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AT&T inc. will sell SamsungElectronics Co.’s tablet computer for $649.99, or $50 more thanVerizon Wireless and $150 more than Sprint Nextel Corp., whichrequires a two-year service contract to get its lowest price. AT&T, the second-largest U.S. wireless company, will beginselling the Galaxy Tab on Nov. 21, at least a week later thanVerizon, Sprint and T-Mobile [...]

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(Credit:AT&T ) NEW YORK–If you’ve ever been frustrated using a voice activated customer agent or have scratched your head while reading an unintelligible voice-to-text message, AT&T says help is on the way. The company, which has invested more than one million research hours over the past 20 years in speech and language recognition technology, says [...]

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By: mark Hachman AT&T’s chief technical officer restated AT&T’s commitment to network neutrality on Tuesday afternoon – with the big caveat that it be allowed to manage its wireless network virtually anywhere it pleases. Donovan said that AT&T builds out its backbone by about 40 percent a year, with the vast majoroty of the infrastructure [...]

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Before the lineup of phones with Microsoft's Windows Phone 7 operating system debuted, there was much speculation over whether the new offerings would support memory cards. when the phones hit shelves last week, it turned out that at least one model, the Samsung Focus, had memory card support (unlike Apple iPhones). But the option could [...]

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AT&T Inc. and Verizon Wireless, thebiggest U.S. mobile carriers, hired former General Electric Co.executive Michael J. Abbott to head a venture that would letpeople make purchases with their mobile phones, a person withdirect knowledge of the matter said. Abbott, previously chief marketing officer for GE’s U.S.retail consumer-finance business, will be announced as chiefexecutive officer of [...]

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AT&T Mobility notified its subscribers Thursday that they might be entitled to benefits from a proposed class-action settlement over alleged improper charging of Internet taxes. Subscribers sued AT&T earlier this year, saying the carrier charged them Internet taxes on their mobile service bills in violation of the federal Internet Tax Freedom Act and other laws. [...]

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AT&T has announced the establishment of a new practice area and portfolio of specialized services that will support technology to help improve patient care and reduce medical costs nationwide. Dubbed AT&T ForHealth, the practice will accelerate delivery of innovative wireless, networked, and cloud-based solutions specifically for the healthcare industry, AT&T said Thursday. Examples of healthcare [...]

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Android phones may be all the rage right now, but for AT&T the Apple iPhone remains its more alluring gold mine. In its third-quarter earnings released Thursday, AT&T reported that it activated a record 5.2 million iPhones, a 62 percent increase from the company’s previous record of 3.2 million iPhones activated in the second quarter. [...]

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