As AT&T’s proposed acquisition of rival T-Mobile USA virtually unraveled Monday after a federal judge granted a request to delay the U.S. Department of Justice’s antitrust case, an unlikely third party announced its interest in partnering with the latter carrier if the deal ultimately falls through, Bloomberg reported.
Wireless carrier AT&T will be sponsoring for the first time in Puerto Rico its Youth for Broadband Awareness Literacy & Education program, looking to offer technology and computer training to youth through a partnership with the Boys and Girls Club. The event will take place in Carolina, Dec. 1-2, News is my Business learned.
Puerto Rico Telephone/Claro’s parent company, América Móvil, and wireless provider AT&T announced Monday they have signed a strategic memorandum of understanding to explore ways of delivering enhanced communication services to multinational companies throughout Latin America and the rest of the world.
With the quiet flip of a switch, AT&T de Puerto Rico this week became the first commercial wireless carrier on the island, and in the Latin American region, to launch a next-generation Long-Term Evolution network that is already offering blazing fast speeds.
Wireless carrier AT&T announced Monday plans to expand its 4G LTE platform to six new markets, including Puerto Rico, effective Nov. 20, News is my Business learned.
Puerto Rico’s 81 percent wireless penetration rate is low in contrast to other parts of the world where mobile phones outnumber people, leaving ample space for growth and further contributions by an industry that “could do more.” However, the impact of an industry is not always in the numbers, but in the quality of services it extends to a population.
AT&T Puerto Rico will be receiving the first shipment of iPhone 4S devices, in black and white casings, this Friday, when stores will open at 8 a.m. for customers who did not pre-order Apple’s latest smartphone, company officials announced Tuesday.
Smartphones make up 40 percent of all mobile phone in use in U.S. markets, according to a recent study by Nielsen that also shows that 39 percent of those smartphones run on the Android operating system, followed by the Apple iPhone operating system.
Saying that the proposed merger between AT&T and T-Mobile would “hinder wireless market competition,” the Puerto Rico Justice Department joined its federal counterpart lawsuit to block the transaction, an action News is my Business anticipated earlier this month.
The Puerto Rico Justice Department will express its position on the proposed acquisition by AT&T of T-Mobile’s assets in coming days, likely opposing the deal due to concerns about its potential effects on the local competitive landscape, News is my Business learned.
The movement against the proposed merger between AT&T and T-Mobile USA gained greater momentum late last week, when seven state attorney generals, including New York’s, joined the U.S. Justice Department’s lawsuit to block the deal.
No sooner had the U.S. Department of Justice filed a lawsuit in a Washington D.C. court to block the proposed $39 billion takeover by AT&T of T-Mobile’s operations, when AT&T shot off a letter expressing its “disappointment” in the government’s action.
It has been nearly a month since the Federal Communications Commission stopped the clock on its 180-day timeline to approve the proposed $39 billion AT&T acquisition of rival T-Mobile.
AT&T dropped a bomb Friday on unlimited data plan smartphone customers who use their devices so much they fall into that top 5 percent that clogs up the network during any given billing cycle.
Washington, D.C.-based National Puerto Rican Coalition threw it support behind the proposed merger between AT&T and T-Mobile, asking the Federal Communications Commission in a letter Friday to approve the deal as it believes it will help to better meet the wireless needs of the Puerto Rican population on and off the island.
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