- AT&T's 5G Evolution Ads Misleading, Self-Regulatory Group Says
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Wednesday, May 20, 2020
AT&T ads boasting about the company's "5G Evolution" service mislead consumers and should be discontinued, an appeals panel of the ad industry's self-regulatory program confirmed. ...
- Consumers Fear Tech Outages During COVID-19 Outbreak: Pew Study
Email Marketing Daily, Ray Schultz - Wednesday, April 1, 2020
Most have used email to communicate during the crisis, but only a few have tried to reach doctors. ...
- Phoning It In: COVID-19 Drives Consumers Back To Speaking On Phones
Connected Thinking, Chuck Martin - Tuesday, March 24, 2020
Using a smartphone to talk is back, at least for now. For the longest time, consumers have been migrating to texting and web surfing on their smartphones. ...
- Amazon, T-Mobile Defeat Claims Based On Age-Targeted Ads -- For Now
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Tuesday, March 17, 2020
A federal judge has dismissed a complaint alleging that T-Mobile and Amazon violated civil rights laws by allegedly using Facebook's targeting tools to block employment ads from reaching people over ...
- AT&T Suspends Home Broadband Data Caps After FCC Commissioner Calls For 'Aggressive Action'
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Thursday, March 12, 2020
The FCC's Jessica Rosenworcel is calling for "aggressive action" to expand broadband availability, in response to the coronavirus pandemic. ...
- AT&T Can't Shake Class-Action Suit Over Broadband Throttling
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Friday, February 21, 2020
In a defeat for AT&T, a federal appellate court has refused to let the company shake a long-running class-action lawsuit alleging it violated California law when it throttled "unlimited" subscrib ...
- New York Abandons Challenge To T-Mobile/Sprint Merger
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Monday, February 17, 2020
"We hope to work with all the parties to ensure that consumers get the best pricing and service possible," New York Attorney General Letitia James stated Sunday. ...
- Watchdog Tells T-Mobile To Revise TVision Ads
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Tuesday, February 4, 2020
T-Mobile should revise an ad that implies the new streaming service TVision Home is wireless, an industry watchdog recommended in an opinion released Tuesday. ...
- Location Data Was Shared Illegally, FCC Finds
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Friday, January 31, 2020
The Federal Communications Commission's enforcement bureau has determined that "one or more" carriers violated the law by disclosing customers' location data, Chairman Ajit Pai told Congress Friday. ...
- AT&T Bundling HBO Max With Its Wireless Services: A No-Brainer
Television News Daily, Wayne Friedman - Thursday, January 9, 2020
LAS VEGAS --- As its wireless competitors have done recently with non-owned premium OTT platforms, AT&T will bundle its forthcoming owned-HBO Max service in packages for its wireless customers. ...
- Sonos Sues Google, Alleges Patent Infringement For Voice Tech
Search & Performance Marketing Daily, Laurie Sullivan - Wednesday, January 8, 2020
The suit claims Google knew about the patented technology that could span multiple rooms as early as 2013. Sonos is seeking a ban on Google speakers, smartphones and laptops in ...
- Verizon Loses Appeal Over Ad Featuring Royals Manager Ned Yost
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Monday, January 6, 2020
A Verizon ad featuring a testimonial by Kansas City Royals manager Ned Yost may mislead consumers, an ad industry self-regulatory group reiterated Monday. ...
- AT&T Should Name Companies That Received Location Data, Digital Rights Group Says
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Tuesday, December 24, 2019
The EFF has asked a federal court to order AT&T to turn over information about how it previously treated customers' location data. ...
- Ad Watchdog Blesses Verizon's 'First To 5G' Claim
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Friday, December 13, 2019
"A small launch can support a 'first' claim," the National Advertising Division says in an opinion issued Friday. "In parts of the downtown areas of certain cities, Verizon customers could ...
- WiFi Network Boingo Restructures, Cuts Ad Organization
MediaDailyNews, Joe Mandese - Saturday, December 14, 2019
WiFi network Boingo Wireless is restructuring and is cutting the staff of its ad network Boingo Media, according to a source familiar with the move. In a filing with the ...
- Watchdog Tells AT&T To Revise 5G Evolution Ads
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Tuesday, December 10, 2019
"The claims refer to a level of technology, 5G, which its '5G Evolution, The First Step to 5G,' service does not deliver," the self-regulatory group National Advertising Division said in ...
- Sanders Wants To Restore Net Neutrality Rules, Ban Data Caps
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Friday, December 6, 2019
"High-speed internet service must be treated as the new electricity -- a public utility that everyone deserves as a basic human right," the Vermont senator's ambitious proposal states. ...
- AT&T Seeks Dismissal Of Location Privacy Lawsuit
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Friday, November 29, 2019
Wireless customers aren't entitled to a court order that would prohibit AT&T from sharing their location data, because the practice has been discontinued, the carrier argues in new court pap ...
- Democrats Press FCC To Crack Down On Carriers Over Privacy
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Wednesday, November 13, 2019
"We are concerned that the Commission is shirking its obligation to enforce the Communications Act and the rules it has issued to protect consumers' privacy," lawmakers say in a letter ...
- T-Mobile Acqusition Of Sprint Will Be 'Boon' For Consumers, Justice Department Says
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Thursday, November 7, 2019
The Justice Department is pressing a federal judge to approve T-Mobile's proposed $26.5 billion acquisition of Sprint. ...
- AT&T To Pay $60 Million For Throttling 'Unlimited' Data Subscribers
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Tuesday, November 5, 2019
The proposed settlement with the FTC also requires AT&T to prominently disclose any speed restrictions on "unlimited" data plans. ...
- AT&T Adds Free HBO, Drops Free WatchTV, For Top-Tier Unlimited Wireless
Digital News Daily, Karlene Lukovitz - Thursday, October 31, 2019
Top-tier plan users will also be eligible for free HBO Max when the SVOD launches next May, helping to drive up the new service's audience numbers. ...
- Location Privacy Lawsuits Against AT&T, Sprint, Verizon And T-Mobile Sent To Arbitration
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Friday, October 25, 2019
Consumers can't proceed with class-action lawsuits alleging that the major wireless carriers disclosed location data to third parties, a federal judge in Maryland has ruled. ...
- FCC Approves T-Mobile Merger With Sprint
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Wednesday, October 16, 2019
"Our existing wireless market will devolve into a cozy oligopoly dominated by just three carriers," says the FCC Commissioner who voted against the deal. ...
- AT&T Asks Judge To Send Location Privacy Suit To Arbitration
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Thursday, September 19, 2019
AT&T is asking a court to compel arbitration of privacy claims brought by the digital rights group Electronic Frontier Foundation. ...
- Spectrum Mobile Ads May Mislead Consumers, Watchdog Says
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Tuesday, September 10, 2019
Spectrum Mobile promises a plan with "unlimited" data, but throttles around 13% of unlimited subscribers each month for exceeding a 20 GB cap. ...
- IAB Taps Zoe Soon As Vice President, Mobile
Publishers Daily, Melynda Fuller - Tuesday, September 10, 2019
Soon will assist stakeholders in solving problems, develop best practices and work to generate growth across mobile marketing, media and advertising with a focus on the future of 5G. ...
- 5G Will Help Smartphone Market Start Growing Again In 2020, IDC Report Says
Marketing Daily, P.J. Bednarski - Monday, September 9, 2019
The last part of 2019 should see aggressive marketing to clear out inventory and "get consumers excited about the next wave of smartphone technology," says IDC Senior Research Analyst Sangeetika ...
- Watchdog Calls Foul On Verizon For Ad Starring Royals Manager Ned Yost
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Thursday, September 5, 2019
Verizon should discontinue or revise two television ads that draw on testimonials by customers, including one featuring Kansas City Royals manager Ned Yost, an industry watchdog says. ...
- EE Complains To ASA Over Three 'Real' 5G Claim
Around the Net In MAD London, Sean Hargrave - Tuesday, August 20, 2019
BT-owned mobile operator EE has complained to the ASA over ads from rival provider Three, claiming it is the only provider to offer "real" 5G, according to a report in ...
