AT&T Wireless Services Inc. reported the commencement of a solicitation of consent to certain indenture amendments relating to its senior notes in connection with the carrier's pending acquisition by Cingular Wireless L.L.C. The amendments, which were requested by Cingular, would clarify that AWS could...
WASHINGTON-The FCC's Wireless Telecommunications Bureau does not see the proposed merger of Cingular Wireless L.L.C. and AT&T Wireless Services Inc. as having the potentially negative impact on local telephone service that some consumer advocates have claimed."There are some intermodal issues that have been raised....
REDMOND, Wash.-AT&T Wireless Services Inc. reported that carpeting manufacturer Shaw Industries Inc. renewed its contract designating AWS as its primary wireless service provider. The contract calls for Shaw to add "significant numbers of voice users" and evaluate the carrier's EDGE wireless data service for...
Tier-two wireless carriers reported diverse second-quarter financials. Dobson Communications Corp., the nation's ninth largest carrier, saw its stock plunge on full-year guidance, while No. 10 Leap improved its metrics as it gets closer to emerging from bankruptcy protection. Dobson reported mixed operating and financial...
In an industry where size is often viewed as a result of success, especially when it comes to the bottom line and customers, U.S. Cellular Corp. has managed to operate successfully in a position between the country's big-six nationwide operators that dominate the large...
WASHINGTON-The Department of Justice, SBC Communications Inc. and BellSouth Corp. have agreed to change certain aspects of an antitrust consent decree to allow Cingular Wireless L.L.C. to purchase AT&T Wireless Services Inc.'s licenses for Los Angeles and Indianapolis.When SBC and BellSouth created Cingular in...
BASKING RIDGE, N.J.-AT&T Wireless Services Inc. launched a European calling summer promotion that provides customers signed up to its Discounted International Roaming offering calling rates of 89 cents per minute while in the United Kingdom, France, Germany, Italy, Ireland, Norway, Sweden, Switzerland and Greece,...
WASHINGTON-The Department of Justice, SBC Communications Inc. and BellSouth Corp. have agreed to change certain aspects of an antitrust consent decree to allow Cingular Wireless L.L.C. to purchase AT&T Wireless Services Inc.'s licenses for Los Angeles and Indianapolis."The competition from new entrants that was...
BASKING RIDGE, N.J.-AT&T Wireless Services Inc. launched a European calling summer promotion that provides customers signed up to its Discounted International Roaming offering calling rates of 89 cents per minute while in the United Kingdom, France, Germany, Italy, Ireland, Norway, Sweden, Switzerland and Greece,...
Dobson Communications Corp. reported mixed operating and financial results for the second quarter, forcing the rural carrier to revise downward its full-year guidance and sending the carrier's stock down more than 50 percent in early Tuesday trading.Dobson's stock plunged more than 50 percent early...
Regional carriers are swapping spectrum to shore up their strength in markets where they already operate and exit markets that are no longer a strategic fit.In the largest deal announced last week, Alltel Corp. said it would buy both wireless spectrum and assets from...
With its pending acquisition of AT&T Wireless Services Inc. making its way through various governmental regulators and a final approval not yet certain, Cingular Wireless L.L.C. continued signing deals last week with AWS affiliates that will clear the way for Cingular to continue to...
Following an announcement last month with Triton PCS Holdings Inc., Cingular Wireless L.L.C. cleared another hurdle to its pending $41 billion acquisition of AT&T Wireless Services Inc. by announcing an agreement with AWS affiliate Cincinnati Bell Inc. that alters their former non-compete clause and...
WALL, N.J.-Centennial Communications Corp. said it has exercised an option to purchase PCS spectrum from AT&T Wireless Services Inc. covering 4.1 million potential customers in Michigan and Indiana for $19.5 million. The 10-megahertz licenses cover Anderson, Indianapolis, Lafayette and Muncie, Ind., as well as...
The end of the year came early for AT&T Wireless Services Inc. as the carrier made good on its often-repeated plans to offer high-speed wireless data services before the calendar turned over as it launched what it termed commercial UMTS services in four markets...
SEATTLE-Fulfilling previous announcements that it would launch UMTS-based next-generation services in a handful of markets by the end of this year, AT&T Wireless Services Inc. said it has begun offering commercial services in Detroit, Phoenix, San Francisco and Seattle. The carrier added that it...
Continuing the recent flood of camera-phone announcements, Samsung released plans for a 3.2-megapixel digital camera phone, the SPH-S2300, that it said includes features that align its capabilities with those of a digital camera.The phone includes a 3X optical linear zoom, along with a 4X...
WASHINGTON-Nextel Communications Inc. has joined with the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children to develop an Amber Alert wireless solution, one of three efforts under way to address the issue of finding missing children quickly via wireless."At Nextel, we believe supporting the efforts...
Forget glow-in-the-dark faceplates, see-through battery packs and flashing antennas.When it comes to marketing to younger wireless users, it's all about the music. Instead of monophonic, eight-note ringtones, today's phones can double as a mini-jukebox, with the ability to download and store hundreds, sometimes thousands,...
SAN DIEGO-LG Mobile Phones and AT&T Wireless Services Inc. released two new GSM handsets, the L1150 and the G4015.Both phones include color screens, instant messaging capabilities and polyphonic sound with downloadable ringers. The dual-band G4015 is available now through AWS retailers and can be...
The continued emphasis carriers are placing on alternative sales and information channels appears to be paying off as a report from industry research firm Compete Inc. showed a dramatic increase in the number of wireless service prospects who are surfing carrier Web sites in...
Tying up one of the loose ends caused by Cingular Wireless L.L.C.'s pending acquisition of AT&T Wireless Services Inc., the companies announced a multi-faceted deal with Triton PCS Holdings Inc. that will free Cingular of AWS' non-compete clause with Triton, and in turn, cut...
Cingular Wireless L.L.C. tied up one of the loose ends to its pending acquisition of AT&T Wireless Services Inc. by announcing a deal with AWS affiliate Triton PCS Inc. to swap assets in a handful of markets. The deal also will back AWS out...
Last week was a good one for developers. The wireless industry has begun to give developers the attention they deserve, as evidenced by the slew of wireless-focused announcements at JavaOne and other developer forums. In fact, some wireless carriers, which generally are the players...
