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Philippine police and the U.S. FBI have arrested four people that Manila said were paid by a militant Saudi Arabia-based group to hack into U.S. telecom AT&T Inc.'s system, but the company said it was neither targeted nor breached.

AT&T Inc is considering an offer to divest a significantly larger portion of assets than it had initially expected, in order to salvage its $39 billion deal to buy T-Mobile USA, Bloomberg reported citing a person familiar with the plan.

Keyboard lovers can begin their mass exodus from the Motorola Droid 3 with the debut of Samsung's Captivate Glide from AT&T. T-Mobile's MyTouch 4G Slide has been out for a few months, and its keyboard is one of the best, but it goes for $200 with a two year contract.

AT&T challenges an assertion made by the FCC that the two companies can't reapply to merge once the application is withdrawn.

The smartphone market is seeing a rapid growth as new devices are being released every now and then. Apart from the advanced specifications, the manufacturers are increasing the screen size of smartphones.

Prospects for the $39 billion sale of Deutsche Telekom's T-Mobile USA unit to AT&T darkened after the U.S. telecoms giant said it would take a $4 billion charge in case of failure and the pair gave up on one avenue of regulatory approval.

Deutsche Telekom and AT&T withdrew their application for approval by the Federal Communications Commission of a planned $39 billion deal for T-Mobile USA to focus on obtaining the green light from the Department of Justice.

Julius Genachowski's decision to call the hearing could spell trouble for the $39 billion transaction.

The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) announced that it intends to effectively block AT&T's (NYSE:T) proposed $39 billion acquisition of T-Mobile by referring the matter to an Administrative Law Judge (ALJ) for review.

AT&T Inc was dealt a blow on Tuesday as the top U.S. communications regulator sought to have its planned $39 billion purchase of T-Mobile USA sent to an administrative law judge for review.

Federal Communications Commission Chairman Julius Genachowski will seek an administrative hearing on AT&T Inc's proposed $39 billion deal to acquire Deutsche Telekom AG's T-Mobile USA, the agency said on Tuesday.

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AT&T Inc was dealt a blow on Tuesday as the top U.S. communications regulator sought to have its planned $39 billion purchase of T-Mobile USA sent to an administrative law judge for review.

Small wireless carriers, such as U.S. Cellular and MetroPCS, provide low-cost alternatives to companies such as AT&T and Verizon. However, companies and industry experts are split on how the AT&T/T-Mobile merger will affect the smaller companies.

The chairman of the Federal Communications Commission plans to seek an administrative hearing on AT&T's proposed $39 billion deal to acquire T-Mobile USA.

Verizon stores will debut the Samsung Illusion in January, but starting Thursday and lasting through the weekend, the brand new device will be free from Verizon's Web site. It's a new Android phone with a 3.5-inch screen and the newest version of the Android system, version 3.2.

AT&T Inc, the No. 2 U.S. mobile provider, said it is investigating an organized and systemic attempt to access wireless customers' information but that it did not believe any accounts were breached.

The company said the attempts to hack accounts were unsuccessful.

After months of staying mum on the deal, Verizon has finally broken its silence.

Between next Friday and the following Monday, AT&T is selling some of its devices online for just one cent.

AT&T has the fastest data speed and web browsing for Apple's iPhone 4S, while Verizon has the best call performance and video quality.

It was George Orwell who made famous the line, “Big Brother is watching you” when he published ‘’1984” back in 1949. That was in the era of telexes, telegrams and the old AT&T.

Despite AT&T receiving competition in iPhone sales from Sprint and Verizon, the company's churn rate is stable.

HTC, the company that made the 10-inch Jetstream tablet that dared to challenge the iPad 2 in the over-$700 category, has decided to take the next step and launch an even higher-end device next year. HTC announced they would produce a quad-core tablet using the Nvidia Tegra 3 processor, a move that seems like an all-or-nothing bid to capture people's imaginations the way the iPad has.

That water bottle you're drinking out of right now and will throw in the recycle bin later - oh, you better throw it in the recycle bin - could be put to more renewable use.

AT&T is the leading Internet Service Provider among businesses in the United States, handily beating out rival Verizon.

A special master overseeing the Justice Department's effort to stop AT&T from buying rival T-Mobile USA has issued a schedule for lists of trial witnesses to be drawn up, according to court papers.

Sprint Nextel is cutting prices on their 3G/4G data plans in order to better compete with its largest rivals, the company announced Monday.

Apple Inc.'s iPhone 4S has generated an overwhelming response by consumers, but the smartphone has experienced battery-life problems for weeks now. Amid these continuing issues, the iPhone 4S is predicted to face tough challenges from Android devices.