October 26, 2009 :: Posted by - SoSly :: Category - News

Verizon and AT&T have both reported their latest quarterly earnings, and the strength of the iPhone has continued to help AT&T close the gap on the market leader.

In its earnings reported Monday morning, Verizon said it now has an estimated total of 89 million subscribers, after adding 1.2 million customers during the September quarter. Last week, AT&T announced it added 2 million wireless subscribers during the same period, bringing its total base of customers to 81.6 million.

AT&T’s 2 million customer increase was the highest third-quarter gain in company history. Officials said nearly 40 percent of the 3.2 million new iPhone activations were customers new to AT&T. That means of the 2 million new customers, roughly 1.28 million were iPhone users. Read more…

October 23, 2009 :: Posted by - SoSly :: Category - News

Reports of trouble for AT&T’s 3G network have done nothing to keep people from the iPhone in the U.S.

The nation’s second largest wireless carrier announced third-quarter earnings Thursday morning that were full of iPhone goodness. AT&T (T) activated a record 3.2 million iPhones in 3Q, 40% of which went to people new to the company.

Wireless data was the supporting star of the show. Services such as messaging, Internet access and the like were up 33.6% from 3Q of 2008 to $3.6 billion. Data sales now account for 29.4% of AT&T’s wireless revenue.

The company’s earnings were relatively flat, having posted a profit of $3.2 billion, or 54 cents a share for 3Q ‘09 versus $3.23 billion or 55 cents a share for 3Q of ‘08. AT&T did, however, bring in enough to beat analyst expectations. The street was only looking for earnings of 50 cents a share.

via tuaw.com

October 09, 2009 :: Posted by - Thomas :: Category - News

October 09, 2009 :: Posted by - Thomas :: Category - News

AT&T subscribers still won’t be able to use their iPhones as wireless modems for their computers, despite the carrier’s reversed position on Internet-phone applications.

Tethering, the process of using an Internet-enabled mobile device, such as a cellphone, to provide access to a laptop or other computer, is part of Apple’s list of features in the iPhone, but AT&T doesn’t support it in the U.S., where it’s the only iPhone seller.
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October 08, 2009 :: Posted by - Thomas :: Category - News

As jobs remain top of mind in many homes, the need to access and capitalize on career opportunities has never seemed greater.

Understanding this priority, AT&T today launched AT&T Jobs for iPhone customers – a free app listed in the business category – that provides instant access to all current job openings across the AT&T network (www.att.jobs), including any openings in Atlanta. Read more…

October 07, 2009 :: Posted by - SoSly :: Category - News

AT&T may be close to making an announcement that it will support Skype and Google Voice on all its handsets, reports the Washington Post.

One source close to the thinking of AT&T executives said the company has been deliberating the decision for weeks and that top executives have said they were close to accepting voice over Internet services on all AT&T phones, including the iPhone. The source spoke on the condition of anonymity because a decision hadn’t been officially announced. Skype currently operates on the iPhone through WiFi access, but not on AT&T’s 3G mobile network.

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October 01, 2009 :: Posted by - SoSly :: Category - News

A man who took his iPhone 3G in to a New York City Apple Store because of a large number of dropped calls was allegedly told that a 30 percent failure rate is average for a local AT&T customer.

In a diagnosis issued by the Genius Bar, the proposed resolution for the issue was for the customer to contact AT&T, because “the problem is consistent with the service provided” by the wireless carrier. Not included in the report, however, is what a Gizmodo reader claimed he was told by the Apple Store Genius: That a 30 percent dropped call rate is average for the New York area.

The man took his iPhone 3G to the Apple Store in SoHo, located at 103 Prince Street in New York City, to see if his dropped calls were as a result of the hardware. The man said that roughly a third of his calls disconnected. Read more…

September 27, 2009 :: Posted by - SoSly :: Category - News

September 25, 2009 :: Posted by - SoSly :: Category - News

Looking to save a little on your monthly iPhone rates? AT&T just announced a price break but you do have to opt-in. It’s not automatic. Please see update below. You can save from $6/month on the Nation 450 with rollover up to $12/month on the Nation 1350. The Unlimited plan remains unaffected.

So what’s the downside of all this? You may lose some or all of your rollover minutes by converting to the new plan price. So check the fine print before you click Submit. Any existing corporate or student discounts remain unaffected. If you’re already Read more…

September 24, 2009 :: Posted by - SoSly :: Category - News

DSLReports claims to have received word from a source noting that AT&T is extremely nervous about the impending launch of MMS for the iPhone scheduled for this Friday. Early testing of the service has apparently already placed a strain on the company’s MMS servers, resulting in a test outage yesterday and a last-minute rush to beef up capacity beyond the measures already taken.

AT&T and its MMS partners are already seeing “record traffic during peak hours of the night” with just the users selected for testing.

That early testing has been a little rocky, with AT&T seeing a fairly significant test outage yesterday Read more…