AT&T

Hey, AT&T, you ripped off our smartwatch-phone group call tech – and we want our $1bn, say entrepreneur pair

Seattle duo go back to court demanding promised royalties

Personal Tech27 Jan 2021 | 28

AT&T’s CEO has a solution to US broadband woes despite billions sunk into the problem. You’ll never guess what it is

Comment There is no good money after bad if you’re the person receiving it

Personal Tech09 Sep 2020 | 24

It’s happened again: AT&T sued for allegedly transferring victim's number to thieves in $1.9m cryptocoin heist

Man claims life savings lost in theft aided by telco staff

Security01 Jul 2020 | 25

AT&T slapped down for its '5GE' ads: You don’t have a proper 5G network, so stop saying so, says watchdog

Pah, fine, OK, we’ll do what you say... in marketing, pouts telco to NARB

Networks21 May 2020 | 11

AT&T tracked its own sales bods using GPS, secretly charged them $135 a month to do so, lawsuit claims

See, it's not just users getting shafted

Security19 May 2020 | 22

It's Terpin time: Bloke who was SIM jacked twice by Bitcoin thieves gets green light to sue telco for millions

Plus or minus a few caveats

Science26 Feb 2020 | 63

RSA Conference loses one more abbreviated tech giant after AT&T disconnects over novel coronavirus fears

RSA Alternative headline: Killer bio-nasty linked to former alien vault and cyber-hacker gathering

Security20 Feb 2020 |

AT&T insists it's not blocking Tutanota after secure email biz cries foul, cites loss of net neutrality as cause

Updated Monster telco says it's working to resolve whatever's going on

Security14 Feb 2020 | 12

Curse of Boeing continues: Now a telly satellite it built may explode, will be pushed up to 500km from geo orbit

DirecTV's Spaceway-1 to head off into the void before its batteries detonate

Networks24 Jan 2020 | 97

China fires up 'Great Cannon' denial-of-service blaster, points it toward Hong Kong

Protest organizers come under fire from network traffic barrage

Security06 Dec 2019 | 52

AT&T subscribers back in court to crack open telco giant's $60m FTC settlement over limited 'unlimited data' plans

Updated Hey, no looking, that paperwork's private, says network operator

Legal04 Dec 2019 | 14

AT&T: We did nothing wrong in promising unlimited data that wasn't. We're just giving the FTC $60m for fun

Comment Watchdog agrees one day of profit ought to be enough after 5 years of arguing

Personal Tech05 Nov 2019 | 35

Mysterious botched code upgrade breaks voicemail for unlucky AT&T punters for weeks

Device, server... something with electricity in it, possibly, blamed by US cellular giant

Software24 Oct 2019 | 6

There's fraud, and then there's backdoor routers, fenced logins, malware, and bribing AT&T staff seven figures to unlock 2m phones

Pakistani bloke extradited to US, accused of masterminding telco hack caper

Security06 Aug 2019 | 18

Having flogged off its data centers, AT&T cozies up to Microsoft, IBM to keep it running

In a cloud war, the US telco opts for the Swiss model, stays neutral

Networks17 Jul 2019 | 8

'Fake 5G' feud falters as Sprint, AT&T settle suit over 'misleading' label

The 'E' is for 'Ersatz'

Networks23 Apr 2019 | 7

$24m in fun bux stolen from crypto-mogul. Now he fires off huge fraud charge. Like, RICO, say?

Lawsuit claims coin thief was part of a gang targeting crypto whales

Security17 Jan 2019 | 28

A few short packets: Cisco still Switchzilla, a neat Wi-Fi hack and more

Networks roundup Also: AT&T inks open source pact with Nokia, ZTE 5G pass, Equinix expands

Networks14 Jan 2019 | 1

AT&T, Sprint, Verizon, T-Mobile US pledge, again, to not sell your location to shady geezers. Sorry, we don't believe them

Fool me once, shame on, shame on you. Fool me, you can't get fooled again*, OK

Security11 Jan 2019 | 24

Senator Wyden goes ballistic after US telcos caught selling people's location data yet again

Rights warrior ticked off after yet another report of whereabouts being flogged to dodgy geezers

Security08 Jan 2019 | 82

AT&T (sucks) upgrades folks to 5G (Evolution) that isn't actually 5G

Job numbers, coverage ... is there anything US telco giant hasn't been accused of inflating?

Science07 Jan 2019 | 23

Small American town rejects Comcast – while ISP reps take issue with your El Reg vultures

And the FCC and AT&T claim everything is hunky dory

Legal12 Dec 2018 | 56

FCC's 5G masterstroke little more than big biz cash giveaway – expert

One-size-fits-all pricing in America will expand, not narrow, digital divide

Networks19 Sep 2018 | 11

Nvidia promises to shift graphics grunt work to the cloud, for a price

GPU giant waxes lyrical about 5G, GeForce Now leveling the playing field for gamers

SaaS11 Sep 2018 | 54

Guys, geez... finally 5Gs: AT&T grows super-fast mobile net city rollout

More American cities will get super-fast mobile internet

Networks10 Sep 2018 | 9

Bitcoin backer sues AT&T for $240m over stolen cryptocurrency

Michael Terpin not happy about funds-draining SIM swap fraud

Security15 Aug 2018 | 41

AT&T abducts AlienVault to bolster business end of its security probing

Don't panic: The Open Threat Exchange is still online

Security10 Jul 2018 | 4

AT&T offloads a bunch of data centres for a billion bucks

Carrier will still control customers and offer colo services in 29 bit barns

On-Prem25 Jun 2018 | 5

AT&T sends in startup shill to shake up Cali's net neutrality safeguards

Analysis Oh look it's 'tech startup advocacy group' CALinnovates again

Personal Tech19 Jun 2018 | 12

Verizon promises to stop selling its subscribers' location data... for now

But T-Mobile US and Sprint? Not so much

Personal Tech19 Jun 2018 | 14

Dinosaurs permitted to mate: But what does AT&T Time merger mean for antitrust – and you?

Analysis Cord-cutters swung the court

Networks14 Jun 2018 | 23

Thought the AT&T Time-Warner tie-up was scary? Comcast says 'hold my beer'

American cable giant offers $65bn for 21st Century Fox

Networks14 Jun 2018 | 16

AT&T gets clearance to devour Time Warner for $85 BEEEELION

Updated DOJ can't stop mega-merger from going through

Networks12 Jun 2018 | 13

Why does the world need the new 'Arkraino' network edge stack'?

Because devices on massive networks need services, says Linux Foundation orchestration guru Arpit Joshipura

Networks03 May 2018 | 7

Linux Foundation lays out welcome mat for AT&T network OS

'DANOS' code hoped to run 100,000 routers will go open source in H2 2018

Networks28 Mar 2018 |

What a hang up: US big box biz Best Buy kicks Huawei to the curb

不好意思，我听不懂

On-Prem22 Mar 2018 | 39

America yanked from the maws of cellphone complaint black hole

FTC can smack down telcos – and eyes up $100m fine from AT&T for limited 'unlimited' plan

Personal Tech26 Feb 2018 | 19

T-Mobile US let hackers nick my phone number, drain my crypto-wallets, cries man who lost $20k

PIN 'ignored' – no wonder T-Mob has put out an alert

Security06 Feb 2018 | 21

AT&T's financial figures reveal 19 BEEELLLION reasons why it lobbied hard for US tax cuts

Telco gives 5% to staff, 5% for capex, windfall for shareholders

Networks01 Feb 2018 | 20

You want wires with that? Burger King backs, er, net neutrality

Vid Yes, you read that right

Networks24 Jan 2018 | 36

Merger-hungry AT&T sued for price gouging by Texas ISP

Awkward timing considering its Time-Warner marriage request

On-Prem06 Dec 2017 | 7

AT&T, Comcast trash, kill Nashville's Googley broadband cable rules

City's attempt to foster competition shafted after taking pole position

Networks27 Nov 2017 | 7

AT&T wants to bin 100,000 routers, replace them with white boxes

Carrier tries to speed networking innovation with 'Disaggregated Network Operating System'

Networks21 Nov 2017 | 33

AT&T insists it's not sweating US govt block of Time-Warner gobble

'We don't care, in fact look at this letter about how little we care. Really. Please look at it'

Networks21 Nov 2017 | 11

AT&T, Verizon agree to hop into bed and thrust new erections over US

Duopoly guys do duopoly thing

Networks13 Nov 2017 | 4

Remember how you said it was cool if your mobe network sold your name, number and location?

No? Well, never mind, because it's for your own protection

Security16 Oct 2017 | 33

Sprint, T-Mobile US reignite mega-merger talks (again)

You want more competition, America? Here's another all-powerful telco monolith

Personal Tech19 Sep 2017 | 6

Alert: AT&T customers with Arris modems at risk of remote hacking, claim infosec bods

Just the usual procession of firmware vulnerabilities

Security01 Sep 2017 | 14

Telcos waive bills during Houston hurricane recovery

Carriers say they're holding up – more flooding is likely

Networks28 Aug 2017 | 8

Hate it when your apartment block is locked to Comcast etc? Small ISPs fight back

FCC urged to end Big Cable's exclusive deals with flats

Personal Tech23 Aug 2017 | 21

FTC wants AT&T to kick in $4bn to help balance US budget. Why? Some dodgy ads or something

Telco's TV biz accused of false advertising by trade watchdog

Personal Tech18 Aug 2017 | 16

Judge yanks plug out of AT&T's latest attack on Google Fiber

Judge throws out lawsuit seeking to prevent rollout of broadband cables

Personal Tech17 Aug 2017 | 20

For one night only: Net neutrality punch-up between Big Cable, Big Web this September

Move over, Mayweather and McGregor

Personal Tech25 Jul 2017 | 6

Democrats (still a thing, apparently) are super unhappy about AT&T's Time-Warner merger

Busting up telcos is on LOSER party's agenda. SAD!

Legal24 Jul 2017 | 28

All hail AT&T! Champion of the open internet and users' privacy!

Also a bald-faced liar

Personal Tech14 Jul 2017 | 31

Two-factor FAIL: Chap gets pwned after 'AT&T falls for hacker tricks'

This is getting stupid now – time to dump SMS and switch to code-generating apps or tokens

Security10 Jul 2017 | 70