AT&T's stock is up 35% in 2024 after CEO John Stankey reversed course in 2022 and spun off Warner Bros. and DirecTV, and plans to return $40B+ to shareholders
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T-Mobile now has five partnerships with fiber internet providers that could serve millions of US users in the coming years, in a bid to catch AT&T and Verizon
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AT&T says it will begin notifying consumers about a data breach where cybercriminals stole phone records of “nearly all” of its cellular and landline customers
Item 1.05 Material Cybersecurity Incidents. On April 19, 2024, AT&T Inc. … AT&T : AT&T Addresses Illegal Download of Customer Data CNN : Nearly all AT&T cell customers' call and text records exposed ...
A look at how the $42.5B US broadband infrastructure plan will be allocated: Texas leads with $3.3B+, California gets $1.8B+, Missouri gets $1.7B+, and more
find out how much your state will get Kris Holt / Engadget : The Biden administration's $42 billion broadband program is finally getting underway Anton Shilov / Tom's Hardware : U.S. to Invest $42 Bil...
Verizon replaces consumer unit chief Manon Brouillette, who joined from Vidéotron in July 2021, with CEO Hans Vestberg; Verizon's stock is down ~29% in 2022
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Canadian coffee chain Tim Hortons proposes offering customers a free hot drink and baked good as a settlement for collecting their location data for over a year
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T-Mobile agrees to pay $350M to settle class action lawsuits over a 2021 cyberattack that impacted ~76.6M customers and pledges to invest $150M in data security
Item 8.01 - Other Events On July 22, 2022, T-Mobile US, Inc. (the “Company” … Slashdot : T-Mobile Announces $350M Settlement Over Data Breach - Plus $150M Security Upgrade Ians / Business Standard : T...
AT&T and Verizon have raised the cost of some monthly and older mobile plans, testing consumer budgets; T-Mobile has kept most rates flat
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AT&T spent $9.1B, Dish $7.3B, and T-Mobile $2.9B in FCC's 5G auction for the 3.45GHz to 3.55GHz band previously reserved for military use; Verizon was absent
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Q&A with John Binns, a 21-year-old American living in Turkey, who claims responsibility for the recent T-Mobile hack and says its security is “awful”
revealing your full legal name and location—is an interesting strategy. https://www.wsj.com/... Daniel Lippman / @dlippman : “The young hacker said he did it to gain attention. ‘Generating noise was o...