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AT&T President and CEO John Stankey has been elected as the company's new board chair. [Photo: AT&T]
AT&T President and CEO Elected Chairman, Predecessor Named Lead Independent Director
by Lance Murray | Feb 18, 2025
John Stankey—who's been AT&T's president and CEO since 2020—is the Dallas-based telecom giant's new board chair, replacing William E. Kennard, who becomes the board's lead independent director.
by Lance Murray |
Jan 25, 2025
The offices house AT&T's legacy copper networks and are located across the country.
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by David Seeley |
Dec 9, 2024
AT&T for ClimRR and Gigapower’s Amy Wheelus were among the honorees. Many other winners have a significant Dallas presence.
Plus, explore ClimRR, a portal created through public-private collaboration to assess potential environmental risks in your city.
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by Glenn Hunter |
Nov 15, 2024
Six "transformative entrepreneurs and innovators"—including North Texans Taylor Sheridan, Kathleen Hildreth, Mike Boone, and David Miller—were inducted into the Texas Business Hall of Fame at a gala dinner in Dallas.
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Dallas-Based AT&T Sells Its 70% Stake in DirecTV to TPG in $7.6B Deal
by Lance Murray | Sep 30, 2024
The acquisition by Fort Worth- and San Francisco-based private equity giant TPG is just part of a gamechanging multi-step deal—one that will see DirecTV merge with Dish Network into America's biggest pay-TV provider.
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by David Seeley |
Sep 11, 2024
If you stay up late tonight—or get up very early—you can watch a live feed of the Cape Canaveral launch of AT&T and AST SpaceMobile's first five satellites to bring space-based calling to everyday cell phones. Dallas-based AT&T said this is the first step toward potentially eliminating “dead zones" everywhere from rural highways to national parks and more.
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by David Seeley |
Aug 20, 2024
"This is precisely the type of partnership we imagined for our innovation ecosystem," Richardson City Manager Don Magner said of the new lab, which is affiliated with UT Dallas' Erik Jonsson School of Engineering and Computer Science under the leadership of AT&T and Verizon.
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by David Seeley |
Aug 14, 2024
"Breaking Barriers: A Generative AI Hackathon for Digital Inclusion" will take place September 20-23 at the AT&T Foundry in Plano. WIth over $15,000 in prizes, the event is sponsored by Nvidia, which dominates the AI chip market, and Anthropic, the San Francisco company behind the Claude AI chatbot.
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Left: Bob McCullen, chairman and CEO of LevelBlue and managing partner of WillJam Ventures; Right: LevelBlue President Sundhar Annamalai [Photos: LinkedIn/WillJam Ventures]
AT&T Cybersecurity Spin‑Off LevelBlue Discovers ‘Squidloader’ Malware Loader
by David Seeley | Jun 19, 2024
In May, Dallas-based AT&T and Chicago's WillJam Ventures launched LevelBlue as a standalone managed cybersecurity services business, offering strategic consulting, threat intelligence, and "renowned research." Now the Dallas-based spin-out's LevelBlue Labs has identified a new global threat.
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by Dallas Innovates | Staff Report |
Jun 19, 2024
Dallas-Fort Worth ranked No. 9 for patents out of 250 metros for the week of June 4, 2024. 153 patents granted include: 7-Eleven's feedback and training for a machine learning algorithm configured to determine customer purchases during a shopping session at a physical store, Apple's enhanced RACH (random access channel) design for 5G CIoT (cellular internet of things), ATT Intellectual Property I's facilitation of voice over new radio for 5G or other next generation network, Avohdah's automated gesture identification using neural networks, Bank of America's dynamic unauthorized activity detection, and more.
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by Quincy Preston |
Jun 14, 2024
The North Texas chapter of the National Association of Corporate Directors has appointed Renee Arrington as board chair. Former Dallas Mayor Tom Leppert will serve as vice chair. The platform for corporate directorship, which helps members stay ahead of critical issues such as cyber risk and CEO succession planning, focuses on governance challenges and sharing knowledge.
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by Lance Murray |
May 16, 2024
This summer, AST SpaceMobile plans to deliver its first commercial satellites to Cape Canaveral for launch into low Earth orbit. The initial five satellites aim to enable commercial services including voice calls, texts, and video calls—even in places like national parks and rural highways where you can't get a traditional signal today.
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From left: Anchal Gupta, Chief Technology Officer at American Airlines; Mark Austin, Vice President of Data Science at AT&T; Michelle Boston, Chief Information Officer at Bank of America; and Mukesh Kumar, Head of Technology at Slalom Consulting, discuss "Applied AI in Action" at the Dallas Regional Chamber's Convergence AI conference in Irving. [Photo: Harper Belmont Media/DRC]
‘The Gains Are 10x, 100x, 1,000x’: Experts Tell How Cutting-Edge AI Is Transforming Business
by Glenn Hunter | May 7, 2024
From busting fuel bandits to revolutionizing customer experiences, AI is driving unprecedented improvements across industries. Over 650 business leaders gathered at the Dallas Regional Chamber's Convergence AI conference in Irving to learn how companies are harnessing artificial intelligence to stay ahead of the curve. Here are some of their key insights.
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by Glenn Hunter |
May 2, 2024
Dallas Innovates, the Dallas Regional Chamber, and Dallas AI have teamed up to launch the inaugural AI 75 list. The 2024 program honors the most significant people in AI in DFW in seven categories—the visionaries, creators, and influencers you need to know.
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by Lance Murray |
Apr 4, 2024
AT&T said its additional $3 billion commitment—on top of $2 billion committed in 2021—will address affordability and adoption, the main barriers to broadband Internet connectivity for those who need it most. “Connectivity is critical for success and prosperity in America today," CEO John Stankey says.
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by Quincy Preston |
Apr 3, 2024
This year, Fortune's second annual ranking of America's Most Innovative Companies honors 200 businesses that are "transforming industries from the inside out." Check out the innovative North Texas companies that made the list—along with others across the Lone Star State.
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