“The wireless-only population was originally ... There are still some older alarm systems that require a landline phone line.” Many Americans wax nostalgic about landlines when hurricanes ...

To do so, it’s deploying a new weapon that might help: a wireless home phone. The carrier announced at a recent investor day it will retire the “vast majority” of its copper networks over ...

The Federal Communications Commission gave AT&T Inc. an early Christmas present: permission to replace old copper home-phone lines with a new wireless landline technology. The regulatory step is ...

It can be used with an existing landline phone, plugs into a jack and connects to AT&T's wireless network. The phone costs $45 a month, she said.

The new service can be used with an existing landline phone that plugs into a jack, and it connects to AT&T's wireless network as an alternative. It costs $45 a month. AT&T is providing five years ...

These areas have "four remaining copper customers per square mile," she said. Wireless home phone service will be available to "the vast majority of our existing copper-based customers," but not ...

Yet, even when researchers controlled for age and other demographics, they still found that wireless Americans took more risks with their health than landline holdouts. A rotary phone from the ...

It can be used with an existing landline phone, plugs into a jack and connects to AT&T's wireless network. The phone costs $45 a month, she said.