Editor's note: At the end of each year, the RCR Wireless News editorial staff looks back on the news events that made headlines and decides which were the most significant, industry-impacting stories during the past 12 months. While our list does not include the...
The following is a list of headlines ranked by the highest number of page views on RCRNews.com during 2004. 1. Dec. 10, Report: Sprint/Nextel reach tentative $36B deal2. Jan. 15, Multiple offers could set off AWS bidding war3. Dec. 9, Sprint, Nextel consider merger,...
Editor's Note: Each year, the RCR Wireless News editorial staff chooses the person who has impacted the wireless industry the most during the past 12 months. By successfully closing the acquisition of AT&T Wireless Services Inc., making Cingular Wireless the nation's largest carrier, as...
Global Signal Inc. said its board of directors has increased its cash dividend for the fourth quarter to 40 cents per share of common stock from 37 cents in the third quarter of 2004. The dividend is payable Jan. 20. The tower player owns...
ATLANTA-Highlighting its growing presence in the enterprise market, Cingular Wireless L.L.C. said it has closed deals with more than 135 business and government customers in the first 45 days since its acquisition of AT&T Wireless Services Inc. was approved Oct. 26. The carrier noted...
In the wake of its acquisition of AT&T Wireless Services Inc., Cingular Wireless L.L.C. created a new Business Markets Group, which the carrier said would provide business customers with access to sales and support professionals focused solely on enterprise needs. AWS was regarded as...
ATLANTA-In the wake of its acquisition of AT&T Wireless Services Inc. that created the nation's largest wireless operator, Cingular Wireless L.L.C. created a new Business Markets Group that the carrier said would provide business customers with access to sales and support professionals that are...
Just more than a month after closing its $41 billion acquisition of AT&T Wireless Services Inc., Cingular Wireless L.L.C. said it expects to post a quicker return on its investment than it originally predicted. The nation's largest carrier also reaffirmed its commitment to deploy...
Cingular Wireless L.L.C. continued the business of integrating AT&T Wireless Services Inc. with a pair of deals to sell spectrum and wireless assets designed to comply with government divestiture requests related to the merger. The first deal was with Alltel Corp. and calls for...
Cingular Wireless L.L.C. provided a financial update of its acquisition of AT&T Wireless Services Inc., highlighted by expectations of between $3.6 billion and $5 billion in cost savings from the deal by 2007, which is nearly double the $1.8 billion to $2.7 billion the...
Cingular Wireless L.L.C. said it will begin deploying a UMTS/HSDPA-based network next year with plans to cover most major markets by the end of 2006. The carrier noted the network would provide network speeds of between 400 and 700 kilobits per second, which is...
Cingular Wireless L.L.C.'s integration of AT&T Wireless Services Inc. gained steam last week as Cingular converted more than 1,000 AWS retail outlets to the Cingular moniker. The timing of the conversion was important as Cingular had previously stated it wanted to provide a seamless...
Cingular Wireless L.L.C. moved another step closer in its plans to integrate AT&T Wireless Services Inc.'s operations with the conversion of 1,055 AWS company-owned stores into Cingular Wireless stores. The carrier added that it now has more than 2,800 company-owned retail locations, and it...
The rash of consolidation and spectrum deals that have recently swept through the wireless industry could have a substantial impact on the Federal Communications Commission's Auction 58 set for late January, as the carriers with a history of being the most aggressive bidders have...
Though often regarded as the most important quarter of the year for wireless customer acquisitions and thus the most highly competitive, this year's fourth quarter is expected to be particularly heated as carriers aggressively target customers disenchanted or confused by Cingular Wireless L.L.C.'s acquisition...
ATLANTA-In connection with its recent acquisition of AT&T Wireless Services Inc., Cingular Wireless L.L.C. reported that AWS subsidiaries Tritel PCS Inc. and TeleCorp Wireless Inc. plan to redeem their respective outstanding senior subordinated notes. The notes include Tritel's 10.375-percent senior subordinated notes due 2011,...
BERWYN, Pa.-Former AT&T Wireless Services Inc. affiliate Triton PCS Inc. reported that it intends to enter into a $250 million senior secured term loan facility that will replace its existing $100 million senior secured revolving credit facility. The carrier said it plans to use...
Terrified by the stigma of pornography and despite its revenue-enhancing potential, U.S. carriers continue to keep mobile adult content at arm's length, refusing to offer it through their portals. But that's not stopping wireless users from getting it. There's no question of the worldwide...
Mobile-phone industry lawyers said they intend to ask a D.C. court to dismiss six brain-cancer suits on federal pre-emption grounds. In July, U.S. District Judge Catherine Blake of Baltimore sent back the six lawsuits to the Superior Court of the District of Columbia where...
LOS ANGELES-AT&T Wireless Services Inc., which last week was acquired by Cingular Wireless L.L.C., is taking Napster mobile.The Internet music vendor is introducing Napster To Go, a mobile music subscription service for AWS users on the Audiovox SMT5600 smart phone. The service, which costs...
BERWYN, Pa.-Former AT&T Wireless Services Inc. affiliate Triton PCS Inc. reported that it intends to enter into a $250 million senior secured term loan facility that will replace its existing $100 million senior secured revolving credit facility. The carrier said it plans to use...
Former AT&T Wireless Services Inc. affiliate Triton PCS Holdings Inc. said it lost 19,211 subscribers during the third quarter as the carrier was hit by an increase in customer churn that it associated with AWS' recently completed acquisition by Cingular Wireless L.L.C. Triton noted...
Cingular Wireless L.L.C. began a new advertising campaign that includes links to recently acquired AT&T Wireless Services Inc. and represent the carrier's new position as the nation's largest wireless operator. The campaign, which was created by BBDO Atlanta and BBDO New York, is set...
Former AT&T Wireless Services Inc. affiliate Triton PCS Holdings Inc. said it lost 19,211 subscribers during the third quarter of this year as the carrier was hit by an increase in customer churn that it associated with AWS' recently completed acquisition by Cingular Wireless...
