The iPhone 5 is en route. And it looks like a nifty feat of engineering. With the variety of different LTE frequency bands used by various carriers available globally, Apple will be making three versions of iPhone 5, with the potential for additional new models as Apple signs on other carriers according to AppleInsider. Apple […]
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If you’ve got a spare billion dollars of wireless spectrum just laying about, why WOULDN’T you transfer it to the wireless carrier that you’d made a bid to purchase? Per the Wall Street Journal, AT&T has filed for FCC approval to transfer wireless spectrum worth US$1 billion to T-Mobile as a result of the failure […]
Sometimes you’ve just gotta throw in the towel. Per AppleInsider, AT&T has given up its efforts to buy carrier T-Mobile, citing opposition from federal regulators. A statement by AT&T says the company will take a pretax charge of US$4 billion that was stipulated in the agreement between the two carriers if the deal were dropped […]
It’s the job postings that sometimes show you what’s on the horizon. Per Stop It, AT&T, An Apple job listing for a “carrier engineer” located near the Sprint headquarters in Kansas City, Missouri, may point to the company’s plans to add support for the carrier in an upcoming iPhone. Last week, an analyst claimed that […]
Wireless carrier AT&T has announced a definitive agreement to buy Deutsche Telekom’s American T-Mobile subsidiary in a cash and stock deal worth about US$39 billion, and giving the German carrier an 8% stake in AT&T. Per Yahoo, the two companies issued a press release outlining the terms of the deal, which has been approved by […]