9 posts and columns on John Donovan

AT&T Tweaks Its Org Chart

in Mobile on January 31 at 8:10 am PT

The company shuffles the duties of several top executives, as longtime strategy chief Forrest Miller plans to retire.
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AT&T Announces Its First Five LTE Markets (Sorry, San Francisco and New York)

in Mobile on May 25, 2011 at 8:29 am PT

The carrier said it will light up high-speed mobile networks in Dallas, Houston, Chicago, Atlanta and San Antonio this summer, with at least 10 more markets coming in the second half of the year.
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ATT Technology Chief Insists T-Mobile Deal Won’t Stifle Innovation

in Mobile on April 26, 2011 at 9:17 am PT

AT&T Chief Technology Officer John Donovan said the $39 billion deal offers one of the few short-term ways to improve use of limited spectrum, a key driver for innovation.

San Francisco Gets a Few More Bars (Of Signal Strength)

in Mobile on December 28, 2010 at 9:45 am PT

Sprint announces 4G service for San Francisco and San Jose, while AT&T is adding Wi-Fi “hot zones” for some public spaces in San Francisco and New York, two areas where its cellphone service is most often criticized.

QOTD: Does That Count as a Capital Budget Item?

“We will move heaven and Earth.”

— AT&T CTO John Donovan on what the carrier is willing to do to meet the data demand that has so strained its network

With HSPA+ Network Upgrade, AT&T Buys Time for LTE

in News on May 18, 2010 at 9:57 am PT

Convinced that long-term-evolution, or LTE, wireless broadband’s path to maturity might be quite a bit longer than some of its rivals claim, AT&T is significantly expanding its HSPA+ network upgrade. The carrier is throwing about $10 million at the effort, which it says will double real-world download speeds from 7Mbps to up to 14Mbps–theoretically, anyway.

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Android, Spectrum Talk Dominate CTIA Wireless Conference

in News on March 26, 2010 at 5:00 am PT

This year’s CTIA Wireless trade show in Las Vegas brought some new devices and more talk about higher-speed wireless technologies. Here are some notable trends seen at the industry confab: This was really a show dominated by Google’s Android mobile operating system. AT&T kicked off the show with the Dell Aero, while Motorola showed off its first Nextel-compatible Android phone, complete with military specifications and the standard walkie-talkie feature.

Time to Cut AT&T Some Slack, iPhone Users?

in News on November 18, 2009 at 12:46 pm PT

Since 2008, AT&T’s network in and around San Francisco has experienced an increase in 3G data traffic of 2,000 percent. If you find this metric as astonishing as I do, consider this: The increase in Bay Area data traffic is actually below the national average–significantly below. According to AT&T CTO John Donovan, 3G data traffic on the company’s wireless network has risen nearly 5,000 percent nationally in the past 12 quarters.
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