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130,000 Time Warner Cable Subscribers Go Missing. To Find Them, You Might Ask Verizon and AT&T.

It's possible most of Time Warner Cable's video losses stem from savvy folks like yourself, who cut the cord and get their TV over the Web. But it's not that likely.

AT&T: The iPhone Was Good, But Not Good Enough To Hold Off A Q4 Loss

A set of quarterly results today from AT&T (NYSE: T) that underscored some of the aftershocks the carrier is feeling in the wake of its failed bid to buy T-Mobile USA. The carrier swung to a loss and failed to meet analysts’ estimates on earnings, partly down to a $4 billion charge it...

AT&T Generates 20 Percent of Apple’s iPhone Sales

AT&T used to be the only carrier in the world that offered iPhones. Five years later, it still accounts for a big chunk of sales.

AT&T Raises Fees On Smartphone Data, But Adds More Data To Monthly Plans

The price of a monthly wireless data is going up at AT&T (NYSE: T), but the company is also throwing its customers a bone by increasing the ceiling of those plans. The carrier’s three basic smartphone data plans will all increase by $5 a month starting on Sunday along with an increase in...

After Starting Streaming Race, Starz Now Lags Behind HBO And Showtime

The evolution of premium cable TV beyond the living room took another step this week, with Showtime introducing a streaming app to rival HBO Go. Missing, however, was a similar view-on-any-device announcement from Starz, the network that kick-started pay-cable’s entry into the streaming realm when it launched its Vongo movies-on-demand service and later cut a...

@ CES: The Smartphones, They Are Everywhere!

The first day of CES 2012 was a mobile one: dozens of new smartphones and tablets were announced as traditional PC companies and rising smartphone powers showed off some of their best ideas for the first half of 2012. The Windows Phone crowd probably stole the show with Nokia’s Lumia 900 and HTC’s Titan II,...

Steve Ballmer Gives Ralph De La Vega a Very … Vigorous Greeting (Video)

If you're going to bring the Microsoft CEO on stage, better plant your feet.

What To Expect At CES: Tablets, TVs, And Transition

The biggest spectacle in the tech industry kicks off Sunday evening, when an estimated 150,000 people will flood into Las Vegas not to place a wager on Monday night’s national championship game between LSU and Alabama (I’m taking LSU +1) but to gear up for the 2012 International Consumer Electronics Show. Next week’s show will...

TiVo Nets At Least $215 Million From AT&T Patent Settlement

Set-top box maker TiVo (NSDQ: TIVO) announced today that it would rake in hundreds of millions from licensing three of its patents to AT&T (NYSE: T). The deal is a coup for the recordable TV pioneer and could presage more licensing deals in the near future.

$215MM: TiVo cashes in on AT&T settlement

TiVo and AT&T have settled their three-year old DVR patent lawsuit, and the settlement is good news for the DVR maker: AT&T will pay TiVo $215 million over the next seven years. The news comes only months after TiVo secured $500 million from Dish.

AT&T’s Consolation Prize? Deal Approved For Qualcomm’s Wireless Spectrum

AT&T (NYSE: T) finally won a round with the U.S. government, but only because T-Mobile wasn’t involved. The carrier got the go-ahead to purchase wireless spectrum from Qualcomm (NSDQ: QCOM) for $1.9 billion Friday, something it asked for when dropping its bid to purchase T-Mobile earlier this week.

A Closer Look At That $4 Billion T-Mobile Break-up Fee

As the dust settles on 2011’s biggest deal-that-never-was, it’s worth taking a closer look at the exit payout that makes Tiger Woods $100 million divorce look cheap by comparison.