BALTIMORE, MD—Effective Thursday, August 20, 9-1-1 call centers across Maryland will begin accepting text messages via text-to-911 service. Customers of the three major wireless carriers (AT&T, former Sprint, T-Mobile, and Verizon) who are enrolled in their carriers’ text messaging and/or data plan can send text messages to 9-1-1 in an emergency when they are unable to place a phone call. […]
BALTIMORE, MD—Maryland Attorney General Brian E. Frosh announced on Monday that his Consumer Protection Division has filed charges against Cricket Wireless, LLC and AT&T, Inc. for violations of the Maryland Consumer Protection Act. Among other charges, Cricket and AT&T failed to inform consumers that the cell phones they purchased would no longer work when Cricket switched cell phone networks after […]
Police are investigating a robbery, an assault, and a burglary that were reported this week. At just after 7 p.m. on Sunday, April 21, an individual entered the vacant location next to the AT&T store in the 7600-block of Belair Road in Nottingham (21236). The suspect then broke through the drywall that separates the two locations to gain access to […]
Multiple law enforcement and government agencies across the U.S. are reporting that AT&T customers are unable to dial 911 from their cell phones. A spokesman for AT&T said on Wednesday night that the company is aware of service issues affecting some calls to 911 for wireless customers. There has been no word on what caused the outage or when 911 […]
Police are investigating after a mobile phone store was robbed near White Marsh Mall on Sunday afternoon. At just before 12:30 p.m., three armed individuals entered the AT&T Store located in the 7900 block of Honeygo Boulevard, 21236. Authorities say the suspects stole several cell phones and tablets from the safe inside the store. The three suspects then fled the scene […]