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Consumer Reports, the influential product review publication, says AT&T remains the country's worst-rated cellular provider, a blow to the carrier's effort to rehabilitate its network and reputation.

Verizon Wireless, AT&T and T-Mobile formed a joint venture to allow their customers to pay for goods and services with their cellphones. Google's CEO said the next version of Android would allow phones to work as digital wallets.

Researcher Chris Paget pulled off a stunt at the Defcon security conference Saturday that required as much legal maneuvering as technical wizardry: eavesdropping on the cell phone calls of AT&T subscribers in front of thousands of admiring hackers.

AT&T reported a 26% increase in second-quarter earnings amid an investment gain, lower costs and fewer customer defections.

Verizon Wireless is due to start selling Apple Inc's iPhone next year, bringing an end to AT&T Inc's role as the exclusive service provider for the blockbuster device, Bloomberg reported on Tuesday.

Comments by Verizon's CFO suggest the company is considering following rival AT&T into a tiered pricing structure for its mobile data services. Verizon Wireless' Chief Financial Officer John Killian suggested the company may consider following a move ...

As promised, Apple early today began taking pre-orders for its new iPhone 4, although only the black model was immediately available. Around 6 a.m. Eastern, however, the iPhone 4 page on Apple's U.S. online store was returning an "Oops! An error occurred" message. Minutes later, the entire store went down. It was back up around 8 a.m., and a Computerworld editor successfully ordered one of the iPhones (in black). But by 8:15 a.m., the store was again down, displaying a "We'll be back soon" message.

In time for the widely expected launch of a new iPhone model, carrier AT&T Inc. is pulling in the reins on data usage by its customers with smart phones and iPads....

It was speculative before given the lack of independent confirmation, but now apparently Apple has gone on record to confirm that the original deal signed with AT&T for iPhone exclusivity back in 2007 was a five-year deal.

In exchange for cheap data plans on the iPad 3G, Apple agreed to extend AT&T's exclusive right to sell the iPhone through 2010