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NEW YORK (Reuters) – Ralph de la Vega, the head of AT&T's consumer business, said on Tuesday that the U.S. phone company would directly sell netbooks from Dell Inc, Acer Inc and Lenovo Group Ltd starting this summer. Until now, only AT&T stores in Atlanta and Philadelphia, and consumer electronics retailers RadioShack Corp and Costco, have been selling the netbooks, which come with AT&T mobile data connections.… Read More

Wireless operator AT&T has announced a deal to acquire a large collection of primarily rural wireless licenses and network assets from Verizon Wireless for $2.35 billion in cash. Verizon came by the assets as part of its acquisition of AllTel; to meet regulatory requirements, Verizon has to divest itself of these particular Alltel properties. The deal covers some 79 service areas, primarily in rural regions, in some 18 U.S. states. The… Read More

When Google announced its Android mobile phone platform back in November, mobile carriers like Sprint and T-Mobile were members of the Open Handset Alliance from the outset. Now, U.S. carrier AT&T says it will also offer phones based on Google's Android architecture, after having been assured by Google that the company won't be locked into only offering Google applications on the devices. According to numerous reports, at… Read More

While AT&T’s home broadband customers may still be cringing from Monday’s rate hike, the company’s mobile broadband customers are experiencing the other side of the coin: a surprise expansion in service with no additional cost. AT&T announced on Wednesday that it would grow its 3G network by 80 more cities in 2008, and upgrade all of its towers for even faster speeds. In total, AT&T’s 3G network will… Read More

Cingular today announced details about Cingular Video, a new high speed video service which will bring on-demand video to users of 3G cellular phones. Part of the content for this new service comes from a partnership with HBO, also announced today. Cingular Video will allow subscribers to personalize their settings so that they can get the content they want to see, including news, sports, weather and entertainment clips. The video content,… Read More

Cingular Wireless, the largest U.S. wireless carrier, said it plans to roll out a music download service for mobile phone users in 2006, with fees which would be "slightly higher" than purchasing songs through Apple's popular iTunes digital music service. Cingular is currently the only mobile phone operator offering the Motorola ROKR, a cell phone which can play and manage up to 100 songs loaded into it from a computer… Read More

Remember that classic arcade game known as Rampage, where you controlled monsters that fought each other and destroyed buildings? It's coming back in spring 2006 as a new video game on the PS2 and GameCube systems from Midway for $19.95. Rampage: Total Destruction, said Midway, offers a new look at the old classic game featuring monsters George, Lizzie and Ralph. It brings in a variety of new monsters to collect and play. Almost… Read More