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REDMOND, Wash.-AT&T Wireless Services Inc. launched its GoPhone spending-limit program that allows credit challenged customers to sign-up for a wireless service plan with cheaper per-minute charges than are typically available …

REDMOND, Wash.-AT&T Wireless Services Inc. launched a buy-back and leasing program designed to attract users of Research In Motion Ltd.’s BlackBerry devices from competing carriers to exchange their device for …

BELLEVUE, Wash.-Western Wireless Corp. signed GSM/GPRS roaming agreements with T-Mobile USA Inc. and Cingular Wireless L.L.C. and said it was in discussions with AT&T Wireless Services Inc. regarding similar agreements. …

WASHINGTON-AT&T Wireless Services Inc. filed a $4 billion shelf facility with the Securities and Exchange Commission enabling the company to periodically sell debt securities, common and preferred stock and other …

VANCOUVER, British Columbia-Modem maker Sierra Wireless Inc. reported revenues of $20 million and a profit of $400,000, down from the profit of $1.1 million the company reported in the previous …

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina-A month after Digicel broke Cable & Wireless’ cellular monopoly in Santa Luc

REDMOND, Wash.-AT&T Wireless Services Inc. and T-Mobile USA Inc. reported a joint roaming agreement designed to increase coverage of their respective GSM/GPRS networks. AT&T Wireless said the deal will provide …

DENVER-A class-action lawsuit filed in Denver against AT&T Wireless Services Inc. is scheduled for mediation this week, according to the Rocky Mountain News. The class-action lawsuit, filed by Denver-based Hill …

OKLAHOMA CITY-Dobson Communications Corp. said it added 10,300 net subscribers during the first quarter of 2003, which was below the 12,500 net customers the carrier said it added for the …

NEW YORK-AT&T Wireless Services Inc.’s former president Mohan Gyani will receive $2.9 million in severance from the carrier according to a Securities and Exchange Commission filing. Gyani will also receive …

REDMOND, Wash.-AT&T Wireless Services Inc. signed a GSM/GPRS roaming agreement with affiliate Edge Wireless L.L.C. Edge Wireless said it has begun construction of its GSM/GPRS network that will cover 960,000 …

CHARLOTTE, N.C.-Don White has assumed the post of executive vice president and managing director of Quaero SpringBoard, the customer relationship management outsourcing division of Quaero. Telecommunications customers of Quaero include …

VANCOUVER, British Columbia-Fleet telematics provider WebTech Wireless announced it accomplished what few in its market have managed-profitability for two consecutive quarters. The company said it counts fleet customers in more …

SAN DIEGO-Voyager Systems Inc. reported an agreement with AT&T Wireless Services Inc. to provide federal, state and local law enforcement with wireless data products and services using the carriers GSM/GPRS …

STAMFORD, Conn.-Content deals continue to funnel through the pipe, with a range of handset makers, carriers and content companies announcing deals in the area. First, application provider SmartServ Online Inc. …

SAN JOSE, Calif.-The wireless industry today can take a minute to pat itself on the back as it looks back exactly 30 years ago to the very first time a …

WARREN, N.J.-Mobile virtual network operator Virgin Mobile USA is looking to tap into the hype surrounding the Fox TV show “American Idol” with its own text messaging campaign. The move …

SAN FRANCISCO-Gary Weis, formerly senior vice president of global services at AT&T Corp., has become president, chief executive officer and a director of Cometa Networks Inc. Larry Brilliant, co-founder and …

REDMOND, Wash.-AT&T Wireless Services Inc. announced Koichi Nishimura will join its board of directors, effective April 1. Nishimura was chairman, president and chief executive officer of Solectron Corp. until his …

WASHINGTON-T-Mobile USA reportedly plans to drop enhanced observed time difference (EOTD) technology as its solution for implementing Phase II enhanced 911 service. T-Mobile’s deployments of the technology had been one …

RICHARDSON, Texas-InnerWireless and AT&T Wireless Services Inc. announced they have enhanced wireless coverage in the Los Cerritos Center shopping center in southern California with InnerWireless’ InnerMobile in-building system. “By providing …

NEW ORLEANS-Wireless industry leaders have agreed to implement universal short codes, and wireless users could see cross-carrier short code applications within the next few months. The board of directors for …

WASHINGTON-The Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation is slated to hold a hearing this week in the class-action lawsuits against the mobile-phone industry regarding whether phones comply with the 911 strongest-signal …

NEW ORLEANS-Siemens Information and Communication Mobile made several announcements at CTIA Wireless 2003 this week in New Orleans.The company announced its SX1 mobile phone for U.S. consumers will be available …

CLEVELAND-AT&T Wireless Services Inc. has expanded its next-generation network to the Buffalo and Rochester, N.Y., markets “Now, western New York residents and businesses can enjoy innovative wireless services that will …