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AT&T's Aio Wireless offers pre-paid service, iPhones

by Steven Sande (May 9th, 2013)

AT&T has launched a new pre-paid wireless mobile virtual network operator (MVNO) named Aio Wireless. The carrier will operate on AT&T's network, but is only available in Houston, Orlando and Tampa at the present time. Four plans will be available from Aio Wireless. For phones, the Aio ...

Apple patent would require carriers to bid for iPhone service

by Kelly Hodgkins (Feb 10th, 2011)

Apple was recently awarded a patent describing a wireless selection system that would require carriers to compete for service on an iPhone. According to the patent, the phone would store the network settings for a variety of carriers and select the appropriate service based upon information sent to ...

Qwest in talks with AT&T; iPhone possible

by Erica Sadun (Apr 2nd, 2008)

I'm a bit late to the party on this one because I just found this Xchange magazine article about Qwest talking with AT&T today. As Qwest considers dumping Sprint Nextel, its wireless partner over the last few years, its talks with AT&T might allow Qwest customers like me access to the ...