Sep 7, 2026 | Telecom
Verizon’s new Simplicity plan runs $45 a month with autopay. Here’s what’s included, what costs extra and the one thing to know before switching from myPlan.Joseph Maldonado/CNET If you go to Verizon’s website to investigate the company’s phone plans, you might think...
Sep 7, 2026 | Telecom
T-Mobile is quietly rolling out a new rule for customers seeking assistance at its retail locations as it undergoes a digital transformation. The carrier has been pushing customers to use its T-Life app in recent months to handle a growing number of account tasks....
Sep 7, 2026 | Telecom
The deed is done. I have returned the iPhone 16 Pro Max after two months of using the best iPhone that Apple has ever made. That was always the plan. In case you missed it, I used the iPhone 16 Plus for nearly two months last year. After years of using 6.1-inch...
Sep 7, 2026 | Telecom
T-Mobile veteran Mike Katz, who was serving as the product chief at the un-carrier, is exiting the company after a long career. Katz shared some thoughts about T-Mobile on his way out, and one conclusion that most people came to is that the classic T-Mobile is never...
Sep 7, 2026 | Telecom
Two of the country’s largest internet service providers are going to court over the definition of “fiber.” AT&T filed a lawsuit against Charter on Friday, alleging that its marketing of “fiber-powered” internet is misleading customers. The argument centers around...
Sep 7, 2026 | Telecom
Aug 31, 2026 | Telecom
Verizon is handing more of its AI overhaul to Google CloudThe move will push Gemini Enterprise deep inside Verizon’s platformsThe partnership builds on an existing relationship the pair had around fiber connectivity Verizon has booked itself an AI facelift, tapping...
Aug 31, 2026 | Telecom
Verizon is once again raising its prices, this time impacting several discounted customer perks. The carrier raised eyebrows earlier this year when it increased the monthly price of its Netflix and HBO Max streaming bundle from $10 to $13 on May 6. A day later, it...
Aug 31, 2026 | Telecom
NEW YORK—Visible today launched Visible One, the brand’s first converged offering that combines mobile services and fiber home internet on a single bill. Available through Visible Fiber, new customers can get started with a special introductory offer of $50 per month...
Aug 31, 2026 | Telecom
AT&T filed a lawsuit against Charter on Friday, alleging that its marketing of “fiber-powered” internet is misleading customers. The argument centers around an ad campaign from Charter, which sells home internet under the Spectrum brand name. Fiber is widely...
Aug 31, 2026 | Telecom
It's tough being AT&T, T-Mobile, or Verizon. When the Big Three aren't spending a fortune on spectrum or snipping cables to thwart hackers, they are usually in court fending off another lawsuit.Recently, they walked away winners in a case brought by...
Aug 31, 2026 | Telecom
T-Mobile is continuing to lay off workers and close retail stores in the U.S. The mobile communications company has disclosed 63 new layoffs across 13 locations in Washington state. The impacted employees worked at a mix of retail stores and T-Mobile headquarters. The...
Aug 24, 2026 | Telecom
Skip to content Despite loss, carriers still claim selling device-location data isn’t illegal. Verizon stock ticker at the New York Stock Exchange on December 31, 2025. Credit: Getty Images | Bloomberg …Click here for the full...
Aug 24, 2026 | Telecom
AT&T cut the costs of coding and some other advanced artificial intelligence tasks by as much as 56% by using tools that route employees’ queries to cheaper models when appropriate, The Information reported Thursday (Aug. 20). When doing so, the quality of the...
Aug 24, 2026 | Telecom
AT&T has shed more than half its workforce in under a decade, from a peak near 280,000 in 2017 to about 133,000 at the end of 2025, including roughly 8,000 cut last year alone. And it’s still standing, still profitable, and still building out 5G and fiber. You may...
Aug 24, 2026 | Telecom
In Brief Posted: 10:26 AM PDT · August 19, 2026 Image Credits:Gabby Jones / Bloomberg / Getty Images New reporting from Bloomberg revealed how cybersecurity staff at U.S. phone provider T-Mobile identified and expelled Chinese hackers from its network in 2024 during a...
Aug 24, 2026 | Telecom
T-Mobile has lost a major ranking amid increased competition in the telecommunications market. Over the past year, T-Mobile has struggled with customer retention as AT&T and Verizon have ramped up promotions, discounts, and, more recently, lower-priced phone...
Aug 24, 2026 | Telecom
Kerry Wan/ZDNETFollow ZDNET: Add us as a preferred source on Google.Recently, a T-Mobile outage affected thousands of customers nationwide, and depending on your choice of words when conversing with a service representative, you were compensated anywhere from $10 to...
Aug 17, 2026 | Telecom
The Federal Aviation Administration has awarded AT&T an initial $74.3 million task order to get started on planning and development activities for the modernization of the agency’s primary telecommunications and IT network.In a Tuesday notice to Sam.gov, the FAA...
Aug 17, 2026 | Telecom
Did you experience an outage with Verizon? You aren’t the only one. Fiber cuts related to vandalism disrupted service for Verizon users whose phones were stuck on SOS mode on Sunday, the company told its customers in a notice. Further details on the vandalism that led...
