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A New iPhone Will Cost You More than Ever Before

It's always exciting when someone stands up to a bully—unless that results in jacking up of the price of the hottest phone even higher than it already is.

By Rebecca Greenfield

Apr 24, 2012

AT&T Is Winning an iPhone Battle It Doesn't Even Want to Win

This morning's earnings report from AT&T confirms that it sold more iPhones than its competitor Verizon last quarter, something it probably isn't too ecstatic about.

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By Rebecca Greenfield

Apr 19, 2012

Here's Why Apple Doesn't Have to Worry About a Subsidy Problem

Verizon's strong Q1 earnings were a lot about the iPhone, proving Apple has nothing to worry about in terms of its wireless partners' subsidy of their mega-selling smartphones.

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By Adam Martin

Apr 9, 2012

Can Anyone Make Yellow Pages Work?

AT&T has finally decided to give up on its Yellow Pages business, selling its majority share to the private equity firm Cerberus Capital Management for nearly $1 billion, which seems like a big bet for Cerberus on a business in decline.

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By Daniel Frankel, PaidContent

Mar 28, 2012

Signs of Cable's Ratings Decline

With the cable business finally reaching saturation when it comes to adding new subscribers, and viewers blessed with more on-demand choices than ever, many top cable channels have recently experienced their worst ratings declines ever.

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By Rebecca Greenfield

Mar 21, 2012

The iPad Is Turning Everyone Into Expensive Data Superusers

With the iPad selling like too-warm cakes (get it?!) and the expansion of 4G LTE networks we are all turning into very expensive super-users.

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By Adam Clark Estes

Mar 1, 2012

AT&T Puts the 'Limit' in Unlimited Data

The data dependent army of tweeters are fuming over AT&T's announcing that it will cap its unlimited data plans.

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By Rebecca Greenfield

Feb 8, 2012

The iPhone Has Enslaved Mobile Carriers

The big three cell phone carriers have a paradoxical relationship with the iPhone: each carrier needs the device to survive, but the more iPhones they sell, the more money they seem to lose.

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By Adam Clark Estes

Jan 9, 2012

AT&T Wants to Take On Apple With Its Own App Store

At an executive-studded keynote at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, AT&T unveiled a very unexpected new initiative: an Apple-like, HTML5-powered app store.

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By Adam Clark Estes

Dec 21, 2011

The iPhone Is Killing Mobile Carriers

If the failed merger of AT&T and T-Mobile taught us anything, it's how our new smartphone-driven lifestyle is driving mobile carriers to resort to extreme measures in order to slow sinking profits caused by the high cost of pouring data into our pockets.

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By Adam Clark Estes

Dec 19, 2011

AT&T Finally Pulls the Plug on the T-Mobile Merger

Though signs of optimism had been flickering for weeks, AT&T announced their decision to drop its proposal to merge with T-Mobile on Monday, citing pressure from the Federal Communications Commission and the Department of Justice.

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By Adam Clark Estes

Dec 12, 2011

AT&T Buys Some Time to Reposition Its T-Mobile Bid

After speeding towards the precipice of total failure, AT&T won a little victory in its controversial quest to merge with T-Mobile by winning a federal judge's permission to delay the court case until next year.

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By Rebecca Greenfield

Oct 7, 2011