CANNES, France-Despite the less-than-ideal weather conditions at this year's 3GSM World Congress in Cannes, France, the event was highlighted by the GSM industry's announcement of signing up its 1 billionth customer worldwide and the European market's bright expectations for full third-generation networks that have...
REDMOND, Wash.-AT&T Wireless services Inc. said it completed its $95 million cash purchase of U.S. Cellular's TDMA wireless operations in south central Texas, a market serving 74,000 customers and covering a population of more than 1.3 million people. The carrier said the acquisition complements...
REDMOND, Wash.-AT&T Wireless yesterday said it completed its $95 million cash purchase of U.S. Cellular's TDMA wireless operations in south central Texas, a market serving 74,000 customers and covering a population of more than 1.3 million people. The carrier said the acquisition complements its...
In addition to propelling the combined entity past Verizon Wireless as the nation's largest wireless carrier, Cingular Wireless L.L.C.'s successful $41 billion acquisition of smaller rival AT&T Wireless Services Inc. is expected to have an enormous impact on many of its competitors as well...
NEW YORK-Cingular Wireless L.L.C. has reportedly amended documents connected with its $41 billion acquisition of AT&T Wireless Services Inc. so that the company would not pay any interest if the deal does not close by the middle of December. The original documents called for...
NEW YORK-Following a long weekend of intense bidding, Cingular Wireless L.L.C. acquired rival AT&T Wireless Services Inc. for $41 billion. Cingular said it expects the deal, which has to be approved by federal regulatory authorities and AWS shareholders, to close by the end of...
AT&T Wireless Services Inc.'s clouded future began to clear last week as suitors looking to acquire the world's ninth-largest wireless carrier were expected to place their final bids by AWS' self-mandated Feb. 13 deadline. Cingular Wireless L.L.C. and Vodafone Group plc rose to the...
Telecommunications bundling has made a strong comeback over the past year, with nearly all of the country's regional providers offering some form of packaged deal to customers. Those bundles usually include a wireless link either through a direct subsidiary as is the case with...
You didn't expect AT&T Wireless to go quietly into that good night, did you?AT&T Wireless has a storied history. The carrier can claim roots in both AT&T Corp., which foolishly agreed to give up any cellular play as part of the breakup of Ma...
NEW YORK-Bidding for AT&T Wireless Services Inc. is expected to center on two candidates as NTT DoCoMo Inc. reportedly informed AWS' management that it does not intend to increase its current 16-percent stake in the company, leaving Cingular Wireless L.L.C. and Vodafone Group plc...
LONDON-Vodafone Group plc reportedly is set to bid as much as $35 billion for AT&T Wireless Services Inc. in an attempt to gain control of the third-largest wireless operator in the United States, according to a report in the Wall Street Journal citing people...
NEW YORK-With AT&T Wireless Services Inc.'s self-imposed Feb. 13 deadline for buyout bids fast approaching, Vodafone Group plc's plans to divest itself from current U.S. wireless network partner Verizon Wireless ahead of a possible stab at acquiring AWS has hit a "tense junction," according...
REDMOND, Wash.-AT&T Wireless Services Inc. announced an expanded agreement with instant messaging company America Online Inc. to install AOL's IM software in select AT&T Wireless mobile phones. Nokia Corp.'s 3100 and 3200 handsets for AT&T Wireless will be the first phones to feature the...
Leap Wireless International Inc. said it will begin soliciting bids for the sale of what it termed "excess spectrum" in the Columbus, Ga., market in an attempt to raise capital. The auction, which was approved by the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District...
Following a robust holiday season that witnessed less pricing competition from nationwide operators, carriers waited the customary month into the new year before putting away their limited holiday promotions and rolling out new rates that are expected to set the stage for the rest...
Third-generation contracts seem to be giving Nortel Networks Ltd. an edge lately, owing to what industry observers describe as the Brampton, Ontario-based vendor's Internet Protocol advantage. Nortel's complete solution has helped it in its contracts of late with both Verizon Wireless and AT&T Wireless...
REDMOND, Wash.-AT&T Wireless Services Inc. reported Wi-Fi expansion plans including a deal with Amtrak to provide high-speed data services in six of the railroad's busiest train stations along the Northeast Corridor and a reciprocal roaming agreement with T-Mobile USA Inc. expanding service in a...
OKLAHOMA CITY-Dobson Communications Corp. reported 14,400 net subscriber additions during the fourth quarter of 2003 including its complete ownership of American Cellular Corp., which the company acquired from former partner AT&T Wireless Services Inc., and ended 2003 with approximately 1.5 million customers. Dobson did...
TORONTO-Rogers Communications Inc. reported that AT&T Wireless Services Inc., which announced last week that it would begin accepting bids for a possible acquisition, has not received any notice from AWS regarding any potential sale or disposition of AWS' 34 percent interest in Rogers Wireless....
As the list of potential suitors became clearer last week, AT&T Wireless Services Inc.'s management took control of the situation by announcing a mid-February deadlines for potential buyers to submit acquisition proposals. The carrier also said it plans to make a decision about its...
The wireless industry's love-hate relationship with Wall Street appears to be on the mend as investors again flocked back to the segment that just over a year ago was offering investors a broad selection of stocks for less than a dollar. While most wireless...
NEW YORK-Cingular Wireless L.L.C. is one step closer to making a formal bid for AT&T Wireless Services Inc. as the Wall Street Journal reported Cingular's parent companies SBC Communications Inc. and BellSouth Corp. have granted their wireless subsidiary approval to place a bid ahead...
The sale of AT&T Wireless Services Inc. is unlikely to have a long-term negative effect on the tower industry, according to tower companies and analysts in the space, who this week applauded strong 2004 tower-build expectations released by AWS and Cingular Wireless L.L.C.Cingular said...
Industry observers believe that infrastructure vendors favor a tie-up between Cingular Wireless L.L.C. and AT&T Wireless Services Inc. Both companies have deals with the same manufacturers, including L.M. Ericsson, Nokia Corp., Nortel Networks Ltd. and Siemens AG.Nortel is proud of its role as provider...
