EchoStar had been seeking to shield its cache of wireless spectrum licenses from the threat of revocation by the FCC.

by: Bethany French Posted: Feb 22, 2024 / 10:38 PM CST Updated: Feb 23, 2024 / 07:07 AM CST SPRINGFIELD, Mo. — Cell phone service has been restored for many AT&T customers after a nationwide outage.

AT&T said on Tuesday it will purchase key wireless spectrum licenses from EchoStar for about $23 billion, as the the U.S.

FILE - A man uses a cell phone in New Orleans on Aug. 11, 2019. A number of Americans are dealing with cellular outages on AT&T, Cricket Wireless, Verizon, T-Mobile and other service providers ...

The satellite internet service is free on some T-Mobile plans, but AT&T and Verizon customers will have to pay $10 a month.

An outage with AT&T's cellular network that left tens of thousands of Americans without service on Thursday has prompted discussion of ways to stay in touch when cell networks are down.

A cellular outage disrupted service for thousands of AT&T customers Thursday, leaving some devices on SOS mode. Here's how to restore connections on some phones.