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 ...

BINGHAMTON — AT&T recently announced a plan to end landline phone services nationwide by 2029. This change could impact millions of people across New York State still using landlines.

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.

Traditional phones may seem like relics in the iPhone era, but a recent AT&T cellular service outage had some landline lovers extolling their virtues. Lois Jackson of Mamaroneck, N.Y., using a ...

In 2022, just 1.3% of Americans relied solely on landlines, while 25.4% used both wireless and landline phones. But most Americans by far, 71.7%, rely only on wireless communications.

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.

DES MOINES — A report released this week shows the number of wireless phones in Iowa has surged ahead of the number of land lines, a development that signals wider changes in telecommunications ...