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Widespread cellular outage hits the US

Ryan Daws — Thu, 22 Feb 2024 12:14:49 +0000

A cellular outage has swept across large portions of the US, causing disruptions in services provided by major telecom companies including AT&T, Verizon, and T-Mobile. Data collected from outage tracking website Downdetector revealed that more than 32,000 incidents were reported with AT&T’s service around 4:30am Eastern Time. The outage affected cities including San Francisco, Houston,... Read more »

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AT&T will display brand logos on calls from verified numbers

Ryan Daws — Wed, 31 Jan 2024 16:56:43 +0000

AT&T has partnered with TransUnion to display brand names and logos for outgoing business calls, providing an extra layer of authentication and trust for customers. The companies are offering two industry-first features: allowing brand logos to appear without a special app installed on the receiver’s phone, and verifying the calls through STIR/SHAKEN standards to confirm... Read more »

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AT&T plans most wireless traffic to flow across Open RAN by 2026

Ryan Daws — Tue, 05 Dec 2023 10:22:37 +0000

AT&T has unveiled plans to transition 70 percent of its wireless network traffic to open-capable platforms by late 2026. The telecoms giant aims to fully integrate Open RAN sites in collaboration with industry leaders Ericsson and Fujitsu, starting as early as 2024. This departure from closed proprietary interfaces signifies a pivotal shift towards rapid scaling... Read more »

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AST SpaceMobile achieves space-to-smartphone 5G connection

Ryan Daws — Wed, 20 Sep 2023 13:40:34 +0000

AST SpaceMobile has successfully established the first-ever 5G connection for both voice and data between a standard smartphone and a satellite in space. The achievement was demonstrated by AST SpaceMobile’s engineers who orchestrated a call from the serene shores of Maui, Hawaii to a Vodafone engineer located in bustling Madrid, Spain. What makes this achievement... Read more »

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AT&T conducts ‘space-based’ call using a regular smartphone

Ryan Daws — Tue, 25 Apr 2023 14:30:37 +0000

AT&T has achieved a significant milestone by successfully conducting the first-ever two-way audio call using satellites with a standard smartphone. The call was made from AT&T in Midland, Texas, to mobile carrier Rakuten in Japan on a Samsung Galaxy S22 smartphone using AST SpaceMobile’s BlueWalker 3 satellite. Abel Avellan, Chairman and CEO of AST SpaceMobile,... Read more »

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AT&T is all-in on Nvidia’s AI solutions

Ryan Daws — Wed, 22 Mar 2023 16:13:42 +0000

AT&T is tapping Nvidia’s expertise in artificial intelligence across its operations. As the gatekeepers of our communications, telcos have access to vast amounts of information. The 590PB of data that AT&T process on a typical day is equivalent to around 6.5 million 4K movies. However, turning all of this data into actionable insights can pose... Read more »

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Hackers steal the data of millions of AT&T customers

Ryan Daws — Mon, 13 Mar 2023 12:06:05 +0000

A vendor hack has resulted in the data of millions of AT&T customers being stolen. AT&T is sending emails to around nine million customers to alert them of the theft of their data. The attackers did not breach AT&T directly but compromised the systems of a marketing vendor used by the US telecom giant. All... Read more »

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AT&T achieves 20Gbps speeds on a production fibre network

Ryan Daws — Fri, 10 Jun 2022 15:33:18 +0000

AT&T has achieved 20Gbps symmetric speeds on a production fibre network, an industry-first. The operator’s Hyper-Gig service is already the fastest in the US, offering 5Gbps symmetric speeds to consumers and businesses. AT&T has been working to further increase its speeds to ensure its network is prepared for whatever future applications are thrown at it.... Read more »

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72% of businesses lack clear hybrid work strategy

Duncan MacRae — Mon, 07 Mar 2022 13:06:49 +0000

The vast majority of businesses lack a detailed hybrid work strategy, according to a study by telecomms firm AT&T and Dubber, a provider of cloud based call recording software. The State of the Industry: Future of Work survey was created to gain insights from senior executives regarding current and future work models, challenges posed under... Read more »

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Airlines warn upcoming 5G deployment will interfere with radio altimeters

Ryan Daws — Fri, 17 Dec 2021 11:03:12 +0000

Airline industry executives have ramped up their warnings that an upcoming type of 5G service will interfere with radio altimeters. Radio altimeters measure the altitude above the terrain beneath an aircraft by timing how long it takes a beam of radio waves to travel to ground, reflect, and return to the craft. They are, of... Read more »

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