Wireless carriers are getting increasingly forceful in their efforts to pitch mobile bandwidth as a scarce, valuable commodity—setting up a battle with consumer groups that support open-Internet rules and longtime customers who treasure their unlimited data plans. Among U.S. carriers, AT&T Inc. is leading the charge. Its latest scuffle came on Friday, a day after …
Since the discovery and public announcement that Carrier IQ Software was secretly installed and gathering data from tens of millions of mobile handset users, Sprint has decided to disable using the software. I applaud Sprint for making the decision to stop using the Carrier IQ software. This does not mean that the software has been …
AT&T Inc., Sprint Nextel Corp., Apple Inc. and T-Mobile USA were sued by mobile phone customers who claim that Carrier IQ Inc. tracking software installed on their phones violates U.S. wiretapping and computer fraud laws. The lawsuit cites a YouTube report by a technology blogger that purported to show that Carrier IQ software collects information …
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However, there’s a major catch when it comes to AT&T’s win PCWorld took AT&T Inc.’s (T) new LTE network out for a spin. They decided to take the company’s LTE network for a spin in Houston, Texas to test it speeds. Comparing the AT&T 4G to Verizon Communications Inc.’s (VZ) own 4G offerings, they found …
AT&T Inc. is changing the insurance plan for its customers using Apple Inc.bizWatch ‘s iPhone starting July 17, according to reports. The telecom giant is planning to start offering the standard insurance for iPhone users, which will cut the cost in half from what customers on the iPhone were being charged, according to MacRumors.com.
