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AT&T blames failed T-Mobile merger for higher prices

Ben Kersey, May 3rd 2012 Discuss [0]

Randall Stephenson, chairman and CEO of AT&T, has blasted the government's decision to block the merger with T-Mobile USA. Speaking at a conference, Stephenson says that ultimately the decision will lead to higher prices for consumers, and that the current amount of spectrum available can’t sustain the number of competitors in the wireless industry. Read The Full Story

FCC approves AT&T spectrum transfer to T-Mobile

Rue Liu, Apr 25th 2012 Discuss [0]

The FCC has approved the transfer of AWS spectrum from AT&T to T-Mobile, who celebrated the news this morning with the announcement. The spectrum to be transferred is part of the breakup agreement between the two carriers for their ill-fated merger attempt. T-Mobile plans to use the new AWS spectrum for building out its own LTE network in 2013. Read The Full Story

SlashGear Weekly Wrap-Up: March 24, 2012

Mark Raby, Mar 24th 2012 Discuss [0]

Happy Saturday, everyone. It's that time again where we showcase all the biggest stories of the week. Not everyone has the time to stay up-to-date on the latest tech news every day, so here's a quick look at what made news over the last several days. For starters, T-Mobile had to layoff nearly 2000 employees is causing AT&T to blame the FCC over its failed merger deal. Also, big news in the social world - Social gaming startup OMGPOP was officially acquired by Zynga. Keep reading for more of the major headlines. Read The Full Story

SlashGear Evening Wrap-Up: March 23, 2012

Mark Raby, Mar 23rd 2012 Discuss [0]

Happy Friday, everyone. We made it through another work week. Hopefully you're enjoying your spring so far. And even though everyone would rather be spending time outside, there are people still making news in the tech world - specifically, the news that T-Mobile had to layoff nearly 2000 employees is causing AT&T to blame the FCC over its failed merger deal. Speaking of AT&T, it's surely getting ready for the iPhone 5, which we are hearing will have a 4.6-inch Retina Display. That would be pretty baller. Read The Full Story

AT&T blames FCC for T-Mobile job cuts

Rue Liu, Mar 23rd 2012 Discuss [0]

AT&T has issued a statement blaming the FCC for the T-Mobile job cuts announced yesterday. T-Mobile will be shutting down 7 call centers and laying off 3,300 employees, although it will be creating 1,400 new positions at the remaining call centers. AT&T exec Jim Cicconi believes that the cutback would not have been necessary had the FCC approved the $39 billion merger between AT&T and T-Mobile. Read The Full Story

T-Mobile closing 7 call centers, cutting 1,900 jobs

Rue Liu, Mar 22nd 2012 Discuss [0]

T-Mobile had somber news for employees today announcing plans to close down 7 of its 24 call centers, eliminating 1,900 jobs nationwide with more job cuts likely to come. The consolidation of its call centers is expected to complete by the end of June and the cost savings is aimed at diverting more funds towards its $4 billion network upgrade to 4G LTE. Read The Full Story

T-Mobile skips 84Mbps upgrade for LTE future

Michael Crider, Feb 28th 2012 Discuss [0]

Last week T-Mobile finally announced its plants to upgrade its network to long-term evolution (LTE) speeds, now that the possibility of being acquired by AT&T is off the table for good. The LTE portions of T-Mobile network won't be online until next year at the earliest, but in the meantime the company had planned to upgrade all of its HSPA+ towers to a mind-boggling 84 megabits per second. Alas, that's no longer the case - due to the intense cost and preparations needed for the LTE network, T-Mobile's "4G" HSPA+ network won't get above 42MBps maximum. Read The Full Story

AT&T takes top spot in mobile customer service

Rue Liu, Feb 2nd 2012 Discuss [1]

AT&T has managed to beat out all its rivals in the latest mobile phone customer service survey conducted by Vocalabs, despite being ranked worst by Consumer Reports. According to data collected from the firm's survey, which involved telephone interviews immediately following a customer service call during the last three-month period in 2011, AT&T had the highest percentage of customer satisfaction among the four major US wireless carriers. Read The Full Story

SlashGear Week in Review – Week 4 2012

Chris Burns, Jan 28th 2012 Discuss [0]

This week started with a total restructuring of the heads at RIM while they consider licensing BlackBerry 10 and Chris Davies assures us that RIM's new CEO is a Placeholder, not a prophet. Of course other than that there's just a brand new Year of the Dragon in China and a radiation storm hitting the Earth courtesy of the Sun. Auroras and full video documentation from NASA intact. And HP's webOS is now open source including its good pal Enyo - and John Rubinstein is gone! Read The Full Story

AT&T and T-Mobile seek FCC approval for $1 billion spectrum transfer

Rue Liu, Jan 23rd 2012 Discuss [0]

According to the Wall Street Journal, AT&T and T-Mobile have filed a request with the FCC, seeking approval for the transfer of $1 billion worth of AWS spectrum. The spectrum is owed to T-Mobile as part of AT&T's failed $39 billion merger deal. Read The Full Story

T-Mobile parent company wants it out of the house, may sell towers

Shane McGlaun, Jan 9th 2012 Discuss [10]

It's easy to tell from the failed AT&T/T-Mobile merger that AT&T didn't come out well having to pay up billions in money and wireless spectrum after the failed purchase bid. You might think that T-Mobile and its parent company Deutsche Telekom came out pretty good on the deal, but apparently, the breakup fee wasn’t enough to keep T-Mobile living under the DT roof. DT wanted the money AT&T was going to pay for T-Mobile to fix up its European networks. Read The Full Story

SlashGear Week in Review – Week 52 2011

Chris Burns, Jan 1st 2012 Discuss [0]

Welcome to the last week of the year, and here at SlashGear an odd week since last week we did not have a wrap-up as such. What we're doing this week is checking out our last reviews, our last featured posts, columns, top posts, and the like. Note furthermore that this review is one part of a set of reviews of the whole year of 2011, pieces that we choose and that you choose in kind! The last posts of the year were an odd bunch, let me tell you, and at no point should you expect that a holiday season would be bland - in fact it was utterly wild when it came down to it - enjoy! Read The Full Story