For AT&T Wireless Margins Grows but Postpaid smartphone Subscriptions Drop in Q1
Submitted by Jitendra Tiwari on Wed, 04/27/2016 - 08:08
On Tuesday, AT&T posted its first quarter earnings results that showed it lost 215,000 branded postpaid phone subscribers in the first three months of the year. AT&T has taken up a strategy to target high-end customers but it seems that did not work out well for the wireless company. However, the company revealed a prominent increase in margins for wireless consumers.
The Dallas, Texas based company said three million customers have signed in the company's unlimited mobile data plan that is accessible exclusively to the DirecTV subscribers.
Slow Customer Growth in Mobile Phone Pushes AT&T to Other Options
Submitted by Jitendra Tiwari on Wed, 01/27/2016 - 09:15
The wireless market for AT&T is no more what it used to be and once that was the company's main earning source. Now Dallas- based AT&T is depending more on its video leaving the traditional wireless service second.
The second-largest phone company of the nation has faced sluggish growth last year with many of its phone customers opting for cheaper offers from its rivals like T-Mobile and Sprint. However, chasing these customers is not what AT&T has in mind; instead it is focusing on serving customers better in other ways.
911 Emergency dispatch centers not set up to receive and send text messages
Submitted by Neelesh Raghuwanshi on Sat, 05/17/2014 - 11:17
The Big Four wireless carriers in the US - AT&T, Verizon, Sprint, and T-Mobile - have recently given their subscribers across the country the ability to text their emergency to 911; but most emergency call dispatch centers are apparently not ready for texting as yet.
AT&T has approached satellite TV firm DirecTV about possible acquisition
Submitted by Dinesh Chandra Gaur on Thu, 05/01/2014 - 13:11
According to a Wall Street Journal (WSJ) report, bigwig US carrier is apparently mulling the takeover of DirecTV; and has already approached the satellite TV firm about a possible acquisition.
The WSJ report, citing information shared by unidentified sources, said that AT&T's possible acquisition deal with DirecTV will likely be worth approximately $40 billion, which is the present market capitalization of DirecTV.
AT&T closes its $1.2 billion acquisition of Leap Wireless
Submitted by Neelesh Raghuwanshi on Fri, 03/14/2014 - 13:08
In an announcement made on Thursday, bigwig US wireless carrier AT&T has revealed that it has closed the $1.2 billion deal for the acquisition of prepaid wireless provider Leap Wireless and the Cricket brand.
AT&T selects two trial locations to transition landline customers away from copper wire line
Submitted by Avinash Tripathi on Mon, 03/03/2014 - 12:46
In an announcement made last week, bigwig US wireless carrier AT&T said that it has selected two locations across the country for a multi-year trial for transitioning is existing landline customers away from copper wire line.
The two locations which AT&T has selected for the trial are: Carbon Hill, Alabama; and West Delray Beach, Florida.
