.57 billion in the fourth quarter of 2008; OIBDA margin of ...
Posted on 26th February 2010
Under: 3G, AT&T, BlackBerry, T-Mobile |
PC World will report the full results of its 3G wireless testing carried out this winter in an issue to hit newsstands in early March. The feature article was published today at the magazine’s Web site, PCWorld.com.
The most dramatic improvements in speed and reliability since the last round of testing in spring 2009 belong to AT&T. AT&T, which earned PC World’s lowest score last spring for download speeds and reliability, pumped out download speeds that were 67% faster than any other national wireless carrier in the latest testing.
“AT&T’s network has undergone a drastic makeover in the ...
Posted on 25th February 2010
Under: 3G, AT&T, Smartphone, Sprint, T-Mobile, Verizon, Wireless |
AT&T and LG Electronics MobileComm U.S.A., Inc., today announced the LG ARENA™ will be available online at www.wireless.att.com beginning February 26 and in AT&T stores nationwide March 7. Just over a half-inch thin with brushed and polished metal accents, the LG ARENA gives customers easy and quick access to a world of entertainment and multimedia with just a tap of a finger on a 3-inch touch screen. LG ARENA boasts super-fast web browsing on AT&T's 7.2 HSPA 3G technology. With LG's innovative 3D S-Class User Interface; music, movies, pictures and more are quickly within reach.
Customers will ...
Posted on 23rd February 2010
Under: AT&T, LG |
Amazon.com, Inc. today introduced “Kindle for BlackBerry,” a new application available as a free download from Amazon.com that lets customers enjoy over 420,000 books, including 102 of 112 New York Times Bestsellers, on a range of BlackBerry devices. Amazon's Whispersync technology saves and synchronizes a customer's bookmarks across their Kindle, Kindle DX, iPhone, iPod touch, PC, BlackBerry and soon, Mac and iPad, so customers always have their reading material with them and never lose their place. Kindle is the most wished for, most gifted and #1 bestselling product on Amazon.com, and customers can now get the ...
Posted on 23rd February 2010
Under: AT&T, BlackBerry, Sprint, T-Mobile, Verizon |
AT&T* and Motorola, Inc. today announced that the Motorola BACKFLIP™ with MOTOBLUR™ will be available in AT&T stores nationwide and online at www.wireless.att.com beginning March 7.
MOTOBLUR offers AT&T customers a new way to connect to their favorite people, content and applications, whether it's work or personal email, messaging or social networking. Motorola's exclusive Android™ experience syncs contacts, posts, messages, photos and much more — from sources such as Facebook®, MySpace, Twitter®, Gmail™, Picasa, work and personal e-mail, and Last.fm — and automatically delivers them to live widgets for immediate reply, right from the home screen. And, ...
Posted on 23rd February 2010
Under: 3G, AT&T, Motorola, Smartphone, WiFi |
"Verizon Wireless, the largest U.S. wireless carrier, will include Skype Technologies SA’s Internet- calling software on phones to stave off competition from AT&T Inc., according to two people familiar with the matter."
Posted on 16th February 2010
Under: 3G, AT&T, Internet, Skype, Verizon |
LTE is the latest step in a wireless evolution that Ericsson began with AT&T over two decades ago and is part of AT&T's ongoing efforts to innovate and invest in mobile broadband.
AT&T serves more than 85.1 million customers and has seen mobile broadband growth of more than 5,000 percent over the past three years. Smartphones are just one example of innovation made possible by investment in mobile broadband.
After extensive testing of equipment from multiple suppliers in lab and field environments, AT&T chose to extend its existing relationship with Ericsson for LTE deployment. The agreement also complements ...
Posted on 11th February 2010
Under: 3G, AT&T, Ericsson |
* 2.7 million fourth-quarter net addition in total wireless subscribers, the second highest quarterly net gain in the company's history; full-year wireless net adds totaled 7.3 million, equaling the company's best-ever annual total, to reach 85.1 million subscribers in service
* Best-ever fourth-quarter wireless subscriber churn levels — 1.19 percent postpaid and 1.44 percent total
* 2.6 percent growth in postpaid wireless subscriber ARPU (average monthly revenues per subscriber), eighth consecutive quarter with a year-over-year increase
* Continued robust growth in revenues from wireless data services such as messaging, access to applications and related services; up $805 million, or ...
Posted on 2nd February 2010
Under: AT&T |
Apple® introduces the iPad, a revolutionary device for browsing the web, reading and sending email, enjoying photos, watching videos, listening to music, playing games, reading e-books and much more. iPad’s responsive high-resolution Multi-Touch™ display lets users physically interact with applications and content. iPad is just 0.5 inches thick and weighs just 1.5 pounds— thinner and lighter than any laptop or netbook. iPad includes 12 new innovative apps designed especially for the iPad, and will run almost all of the over 140,000 apps in the App Store. iPad will be available in late March starting at the ...
Posted on 2nd February 2010
Under: 3G, AT&T, Apple, Music, Video, WiFi |
AT&T announced new unlimited plans across all devices --including its industry-leading lineup of smartphones -- to provide more value and choice for customers who want to talk, text and surf on the nation’s fastest 3G network.
“With more than twice the number of smartphone customers as our nearest competitor, we are committed to offering great value and choice for customers who want to talk, text and surf on the nation’s fastest 3G network,” said Ralph de la Vega, president and CEO, AT&T Mobility and Consumer Markets. “Our new plans reflect customers’ continuing desire to do more with ...
Posted on 20th January 2010
Under: 3G, AT&T, Smartphone |
Sprint and LG Electronics MobileComm U.S.A., Inc. (LG Mobile Phones) today announced the upcoming availability of the fashionable LG Lotus Elite™ and LG Rumor Touch™, successors to the popular LG Lotus™ and LG Rumor™. These sleek and stylish messaging devices offer users a more advanced handset with the additions of touchscreen technology and new exclusive features.
The red LG Lotus Elite will be available Jan. 10, in all Sprint retail channels including www.sprint.com and 1-800-Sprint1 for $99.99 with a new two-year service agreement and $50 mail-in rebate (excludes taxes and surcharges). LG Lotus Elite will be available ...
Posted on 8th January 2010
Under: 3G, AT&T, Browser, Email, GPS, LG, Music, Sprint, T-Mobile |
comScore, Inc., a leader in measuring the digital world, today announced the release of its latest report on the mobile market, Android: Crashing the Smartphone Party. The report provides an overview of the current U.S. mobile environment and offers an in-depth look at how the Android operating system is impacting the market. Among the report's key findings is that consumer awareness of Google's Android is growing rapidly, due in large part to the Verizon Droid ad campaign. Further, of those American consumers in the market for a smartphone, 17 percent are considering the purchase of an ...
Posted on 18th December 2009
Under: AT&T, Apple, BlackBerry, Browser, Google, Palm, Smartphone, T-Mobile, Verizon |
"An invitation to a Palm Inc. press event at next month's Consumer Electronics Show has triggered speculation that the company will announce deals with Verizon Wireless and AT&T Inc."
Posted on 18th December 2009
Under: AT&T, Palm, Verizon, WiFi |
"AT&T wants its iPhone users to use less wireless data, and it may consider new pricing models to curb users' data usage as it tries to keep up with growing demand."
Posted on 10th December 2009
Under: AT&T, Smartphone |
AT&T is putting the holiday shopping sled into high gear with two great promotions available on the nation's fastest 3G network. Beginning Friday, Dec. 4, AT&T* customers can get any new BlackBerry® smartphone, including the new BlackBerry® Bold(TM) 9700, at 50 percent off after mail-in rebate and two-year agreement. In addition, AT&T is offering the Samsung Solstice(TM), a compact touch screen phone, for free after a mail-in rebate. Both offers require a new two-year agreement and are only available for a limited time. The offers are available both online and in AT&T retail locations.
Half Price BlackBerry ...
Posted on 8th December 2009
Under: AT&T, BlackBerry, Smartphone |
AT&T and LG Electronics MobileComm U.S.A., Inc., today announced the LG eXpo will be available online beginning December 7. Featuring the first 1 GHz processor in the United States, the LG eXpo allows business professionals to meet their demanding data sharing needs while on the go. Available exclusively for AT&T customers, the handset will be compatible with AT&T's High Speed Packet Access (HSPA) 7.2 Mbps technology, which provides a considerable speed boost to the nation's fastest 3G network.
The LG eXpo is the first device in North America to support an optional integrated pico projector. The LG ...
Posted on 1st December 2009
Under: AT&T, LG, Smartphone |
LG Electronics MobileComm U.S.A., Inc. (LG Mobile Phones) today announced another flash of brilliance in their product line with LG Shine II(TM). Following the impressive success of its predecessor, LG Shine(TM), this next generation handset makes a fashionably smart statement with its glossy exterior and versatile utility. Available only at AT&T, the LG Shine II is the perfect combination of minimalist design and maximum functionality - all on the nation's fastest 3G network.
LG Shine II offers the latest in mobile innovation and form factor in one luminous device. Featuring polished round edges and an elegant slider ...
Posted on 16th November 2009
Under: 3G, AT&T, LG |
