AT&T announces deal to spin off DirecTV into new company owned by… AT&T

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AT&T announces deal to spin off DirecTV into new company owned by… AT&T

February 26, 2021

Enlarge / AT&T’s logo at its corporate headquarters on March 13, 2020 in Dallas, Texas. Nearly six years after buying DirecTV for $48.5 billion, AT&T today announced a deal to…

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Verizon and AT&T dominate spectrum auction, spending combined $69 billion

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Verizon and AT&T dominate spectrum auction, spending combined $69 billion

February 25, 2021

Verizon and AT&T dominated the US government’s latest spectrum auction, spending a combined $68.9 billion on licenses in the upper 3GHz band. Verizon’s winning bids totaled $45.45 billion, while AT&T’s…

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AT&T and Frontier have let phone networks fall apart, Calif. regulator finds

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AT&T and Frontier have let phone networks fall apart, Calif. regulator finds

February 23, 2021

AT&T and Frontier have let their copper phone networks deteriorate through neglect since 2010, resulting in poor service quality and many lengthy outages, a report commissioned by the California state…

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90-year-old gets AT&T 300Mbps fiber a week after complaining in WSJ print ad

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90-year-old gets AT&T 300Mbps fiber a week after complaining in WSJ print ad

February 12, 2021

Enlarge / Aaron Epstein after conducting a speed test on his new AT&T fiber service, in a picture taken by his wife, Anne. Anne Epstein When 90-year-old Aaron Epstein bought…

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AT&T customer since 1960 buys WSJ print ad to complain of slow speeds

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AT&T customer since 1960 buys WSJ print ad to complain of slow speeds

February 4, 2021

A man who has been an AT&T customer since 1960 has a message for CEO John Stankey about the company’s failure to upgrade DSL areas to modern Internet service. Aaron…

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AT&T eats a $15.5 billion impairment charge as DirecTV debacle continues

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AT&T eats a $15.5 billion impairment charge as DirecTV debacle continues

January 27, 2021

Enlarge / A man walks with an umbrella outside of AT&T corporate headquarters on March 13, 2020, in Dallas, Texas. AT&T lost 617,000 customers from DirecTV and its other TV…

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AT&T may keep majority ownership of DirecTV as it closes in on final deal

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AT&T may keep majority ownership of DirecTV as it closes in on final deal

January 26, 2021

Enlarge / A DirecTV satellite dish seen outside a bar in Portland, Oregon, in October 2019. AT&T is reportedly closing in on a deal to sell a stake in DirecTV…

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AT&T kills off the failed TV service formerly known as DirecTV Now

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AT&T kills off the failed TV service formerly known as DirecTV Now

January 14, 2021

Enlarge / AT&T corporate offices on November 10, 2020, in El Segundo, California. AT&T is killing off the online-video service formerly known as DirecTV Now and introducing a no-contract option…

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AT&T raises DirecTV prices again amid customer losses and possible sale

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AT&T raises DirecTV prices again amid customer losses and possible sale

November 20, 2020

Enlarge / A DirecTV satellite dish seen outside a bar in Portland, Oregon, in October 2019. Getty Images | hapabapa AT&T has announced another round of price hikes for DirecTV…

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AT&T loses another 600,000 TV customers as it seeks buyer for DirecTV

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AT&T loses one other 600,000 TV clients because it seeks purchaser for DirecTV

October 23, 2020

Enlarge / AT&T’s logo and share price displayed on a monitor at the New York Stock Exchange on Tuesday, Jan. 22, 2019. AT&T lost 627,000 TV customers in Q3 2020,…

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