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The U.S. Federal Communications Commission is close to granting AT&T Inc approval for its $2.35 billion purchase of rural U.S. wireless licenses from rival Verizon Communications Inc affiliate Verizon Wireless, the Wall Street Journal said, citing people familiar with the matter.

AT&T Inc is getting close to bringing its mobile phone call quality to where it should be, Chief Executive Randall Stephenson said in a CNBC television interview on Tuesday.

AT&T Inc said on Sunday it would cooperate with law enforcement in any investigation of a security breach of Apple Inc's iPad that exposed personal information of the telephone company's customers.

The Federal Bureau of Investigation has opened a probe into a security breach of Apple Inc's iPad that exposed personal information of AT&T Inc customers.

The easy access to voice mail that AT&T and T-Mobile offer their mobile phone subscribers when abroad infringes patents held by a Swiss company, a lawsuit filed in federal court in Delaware says.

Stock index futures pointed to a higher open on Wednesday, recovering from a sell-off in the previous session, as investors awaited monthly data on pending home and auto sales.

International Business Machines Corp said on Monday it has agreed to buy business software integration services company Sterling Commerce from AT&T Inc for about $1.4 billion in cash.

Shares of Sprint Nextel could rise to about $6 a share, helped by the introduction of a mobile phone that works on the carrier's new high-speed network, according to business weekly Barron's.

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Time Warner Inc posted a higher-than-expected quarterly profit on a rebound in advertising sales at its cable networks and magazines, as well as strong DVD sales of The Blind Side and Sherlock Holmes.

U.S. regulators proposed to make broadband access the focus of subsidized telecommunications for the poor and rural areas, a first step in tackling an ambitious plan to provide high-speed Internet to all Americans.

AT&T Inc's earnings beat expectations on the back of strong iPhone sales, but questions over how much longer it would remain the exclusive U.S. carrier for Apple Inc dampened investor enthusiasm.

AT&T Inc reported higher-than-expected quarterly earnings as strong sales of Apple Inc's iPhone bolstered profitability despite tepid overall revenue growth.

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Time Warner Inc is evaluating possible new structures to its bid for Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer , as the auction for the studio drags on, sources familiar with the matter said on Friday.

With most Americans already toting cellphones, AT&T Inc now wants to target their dogs.

The Federal Communications Commission will submit a 10-year plan to Congress on Tuesday that would establish high-speed Internet as the country's dominant means of communication, The New York Times reported in Saturday editions.

General Motors Co will pay back roughly $8 billion in debt to the United States and Canada before June and could go public in a way that would allow taxpayers to make a profit on the bailout, Chief Executive Ed Whitacre said on Wednesday.

Amid growing demand for video and mobile applications for the largest network carriers, hardware maker Cisco on Tuesday unveiled its latest router, which the company says will give carriers 12 times the traffic capacity of currently available devices.

Citigroup Inc's board is reshuffling, with former AT&T and Xerox executives Michael Armstrong and Anne Mulcahy stepping down and former Mexican President Ernesto Zedillo in line to join.

Citigroup Inc's board is reshuffling, with former AT&T and Xerox executives Michael Armstrong and Anne Mulcahy stepping down and former Mexican President Ernesto Zedillo in line to join.

The U.S. Supreme Court said a corporation's principal place of business is where its top executives work, typically at the corporate headquarters, rather than where its products or services are sold.

General Motors Co [GM.UL] said on Monday that Stephen Girsky, special adviser to Chief Executive Ed Whitacre, has been appointed vice chairman in charge of corporate strategy and business development.

Google Inc plans to build a super-fast Internet network for up to half a million people, a project that could pressure telecommunications companies to loosen their control of Web access in the United States.

AT&T is unveiling a new app that will allow parents to track their children's location from their iPhone.

Comcast Corp posted a higher-than-expected quarterly profit as it added Internet and phone subscribers, but its margins were hit by marketing costs as the No. 1 U.S. cable operator fends off competition from phone and satellite companies.

U.S. consumers' obsession with using smartphones to find restaurants, surf the web and navigate city streets helped propel a 26 percent rise in AT&T's quarterly profit -- but at a cost for the operator.

AT&T's chief executive said during an investors conference call that the company was gearing up for the introduction of new smartphones and the iPad on its network.

Breaking years of speculation, Apple unveiled a tablet computer in San Francisco Wednesday, arguably the company's most anticipated product ever.