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The entire catalogue of Napster will be soon available for download over the AT&T network. The two companies have expanded their existing partnership, which would see more than 5 million full-tracks currently in Napster's library being made available...
San Antonio, Texas-based AT&T Inc. has agreed to buy the rural wireless provider, Dobson Communications Corporation for $2.8 billion. AT&T will pay $13 for per share of Dobson. It is expected, this acquisition will improve AT&T’s wireless...
A US federal agency has banned the import of new models of new cell phones containing chips from Qualcomm Inc. The verdict holds crucial importance, as it could proved to be troublesome for some wireless-service carriers and handset makers. The...
Good news to all who are eagerly awaiting for the Apple Inc.'s highly anticipated iPhone. The gadget is scheduled to hit the US market on June 29. This has been revealed by the TV commercials broadcast on Sunday and also confirmed by the company's...
Randall Stephenson has assumed charge of Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of telecommunications giant AT&T, Inc. replacing Edward Whitacre, Jr. The 47-year-old Stephenson is considered an old hand with the San Antonio based AT&T, having served...
The US government on Thursday awarded a telecommunications contract worth up to $20 billion over 10 years to five companies as it looks to upgrade its telecommunications services. Major telecommunications companies AT&T Inc., Verizon Communications...
Edward Whitacre Jr., who built the company into the largest US provider of telephone services, announced unexpectedly on Friday that he will retire as chairman and chief executive in June. Randall Stephenson, the 47-year old chief operating officer...
Former Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi has offered to use his vast media empire to help make certain that Telecom Italia SpA does not fall into foreign hands. Berlusconi while delivering a speech at a political conference in Florence said,...
AT&T became the latest company to pull out of talks for a big stake in Telecom Italia as the negotiations came to nothing over regulatory insecurity. AT&T on Monday abandoned its offer to acquire a stake in the company that controls Telecom Italia,...
Telecom Italia's chairman, Guido Rossi, resigned last week after a prolonged falling out with Pirelli chairman Marco Tronchetti Provera. The latter holds an 18 per cent stake in the telecom giant through the holding company Olimpia. His resignation...
AT&T has announced that it is in negotiation to acquire a one third stake in Olimpia S.p.A., the company that holds a controlling 18 percent stake in the Italian current operator, which generated $41.8 billion in revenues in 2006. Along with AT&T,...
The US government awarded AT&T, Qwest Communications International and Verizon the largest telecommunications contract in history, leaving Sprint Nextel out of a deal worth up to $48 billion over the next 10 years. However, the contract, by the...
Yahoo and AT&T has issued a joint release amid speculation today by the Wall Street Journal and others about the value of their partnership which impacted Yahoo as their stock price slipped over 5 percent to put a check on speculations. Following...
A U.S. federal jury has ruled that Microsoft Corp. infringed two audio patents held by Alcatel-Lucent and it must pay $1.52 billion in damages. Interestingly, if the verdict would be upheld on appeal, that would be marked as the largest patent...
A 6-year-old legal battle between software giant Microsoft and the leading telephone company AT&T over patent infringements has now moved to the US Supreme Court. The lawsuit was filed by AT&T which is seeking the software company to pay fines for...
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