FCC fines four wireless carriers millions
Four wireless carriers were each hit with multi-million-dollar fines by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC). They were AT&T, Verizon, T-Mobile and Sprint.
AT&T data breach exposes 73 million current, former accounts on dark web, company says
Around 73 million current and former customers are affected by an AT&T data breach to the dark web that includes personal information like Social Security numbers.
New York AG opens investigation into recent AT&T outage
New York Attorney General Letitia James is investigating AT&T's "dangerous" cellular network outage last week that left thousands of customers without service for hours.
AT&T CEO shares letter to employees after cell network outage: 'we fell short'
AT&T CEO John Stankey sent a letter to the telecom giant's employees on Sunday about the cellular network outage that occurred Thursday and the company's efforts to restore service.
AT&T to give billing credits to customers impacted by cell network outage
AT&T is planning to give billing credits amounting to $5 per account to customers who were impacted or potentially impacted by last week's wireless outage.
AT&T reveals likely cause of outage that affected customers nationwide
AT&T revealed the cause of a nationwide outage that temporarily stripped tens of thousands of customers of cellular service to be the "execution of an incorrect process."
AT&T had a massive cell phone outage: here's how to work around one
An outage with AT&T's cellular network that left tens of thousands of Americans without service on Thursday has prompted discussion of ways to stay in touch when cell networks are down.
Cellphone outage hits AT&T customers nationwide; Verizon and T-Mobile users also affected
AT&T has yet to say anything about a reported service outage impacting tens of thousands of customers nationwide Thursday morning.
SpaceX launches satellites for cell service for first time
Elon Musk's SpaceX carried six direct-to-cell satellites that will be used by T-Mobile and other carriers into Earth’s orbit earlier this week. It will offer text messaging to start.
AT&T unveils 5G-connected football helmet to enhance communication between deaf players and coaches
AT&T, working collaboratively with Gallaudet University, the leading college for deaf and hard-of-hearing students, unveiled a 5G-connected football helmet.