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NEW ORLEANS-AT&T Wireless Services Inc. announced the formation of the AT&T Wireless Systems Integrator Program to help U.S. companies design and implement wireless data solutions. “By teaming with the systems …

ATLANTA-AT&T Wireless Services Inc. and Cingular Wireless earlier this week announced a joint roaming agreement to improve network quality and encourage expansion of GSM/GPRS coverage in the United States. According …

BOSTON-The U.S. cellular market will grow 6 percent annually during the next five years, resulting in penetration of almost 70 percent, according to a new report from research firm Strategy …

VANCOUVER, British Columbia-AT&T Wireless Services Inc. and Sierra Wireless Inc. reported the commercial launch of Sierra Wireless’ AirCard 750 for AT&T Wireless’ GPRS data network. AT&T Wireless said the device …

SECAUCUS, N.J.-Panasonic continued its push into the United States with a new camera phone for AT&T Wireless Services Inc. AT&T Wireless will begin selling the Panasonic GU87, which features an …

TORONTO-Canadian wireless operator Rogers AT&T Wireless Inc. introduced Motorola Inc.’s T720 handset onto its network. As part of an introductory promotion for the hew handset, Rogers said it will offer …

NEW YORK-The Sony Music Mobile Products Group reported the debut of Java-based Sony Music Mobile on AT&T Wireless Services Inc.’s mMode service offering. Sony said the service will provide customers …

BELLEVUE, Wash.-Based on a new survey of the online customer care offerings of 500 companies, including 22 telecom service and equipment providers, The Customer Respect Group found one-third don’t respond …

WASHINGTON-InPhonic said it will create and provide the Palm Tungsten Activation Service, a self-service customer activation process combining online and call center support for buyers of the new Palm Inc. …

ATLANTA-AT&T Wireless Services Inc. will use a mobile infrastructure solution from XcelleNet to manage and control wireless devices used by AT&T Wireless sales and marketing employees. XcelleNet’s mobile infrastructure will …

CANNES, France-Operators and vendors alike expressed a quiet optimism for the upcoming year as the GSM community gathered for its annual global meeting last week in the south of France. …

CANNES, France-ICQ, an instant messaging and online community owned by America Online Inc., announced it is working with wireless carriers across the world to extend its services to mobile users. …

MANILA, The Philippines-Smart Communications Inc. has become the second operator worldwide and the first in Asia to offer a Microsoft-powered smart phone, following Orange U.K. last year. Smart is the …

REDMOND, Wash.-AT&T Wireless Services Inc. launched its Multimedia Messaging Service allowing customers to combine pictures, text, animations and sounds into a single messaging service. The carrier said MMS messages can …

SAN JOSE-The World Semiconductor Trade Statistics organization said 2002 shipments of digital signal processors reached its highest monthly figure in two years with a net revenue growth of 14.1 percent …

TORONTO-Canadian wireless operator Rogers AT&T Wireless reported a strategic agreement with Microsoft Canada to provide mobile access to the full suite of Microsoft Office applications from wireless devices. Under terms …

TORONTO-Canadian vendors are seeking more cooperation among carriers to promote interoperability. That’s the message from a wireless conference hosted Tuesday by BMO Nesbitt Burns in Toronto. Mike Lazaridis, Research in …

WASHINGTON-The Cellular Telecommunications & Internet Association today said it established a state affairs division, a move that comes as mobile-phone carriers face heightened scrutiny from public utility commissions, state attorneys …

WASHINGTON-A coalition that has consistently fought against rules allowing for ultra-wideband technologies has fired another salvo in the debate just as the Federal Communications Commission is considering whether to relax …

DENVER, United States-Major European carriers are conducting Enhanced Data Networks for Global Evolution (EDGE) trials, highlighting a major triumph for a technology once proclaimed dead. Burdened by the cost of …

WASHINGTON, D.C.-The Cellular Telecommunications & Internet Association and the Canadian Wireless Telecommunications Association announced cross-border, inter-carrier text messaging services enabling text messaging between customers of major U.S. and Canadian wireless …

CHICAGO-AT&T Wireless Services Inc. said it was the highest ranked wireless operator in Chicago according to a consumer survey conducted by Chicago Consumer’s Checkbook. They survey’s results showed that AT&T …

Just months after European carrier Orange released the world’s first mobile phone running on Microsoft’s Smartphone operating system, the two companies are working to develop a patch for a software …

TORONTO-Ericsson Canada Inc. said it had renewed an agreement with Rogers AT&T Wireless Inc. to provide network equipment for the carrier’s GSM and TDMA networks. The three-year deal includes Ericsson’s …

REDMOND, Wash.-AT&T Wireless Services Inc. and Fox Broadcasting reported a deal enabling AT&T Wireless customers to text vote and give “thumb up” for contestants on Fox’s American Idol television show. …