Big Blue had a pretty decent quarter to close out 2020. AT&T Mobility added 1.2 million postpaid and 14 thousand prepaid connections. That’s quite an improvement over Q4 ‘ 19 when they added only 135,000 postpaid and 8,000 prepaid. The company now reports 183 million wireless connections, including 77 million postpaid, 18 million prepaid, 6.5 million reseller Read more…
AT&T is considering offering wireless phone plans partially subsidized by advertising as soon as a year from now, according to their Chief Executive John Stankey. “I believe there’s a segment of our customer base where given a choice, they would take some load of advertising for a $5 or $10 reduction in their mobile bill,” Stankey said. Read more…
Back in the days when I worked for a carrier (#MetroOne), we regularly sent out techs (and sometimes non-techs) to “drive test” our coverage area. Literally people in cars, with like 5 cell-phone antennas on the top – looking for holes in the coverage and seeing where our competition had better coverage than we did. Apparently, that Read more…
AT&T has announced the End-of-Life of its 3G network, and has started to tell customers (see below) that their device will not be compatible with the new network and will need to be replaced. The EoL date could be February 2022. — NWIDA members, contact us today if you need our assistance and if you’re not yet Read more…
In portions of eastern Montana, already-spotty cellphone coverage has gotten even harder to find. AT&T began killing off mobile coverage for residents in the area this month. Aaron Heath, an auto parts salesman based in Wolf Point, said the news that his cellphone was getting cut off came as a shock. He got home after work last Read more…
According to an article in The Verge (link below), Sprint & AT&T have settled their lawsuit over AT&T’s “5G E” Logo. We have amicably settled this matter,” said an AT&T spokesperson. Anonymous sources have said that AT&T would keep using “5G E” in its marketing material. AT&T and Sprint also confirmed its statement to The Verge. Both companies Read more…
According to a report in the Dallas Morning news (link below) GameStop is selling it’s portfolio of over 1200 AT&T Wireless Stores to Prime Communications. The deal will make Prime Communications the largest AT&T authorized dealer in the U.S. and will cost them $700 Million. The deal is expected to close by year-end and ends a multiple-year relationship Read more…
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