By Dan Jones; Light Reading ~ Jul 06, 2018
AT&T has just been awarded an experimental radio license by the FCC to test standards-based 5G in the convention center in Austin, Texas, from the end of July.
AT&T Inc. (NYSE: T) said in January 2018 that it plans to launch 3rd Generation Partnership Project (3GPP) -based mobile 5G in up to 12 markets by the end of the year
By Alan Breznick; Light Reading ~ Jun 29, 2018
Seeking a competitive edge over its cable and telco rivals, AT&T continues to extend its all-fiber footprint to deliver high-speed broadband and lay the groundwork for launching 5G services in a dozen markets before the end of the year.
On Thursday, AT&T Inc. (NYSE: T) launched 1 Gig service in South Bend, Ind., boosting its total FTTH reach to 71 metro regions throughout the US. Besides offering 1 Gig service to residential customers, AT&T is also providing ultra-fast broadband to commercial customers through its Business Fiber program.
Fortune ~ Jun 27,2018 By Aaron Pressman
AT&T may have just increased its wireless revenue by almost $1 billion in a way many customers may not even notice.
The carrier quietly raised its “administrative fee,” a tiny line item at the bottom of monthly bills, to $1.99 from 76 cents, BTIG Research analyst Walter Piecyk noticed on Wednesday.
By Mark Miller; Reuters ~ Jun 21, 2018
CHICAGO (Reuters) – The demographic trend is no secret: the populations of the United States and other major industrial countries are getting older, and fast. That means workforces are aging too, but employers are doing surprisingly little to prepare to meet the challenges or adapt to employees’ needs.
By Mark Schoeff Jr.; Pensions & Investments ~ Jun 21, 2018
After a long delay, the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals confirmed Thursday a March decision to strike down the Labor Department’s fiduciary rule.
The court issued a mandate making effective the March 15 split decision that vacated the agency’s regulation. The court majority held that the agency exceeded its authority in promulgating the rule, which would have required brokers to act in the best interests of clients in retirement accounts.
By Dan Jones; Light Reading ~ Jun 20, 2018
AT&T now says it will deploy Narrow Band-IoT (NB-IoT) to support extremely low-power LTE machine-to-machine (M2M) communications, after extensive testing — and some whiffling — on the 4G specification.
AT&T Inc. (NYSE: T) said Wednesday that it plans to launch NB-IoT on its network in the US early in 2019, with Mexico following later in the year. The upgrade will be implemented via a software upgrade on the network.
By Maurie Backman; The Motley Fool ~ Jun 18, 2018
Millions of seniors rely on Medicare to provide health coverage in retirement. But more than half of Gen Xers today aren’t confident that Medicare will do the trick once they become eligible, according to new data from Ameriprise Financial. Consequently, many workers who are midway through their careers at present are worried about managing the cost of healthcare once retirement becomes their reality.
By “News Wire Feed”; Light Reading ~ Jun 18, 2018
HOUSTON, Texas — AT&T continues to change the world of video with the launch of COM3000. This is the third generation of our DIRECTV for Business video headend. With it, businesses will get more channels than ever. Plus, they’ll find it’s easier to customize. COM3000 can deliver up to 138 HD channels, including 4K HDR programming.1 And business owners can add channels one at a time, including their own in-house and over-the-top (OTT) channels.
From Andrew Tisch; The Hill ~ Jun 17, 2018
In April, the Congressional Budget Office reported the U.S. annual budget deficit will reach $1 trillion by 2020. That’s a troubling trajectory, but no one in Washington seems to care enough to stop spending money.
I only see one answer. Washington needs to spend more money. Spending in one area now might actually help avert a fiscal apocalypse later.
By Neil Weinberg; Bloomberg ~ Jun 14, 2018
Deadline passes for administration to defend fiduciary rule
SEC weighing its own approach for putting clients first
The “fiduciary rule” is officially dead.
The Labor Department rule, conceived by the Obama administration, was meant to ensure that advisers put their clients’ financial interests ahead of their own when recommending retirement investments.