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Verizon and AT&T won’t power up some wireless towers near airports until next summer to give airlines more time to make sure the new service won’t interfere with planes. But the airline industry is not happy about the deal. The Federal Aviation Administration said Friday that the companies agreed to hold off until July 2023. AT&T says it will control...

Emergency phone calls to 9-1-1 in New Hampshire and other parts of northern New England weren’t working for people using the AT&T network, officials said Saturday afternoon, though the phone company said the issue was fixed by the early evening. The failure had affected the entire Granite State, the New Hampshire Department of Safety’s Division of Emergency Services and...

As telecom companies rev up the newest generation of mobile service, called 5G, they’re shutting down old networks — a costly, years-in-the-works process that’s now prompting calls for a delay because a lot of products out there still rely on the old standard, 3G

Concern about new high-speed wireless service interfering with airplanes appears to be easing

Due to safety concerns, AT&T and Verizon said they will postpone the rollout of 5G near some U.S. airports planned for this week, but Boston Logan Airport is not one of them.

MIT Professor Muriel Medard, an expert in 5G technologies, explains the impact of 5G networks as airlines across the globe cancel flights to the U.S.

The rollout of 5G will not be delayed at Boston’s Logan Airport despite safety concerns. Airlines across the world rushed Wednesday to cancel or change flights heading into the U.S. over an ongoing dispute about the rollout of 5G mobile phone technology near American airports. The issue appeared to particularly impact the Boeing 777, a long-range, wide-body aircraft used...

After aviation officials warned of potential “catastrophic disruption” from the rollout of 5G, service providers have agreed to a temporary halt.

AT&T and Verizon say they will delay new 5G wireless service for two weeks, putting off a planned start this Wednesday. The company says it’s delaying the launch after a request from Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg and concern about possible interference with systems on board planes. AT&T and Verizon had planned to launch the new 5G service on Wednesday...

Mobile carriers are shutting down their 3G wireless networks  to make room for new technology, but this change can have a big impact for anyone on older devices. Starting in 2022, companies like Verizon, AT&T and T-Mobile will phase out the older wireless network to accommodate expansion of 5G and other emerging technologies. This means that consumers with older...

Major cellphone carriers will soon shut down their 3G wireless networks and it will affect more devices than you might expect.

A new requirement by the FCC on the big telephone companies is aiming to cut down on robocalls.

Following the deadly riots at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, many big corporations pledged not to donate to members of Congress who objected to the results of the presidential election.

Online and mobile banking can be very convenient. But a misdirected bill payment left a Grafton, Massachusetts, woman wondering what happened to her money. Kristina Singer was paying bills on her mobile banking app last month when she made a mistake. “I accidentally paid $250 to a deactivated AT&T payee or pay account,” Singer said. “I only realized it...

Online and mobile banking can be convenient, but a misdirected bill payment left a Mass. woman wondering what happened to her money. Consumer investigative reporter Leslie Gaydos helped her get it back.

AT&T has decided to immediately abandon Venezuela’s pay TV market as U.S. sanctions prohibit its DirecTV platform from broadcasting channels that it is required to carry by the socialist administration of Nicolas Maduro

A Massachusetts widow thought all hope was lost after she accidentally deleted photos of some of her favorite memories. For 74-year-old Joanne Chambers, it was more than memories. The photos were the final days she had with her husband. “I don’t wanna cry. I haven’t cried in a long time,” Chambers said as she tearfully recalled making a mistake...

Hulu is again raising prices for its online TV bundle, as other streaming-TV providers do the same. Hulu’s service, like AT&T TV Now, Dish’s Sling and YouTube TV, are a replica of traditional TV but on the internet. They were once vaunted as a successor to traditional cable. But the market has lost steam as prices rise. One early entrant,...

Hector Acosta-Ojeda, the North Texas man found guilty of capital murder in the fatal shootings and mutilations of his roommate and his roommate’s girlfriend has been sentenced to death.

The Supreme Court seems likely to overturn a lower court ruling in favor of an African-American media mogul and comedian who’s suing cable giant Comcast for racial discrimination. The justices appeared to be in broad agreement Wednesday that an appeals court applied the wrong legal standard in allowing business owner Byron Allen’s suit against Comcast to go forward. Allen has...