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AT&T: “We’re Closing the Gap” in New York and San Francisco

in Mobile on January 28, 2010 at 12:09 pm PT

AT&T’s overtaxed network has been the subject of considerable negative attention recently. No surprise, then, that the network figured prominently during the company’s earnings call this morning. The carrier everyone loves to hate would like us all to know that it’s making progress in New York City and San Francisco, two high-volume markets with equally high-volume complaints about AT&T’s wireless service.

If You Think AT&T Has Network Problems Now, Just You Wait

in Mobile on January 6, 2010 at 1:04 pm PT

For AT&T, 2010 will be all about Android and Palm’s webOS. At least, that’s the impression one’s left with after the company’s event this morning at the Consumer Electronics Show, which featured a lot of talk about devices based on those operating systems and little mention of Apple’s iPhone, the device that has overstuffed the company’s wallet almost as obscenely as it has its network.
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Thanks, iPhone: 2,000 Percent Increase in Bay Area Data Traffic Since 2008, Says AT&T

in News on November 17, 2009 at 2:36 pm PT

Bay Area iPhone users, relief is on the way. AT&T has almost completed a $65 million upgrade to its network in the region. The carrier has upgraded close to 850 cell sites in an effort to better handle the massive surge in data traffic it has seen in and around San Francisco since the debut of iPhone. And make no mistake: The surge has been massive.
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