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 ...

AT&T Inc. hopes to persuade people across the country to break up with their landlines by the end of 2029. To do so, it’s deploying a new weapon that might help: a wireless home phone.

AT&T Chief Financial Officer Pascal Desroches said gains in new fiber and home wireless customers “more than offset” losses from the waning copper landline service in the fourth quarter.

AT&T plans to boost its number of fiber locations to 45 million by the end of 2029 but says it isn't profitable enough to build fiber to the other parts of its old landline phone and DSL networks.

AT&T plans to eliminate its traditional landline phone service across nearly all U.S. states in its service area by 2029, according to an official announcement. The telecom company has said its ...