Topic: Roger Entner

Japan-based SoftBank will invest $50 billion and create 50,000 jobs in the U.S. to stimulate tech innovation, President-elect Donald Trump announced Tuesday.

AT&T said Sunday that it had agreed to buy DirecTV, the nation's largest satellite television operator, for $48.5 billion.

AT&T is in talks to buy satellite TV provider DirecTV for a reported $50 billion, expanding the wireless, phone and high-speed broadband provider's services.

U.S. consumers are finding the price of digital tablets dropping sharply, a trend that could continue, market analysts say.

Apple is discussing the option of developing a customized iPhone for Verizon, sources close to the negotiations said.

iPhone 3G customers in Europe and the United States have been finding phone call connections suddenly failing, various sources said.

U.S. Internet phone-calling company Vonage settled its patent dispute with Sprint for $80 million, agreeing to license Sprint's Internet-calling technology.

T-Mobile has become the first U.S. company to begin selling service that lets one handset communicate with both cellular networks and Wi-Fi hot spots.

A ratings system similar to movies is in the works for cell phone downloads ahead of an expected move to be able to download pornography.