AT&T Posts Modest Subscriber Gains After Splitting Off WarnerMedia

That’s up from 595,000 postpaid additions in the first quarter of 2021. But AT&T said it would consider it in other geographic areas as a niche solution for businesses. The company said that excluding the video business, revenue would’ve risen slightly. The carrier reported earnings 65 cents a share, down from $1.02 a year ago. AT&T shares rose more than 3% to $20.05 in recent trading.

April 15, 2025 · 1 min · 66 words · Christopher Evans

AT&T Says It Continued to Grow Despite Giving Promotions the Boot

On Tuesday, Verizon also said it was moving away from aggressive promotions even if meant short-term losses. Consumers can expect to see fewer wireless deals going forward. Midband spectrum runs on a frequency of 5G that brings wider coverage and higher speeds to more places. The carrier set a new target to cover 200 million people with midband 5G by the end of 2023. The venture aims to harness government subsidies to deploy multi-gig fiber in new areas to reach 1....

April 15, 2025 · 1 min · 97 words · Danielle Forbes

AT&T Set to Bring HBO Max Back to Wireless Plans

AT&T will be bringing HBO Max back to its wireless plans. Afterpulling the streaming service from its priciest unlimited planin June, the telecom giant and Warner Bros. As part of its restructuring of wireless plans, AT&T dropped the Elite option entirely. Discovery combines HBO Max with Discovery Plus. It was announced on Thursday that the merger of the two streaming services isset to take place next summer.

April 15, 2025 · 1 min · 67 words · Melissa Andrews

AT&T Shuts Down Its 3G Network

The company said it isworking with customersto make the process easier, including providing replacementphonesat no cost. Networks started deploying5G networksworldwide in 2019. CNET’s Eli Blumenthal contributed to this report.

April 15, 2025 · 1 min · 29 words · Terry Cline

AT&T Switches to Google's RCS Platform for Advanced Texting Features

“RCS provides for a highly secure and modern messaging experience for Android users. This includes support for high quality photos and videos, read receipts, enhanced group messaging and encryption.” Read more:Best Android Phone of 2023 When is RCS coming to mobile devices? Friday’s news means AT&T’s default messaging system will now use Jibe, however. Read more:Best Phone to Buy for 2023

April 15, 2025 · 1 min · 61 words · James Bradford

AT&T Teams With Satellite Provider AST SpaceMobile as It Looks to Boost Coverage

T-Mobile has partnered with SpaceX toboost its coverage through SpaceX’s Starlink satellite data pipe. Verizon has been talking aboutworking with Amazon’s Project Kuiperprogram. Now AT&T has announced a new satellite partner of its own. That drive, he says, could potentially be covered by a “space-based mobile solution.” “AT&T plans to join this testing in the first quarter.

April 15, 2025 · 1 min · 57 words · Billy Martin

AT&T to Cut Marketing, Sales Jobs

The carrier has around 170,000 total employees. The company continues to hire in those areas.

April 15, 2025 · 1 min · 15 words · Samuel Peterson

AT&T updates Unlimited Elite plan with 4K streaming, unlimited high-speed data

The switch will start going into effect on Wednesday, July 14. The carrier also boosted the amount of high-speed mobile hotspot data it allowed to 40GB in a month. Verizon, for its part, has been leaning more heavily into adding additional perks to its plan. Day Pass includes unlimited talk and text and uses data from your domestic AT&T plan. One notable caveat: The carrier charges are based on your monthly billing cycle, not the actual calendar....

April 15, 2025 · 1 min · 77 words · Eric Juarez

AT&T Vendor Data Breach Exposed 9 Million Customer Accounts

This included basic personal information but no financial data or Social Security numbers. Read more:T-Mobile Gets Hacked Again: Is the Un-Carrier Un-Safe? Asmall Verizon breachback in October affected 250 prepaid customers.

April 15, 2025 · 1 min · 31 words · Juan Wood

AT&T Will Offer 6 Months of Nvidia's GeForce Ultimate for Free

The carrier doesn’t require that you give over a credit card to take advantage of the trial. The companies' joint press release says this 120 FPS will also now work on mobile devices.

April 15, 2025 · 1 min · 33 words · Sarah Elliott

AT&T's iPhone 12 offer includes free phones for those who upgrade

Preorders for the iPhone 12 start on Oct.16, with the devices going on sale on Oct. 23. you’ve got the option to check your phone’s trade-in value onAT&T’s website. Aggressive deals like this are even rarer at the launch of hotly anticipated new devices like the latest iPhones. It also includes LG’sV60 ThinQ 5Gand the newMotorola Razr 5G foldable phone. The Galaxy A11 andLG K40are available for free on a 30-month installment with no trade-in required....

April 15, 2025 · 1 min · 76 words · Pamela Ellis

AT&T's Jeff McElfresh Named Chief Operating Officer

McElfresh was named COO in an internal message, asFierce Wirelessfirst reported and AT&T confirmed to CNET. That’s not just with our fiber deployment. Our investments in our wireless internet are at historic levels today." “Our business today has much more financial flexibility to invest in our core products,” McElfresh said.

April 15, 2025 · 1 min · 50 words · Katrina Williams

AT&T's latest 5G network upgrade may only work with 2022's best phones

The big difference, however, will be in which phones work with either 5G frequency. That list, however, does not apply for 3.45GHz compatibility. “It’s a little more challenging for 3.45GHz,” Sambar said. “Doesn’t mean we can’t go backwards, but at this point no.” “We can turn it on as soon as we get it,” Sambar said. “The carrier is working with the DOD on certain exclusion zones, such as around military facilities....

April 15, 2025 · 1 min · 84 words · Teresa Mckinney