ATLANTA—Cingular Wireless L.L.C. launched its EDGE-based wireless wide area network connectivity service, which the carrier said is the first commercially available solution using a gateway device at the edge of a company's information technology network to provide enhanced and secure wide-area connectivity for data...
Few carriers have put as much strain on their technology personnel over the past several years as Cingular Wireless L.L.C. From its beginnings as the merged wireless operations of BellSouth Corp. and SBC Communications Inc. to the carrier's decision in 2001 to migrate its...
WASHINGTON-Cingular Wireless L.L.C. disputed organized labor's claim that the No. 1 mobile-phone operator promised not to fire any union employees as a result of the carrier's $41 billion acquisition of AT&T Wireless Services Inc. The dispute comes amid impending post-merger job cuts at Cingular...
ATLANTA-Cingular Wireless L.L.C. parent company BellSouth Corp. said it will sell its portfolio of residential communications and entertainment services at Cingular stores in the Southeast.The announcement follows BellSouth's regional rollout of a door-to-door sales force that will be expanded to Cingular stories in all...
As the nation's largest wireless carriers consolidate, large questions remain about what these companies should do with their existing wireline businesses. And carriers are talking openly about potential plans to shed these slow-growing parts of their operations in favor of the explosive wireless business.Indeed,...
ATLANTA-BellSouth Corp. said it has completed the sale of its 10 Latin American wireless operations for Telefonica Moviles S.A. following the transfer of its ownership interest in Argentina. BellSouth noted it received $674 million for its Argentina operations, and it plans to recognize an...
ATLANTA-BellSouth Corp. said it has completed the sale of its 10 Latin American wireless operations for Telefonica Moviles S.A. following the transfer of its ownership interest in Argentina. BellSouth noted it received $674 million for its Argentina operations, and it plans to recognize an...
Time Warner Cable is in discussions with Sprint PCS to test a wireless offering that would be bundled with the media giant's TV, landline phone and Internet services. However, it is unclear whether Time Warner Cable will offer the services under its own brand...
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...
Everything has to come to an end, whether it's Ken Jennings' winning streak on Jeopardy! or Tom Brokaw's 23-year reign on NBC Nightly News or wireline telephony.OK. That's a tad drastic. Wireline telephony isn't going to disappear, but it is morphing to remain relevant...
WASHINGTON-The fanfare surrounding last week's government approval of Cingular Wireless L.L.C.'s $41 billion acquisition of AT&T Wireless Services Inc. proved to be short-lived, with Moody's Investors Service reacting immediately by downgrading long-term debt ratings of the new No. 1 U.S. mobile-phone carrier and its...
The top spot in the contest for the nation's largest carrier soon could be a tug-of-war. In the shadow of Cingular Wireless L.L.C. completing its $41 billion buy of AT&T Wireless Services Inc. to become the nation's largest carrier with more than 47.6 million...
The union of Cingular Wireless L.L.C. and AT&T Wireless Services Inc. gives new meaning to The Great Experiment.Indeed, nothing approaching it-in scale, complexity and consequence-has ever been attempted in the spectacular 21-year-young history of the cellular industry. Cingular, 60-percent owned by SBC Communications Inc....
ATLANTA-BellSouth Corp. and Telefonica Moviles S.A. said they have completed the transfer of BellSouth's ownership interest in five wireless operations in Latin America. Telefonica Moviles has taken control of the operations of BellSouth's properties in Colombia, Nicaragua, Peru, Uruguay and Venezuela, effective immediately. BellSouth...
WASHINGTON-The fanfare surrounding final government approval of Cingular Wireless L.L.C.'s $41 billion acquisition of AT&T Wireless Services Inc. proved to be short-lived, with Moody's Investors Service downgrading long-term debt ratings of the new No. 1 mobile-phone carrier and its two Bell telephone parent companies....
WASHINGTON-The Federal Communications Commission today conditionally approved the $41 billion merger of Cingular Wireless L.L.C. and AT&T Wireless Services Inc., requiring the new No. 1 mobile-phone operator to scale back or forgo combined wireless operations in 22 markets. The decision received criticism from two...
BellSouth Corp. said it has completed the $1.2 billion sale of its ownership interest in three Latin American wireless operations to Telefonica Moviles, which BellSouth said it would use to help fund its financial obligations for Cingular Wireless L.L.C.'s pending $41 billion acquisition of...
WASHINGTON-Cingular Wireless L.L.C. moved a step closer to winning government backing for its proposed $41 billion purchase of AT&T Wireless Services Inc., with Federal Communications Commission Chairman Michael Powell signing off on the deal and setting in motion the possible start of a political...
WASHINGTON-SBC Communications Inc. President Edward Whitacre today said he opposes having to divest any wireless assets as a condition of winning government approval of the proposed $41 billion merger between Cingular Wireless L.LC. and AT&T Wireless Services Inc. and conceded there is a risk...
WASHINGTON-Sources indicate Federal Communications Commission Chairman Michael Powell has conditionally approved the proposed $41 billion merger between No. 2 Cingular Wireless L.L.C. and No. 3 AT&T Wireless Services Inc., but potential complications could delay expected final government action on the deal to later this...
WASHINGTON-The leading association of competitive landline carriers told the Federal Communications Commission that wireless consumers will see an annual increase of $2.7 billion if the merger between Cingular Wireless L.L.C. and AT&T Wireless Services Inc. is approved. "The merger of Cingular and AWS will...
WASHINGTON-Consumer groups today warned federal and state regulators that a merger of Cingular Wireless L.L.C. and AT&T Wireless Services Inc. would lead to excessive concentration in the local telecom access market in top U.S. markets. "Approval of a merger between the No. 1 and...
BellSouth Corp. said it plans to offer $3 billion aggregate principal amount of five- and 10-year senior notes to help finance its share of the pending acquisition of AT&T Wireless Services Inc. by its wireless subsidiary Cingular Wireless L.L.C. JP Morgan, Lehman Brothers, Goldman...
ATLANTA-BellSouth Corp. said it plans to offer $3 billion aggregate principal amount of five- and 10-year senior notes to help finance its share of the pending acquisition of AT&T Wireless Services Inc. by its wireless subsidiary Cingular Wireless L.L.C.JP Morgan, Lehman Brothers, Goldman Sachs...
