Tag: AT&T

June 24, 2021

Most often, when calls are made to 911, time is of the essence. Getting a first responder to the right place in the least amount of time is the ultimate and unassailable goal for everyone involved in emergency calling and […]

June 23, 2021

As many telco carriers are decommissioning their copper cable infrastructure, end users are forced to seek alternative solutions for these services. Network managers who have a solid transition plan can find services to fit their business needs. For a bit of […]

June 8, 2021

Ahead of a customer event today, Cisco revealed in a press release its latest bundled offering, new Webex features, and an all-in-one collaboration device. This news follows a separate announcement last week, that AT&T will leverage Cisco’s Unified Communications Manager […]

May 5, 2021

The issue of sunsetting copper-based telecom services was first addressed in 2014, when AT&T announced a trial to eliminate landlines at Carbon Hill, Ala., and West Delray Beach, Fla. If approved by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), AT&T planned to stop offering […]

April 21, 2021

One data center M&A, one build-to-suit, a network upgrade, a technology partnership, and a global enterprise win: Serverfarm has made an inorganic move out in southern California. With some help from NantWorks, they have acquired a 117,500 square foot facility […]

April 16, 2021

This week we share news around CX assurance platform updates, a web-based workflow building and management tool, Rich Communication Service messaging, backup voice service, and phone number management. Cyara Boosts Automated IVR Testing CX assurance provider Cyara has updated its […]

April 5, 2021

T-Mobile is shutting down their TVision pay TV service. So, what does this mean for their future? They have been talking about entering and changing the pay TV space for years. They thought they would be successful in pay TV […]

April 1, 2021

Mobile operators continue to trash Wi-Fi technology in an attempt to legitimize their obsession with private 5G, but I’ve decided the only story I want to hear is how the powers that be are going to make these critical elements […]

March 24, 2021

Earlier this month, T-Mobile and Dialpad announced a strategic partnership. Under the terms of the agreement, the new T-Mobile Collaborate service would be a co-branded service that provides voice, video, and meetings solutions, optimized for mobile experiences. I won’t cover […]

March 23, 2021

The mobile operators have loaded up on debt — some $95 million in the latest wireless spectrum auction — in pursuit of 5G’s elusive pot of gold. Now they must figure out how to fund that debt and ongoing investments […]

March 22, 2021

Texas has been one of the more dynamic network infrastructure markets over the last few years and has drawn increasing attention from both national and local operators.  The major DASH cities (Dallas/Ft. Worth, Austin, San Antonio and Houston) form their […]

March 11, 2021

AT&T announced it is adding fixed 5G wireless services to its nationwide business-focused broadband network, which already combines the carrier’s business fiber network and its AT&T Wireless Broadband services. The existing business fiber network already connects more than 2.5 million […]

February 16, 2021

I have written previously about the woeful state of mobile E911, so I am happy to report that a workable technology for at least one piece of that puzzle — FirstNet, the national broadband public safety network operated by AT&T […]

February 8, 2021

For decades, we have heard debates about whether major service providers could become trapped in the “dumb pipe” model for being commodity-based providers of voice and data services. With legacy cash cows such as International toll services (remember that?) and […]

January 27, 2021

AT&T saw stronger than expected wireless additions during the fourth quarter of 2020, and the release of Wonder Woman 1984 helped drive its HBO and HBO Max subscriptions to more than 41 million, two years before it expected to hit […]

December 16, 2020

Plenty of interesting items out there still as we drift toward Christmas. Windstream has officially completed another route out west. They are turning up a high capacity fiber route connecting Salt Lake City with Portland and Seattle in the Pacific […]

December 15, 2020

AT&T has seen significant shifts in demand due to the global pandemic, and it is looking to build a converged, virtualized fiber-based network that serves multiple customer segments while overlaying millimeter-wave 5G in locations that lend themselves to specific experiences […]

December 8, 2020

Whether it’s fixed, wireless or fiber-based, AT&T CEO John Stankey said his management team is squarely focused on broadband as one of its three core areas. Speaking at the UBS Global TMT Conference Tuesday morning, Stankey said the other two […]

December 2, 2020

In the face of Covid-19, global tariffs and trade restrictions, AT&T’s supply chain has weathered the storm over the past several years. While some vendors, such as Cisco, saw their supply chains adversely impacted by tariffs on China and the […]

December 1, 2020

While Cisco has long dabbled in white box deployments as part of its network disaggregation efforts, it’s not quite ready to jump in with both feet. Speaking at Monday’s Credit Suisse 24th Annual Technology Conference, Cisco’s Jonathan Davidson, senior vice […]