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AT&T restores cell service in Vallecito Lake
Residents were without coverage for eight days AT&T service has been restored in Vallecito Lake after more than a week without cellphone service. (Jerry McBride/Durango Herald) Jerry McBride × After more than a week without cellphone service, AT&T...

AT&T, Cisco Launch Unified Cloud-native SASE Platform for Secure, Scalable Connectivity
AT&T Business and Cisco have joined forces to introduce the new AT&T Secure Access Service Edge (SASE) with Cisco, a comprehensive, cloud-delivered networking and security solution. This collaboration underscores AT&T and Cisco’s shared vision to...

Gov Set to Update 2022 UK Telecommunications Security Code of Practice
The UK Government’s Department for Science, Innovation & Technology (DSIT) has proposed to update their Telecommunications Security Code of Practice (2022). This sets out what sort of specific security measures public telecoms providers...

KIRO 7 goes back-to-school shopping with local students, The Salvation Army, and Comcast
KIRO 7 went back-to-school shopping with local kids on Wednesday morning, giving students the clothes and confidence they need to tackle the upcoming school year. Students gathered at the Old Navy in Bellevue to get their back-to-school shopping...
Feared activist investor builds £640m stake in Vodafone
Martin Ebner, 80, has been labelled ‘Switzerland’s Warren Buffett’ A feared billionaire corporate raider has taken a £640m stake in Vodafone, adding to a roster of activist investors who have taken aim at the British telecoms giant. Martin Ebner,...

Surprise new rival to EE, O2, Three and Vodafone offers to slash your phone bill to just £2.29
Tired of being stung by painful roaming charges when you travel? There's a brand-new mobile network that will slash the cost of using speedy 5G internet when abroad, and it comes from a very unlikely place. Community Fibre, the 100% full-fibre...

France breezes into the semi-final with commanding win over Vodafone LooseHeadz
Reigning IDRC champions France are through to the semi-final of the International Defence Rugby Competition after they cruised to a 64-12 victory over the Vodafone LooseHeadz. The French finish second on the table in Pool B and will go on to face...

How I Got Here: Joanna Gilfoy, business director at Vodafone
What was your first job? My first job came about over an argument with my Mum about school shoes when I was 13 years old. I didn’t want the boring shoes, my mum’s reply was, “When you earn your own money you can buy your own shoes” – so I got a...

Vodafone launches ‘You Deserve It!’ campaign with innovative mobility and lifestyle benefits
Tribune News Network Doha Vodafone Qatar has announced the expansion of Postpaid services through the bold new ‘You Deserve It!’ campaign, introducing enhanced connectivity and digital lifestyle offerings to meet the evolving needs of customers on...

Broadband ISP Vodafone UK Now LIVE via CommunityFibre’s FTTP in London
Mobile operator and broadband ISP Vodafone UK (VodafoneThree) has today confirmed that they’ve now gone live on CommunityFibre’s alternative Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) based fixed line network in London. The provider says this means that 550,000...

Charles Ergen’s Net Worth Doubles After Controversial AT&T Sale
After losing nearly all of his fortune in late 2023, Charlie Ergen merged his Dish Network with EchoStar, both of which he cofounded. He remains chairman of the combined group. © 2012 Bloomberg Finance LP Things were looking rough for Charles...

Bayern and Deutsche Telekom finalize renewal; Inter land new partner
German soccer heavyweights Bayern Munich and national telecommunications giant Deutsche Telekom have confirmed a seven-year extension of their major, front-of-shirt sponsorship deal. The new deal between the long-standing partners will run through...

AT&T Buys $23 Billion Worth of Spectrum from EchoStar

Vodafone Qatar launches 'You Deserve It' campaign
Vodafone Qatar has announced its expansion of Postpaid services through its new 'You Deserve It!' campaign, introducing new connectivity and digital lifestyle offerings to meet the evolving needs of the New Unlimited+ plan customers. These...

EE, Vodafone and O2 face a surprise new rival that UK phone owners won't want to ignore
For example, EE now charges £5 per day (£25 per week) to use it's network in America meaning a family of four wanting to uses their devices could face a £200 bill when returning after a two week break. Vodafone charges some users over £7 per day...

Cyber security director: Island “critically dependent” on telecommunications
JERSEY’s economy and way of life are “critically dependent on telecommunications”, a cyber security expert has warned – after the UK regulator responsible for allocating phone numbers in the Island found it had no legal basis for doing so. Jersey...

AT&T to Acquire EchoStar Spectrum Licenses in $23 Billion Deal
AT&T Inc. has struck a transformative agreement to acquire spectrum licenses from EchoStar Corp. for approximately $23 billion, a move set to expand its 5G and fiber services footprint while helping EchoStar avoid bankruptcy. The all-cash...

The Telecommunications Act needs a major overhaul | Douglas Rooks
Douglas Rooks has been a Maine editor, columnist and reporter for 40 years. He welcomes comment at [email protected]. When I started my first job in the 1970s, one of the preoccupations of the journalism world was technology — how the rapid...
AT&T to Acquire EchoStar Spectrum for $23B
AT&T and EchoStar today announced two related agreements that will expand the wireless spectrum licenses owned by AT&T and deepen the companies’ cooperation in the operation of EchoStar’s Boost Mobile brand. AT&T will acquire approximately 30 MHz...
AT&T’s return to dealmaking looks like the right call
AT&T is back in the M&A game. Compared with some of the US telecoms giant’s previous efforts, its shareholders seem more enthusiastic. On Tuesday, AT&T said it would buy $23bn worth of spectrum licences from satellite operator EchoStar, whose...