Wi-Fi calling now available for AT&T’s Apple iPhone 6/6 Plus and Apple iPhone 6s/6s Plus
Last week, we told you how AT&T felt that it had been treated unfairly by the FCC. While the carrier decided to play by the rules and wait for an FCC waiver before offering Wi-Fi calling, Sprint and T-Mobile went ahead without a waiver, and started offering the service to its customers. AT&T filed a […]
Android 5.1.1 sent OTA to AT&T’s Samsung Galaxy S6 and Samsung Galaxy S6 edge
Good news today if you are an AT&T subscriber sporting the Samsung Galaxy S6 or Samsung Galaxy S6 edge. Both models are in the process of receiving Android 5.1.1 via an OTA update. The file weighs in at 660MB, and changes some of the icons to match the ones employed on the Samsung Galaxy Note5. […]
T-Mobile and the CCA ask the FCC to block AT&T’s acquisition of 700MHz spectrum
According to AT&T, T-Mobile and the Competitive Carrier Association are asking the FCC to block its acquisition of 700MHz spectrum without having a good reason to do so. The transaction in question will give AT&T two Lower 700MHz B Block licenses from Club 42 CM Limited Partnership. Once the deal closes, AT&T will be able […]
Snowden Documents Reveal AT&T’s “Extreme Willingness to Help” NSA Domestic Spy Program
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans Documents from NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden have exposed how extensively the NSA relied on telecommunications giant AT&T for its vast spying operations. Records described by The New York Times and ProPublica laud AT&T’s “extreme willingness to help” the NSA’s spying efforts. According to the piece, the […]
What We Know About the NSA and AT&T’s Spying Pact
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans NEW EDWARD SNOWDEN documents revealed on Saturday in the New York Times detail a decade-long secret partnership between the NSA and AT&T, which provided the spy agency with metadata on billions of emails. Although the Timesstory has garnered a lot of attention, it offers few details […]