WASHINGTON-Cingular Wireless L.L.C., steadfast in its claim that it did not deceive California consumers, has initiated negotiations with the California Public Utilities Commission to settle a proposed record $12 million fine against the No. 2 mobile-phone carrier for business practices that the agency said...
SAO PAULO-Brasilcel, the company jointly owned by Telefonica Moviles and Portugal Telecom, has launched a plan to buy additional stakes in the other Brazilian subsidiaries partially owned by the two European telecom companies in a $508 million deal. Brasilcel intends to launch voluntary public...
Cingular Wireless L.L.C., AT&T Wireless Services Inc. and AT&T Corp. reported an agreement resolving issues related to the use of the AT&T brand in connection with Cingular's pending acquisition of AWS, as well as a provision for the purchase of AT&T network services by...
WASHINGTON-A group of nine wireline companies, two with wireless affiliates, are proposing to radically change the way carriers compensate each other to carry traffic on each other's networks, and most of the wireless industry is none too happy about it. "It is an awful...
WASHINGTON-A group of wireline companies, two of which have wireless affiliates, are proposing to radically change the way carriers compensate each other to carry traffic on each other's networks, and most of the wireless industry is none too happy about it."It is an awful...
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....
Distributor Brightstar Corp. is planning an initial public offering of up to $115 million, according to a new filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.The company plans to use any proceeds from the offering for potential acquisitions of and investments in other businesses,...
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...
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...
Distributor Brightstar Corp. is planning an initial public offering of up to $115 million, according to a new filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.The company plans to use any proceeds from the offering for potential acquisitions of and investments in other businesses,...
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...
Dobson Communications Corp.'s Dobson Cellular Systems jumped into the converged market last week with the launch of its MERGE product, which the company said would help bridge the gap between traditional wireline and wireless services by allowing customers to access their wireless calling plan...
WASHINGTON-The Consumer Federation of America is quietly circulating a white paper arguing against the $41 billion merger of AT&T Wireless Services Inc. and Cingular Wireless L.L.C. saying that because Cingular is owned by two Baby Bells, it will dilute intermodal competition."The Federal Communications Commission...
While wireless broadband technologies stir some excitement around both service providers and vendors, rural carriers are likely to take the most advantage of them in the short run as the business model catches on with the big operators in the wireline and wireless spheres,...
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...
Capitalizing on the growing interest in wireless broadband services. BellSouth Corp. has launched a wireless router product as part of its business broadband portfolio that will integrate a DSL modem and router into a single device with the option of wired or wireless Internet...
WASHINGTON-President Bush said he intends to nominate Lucent Technologies Inc. President Patricia Russo as vice chair of the president's National Security Telecommunications Advisory Committee.Russo replaces F. Duane Ackerman, chairman and chief executive officer of BellSouth Corp., who was newly appointed as the NSTAC chairman.
MADRID, Spain-Telefonica Moviles, one of the leaders in the Latin American wireless industry, said it will acquire 100 percent of the shares of Chilean operator Telefonica Movil Chile from Compania de Telecomunicaciones de Chile for $1 billion. The Spanish carrier currently has a 43.6-percent...
WASHINGTON-Consumer groups and cellular dealers asked the Federal Communications Commission to block the proposed merger of AT&T Wireless Services Inc. and Cingular Wireless L.L.C., while organized labor reiterated its support for the $41 billion transaction. "This merger proposes an unacceptable level of concentration...
WASHINGTON-Consumer groups and cellular agents petitioned the Federal Communications Commission to block the proposed merger of AT&T Wireless Services Inc. and Cingular Wireless L.L.C., while organized labor reiterated its support for the $41 billion deal. "This merger proposes an unacceptable level of concentration...
When a small state retains a multimillion-dollar tax break for the nation's largest telephone company out of sympathy and concern about attacks on the landline carrier's subscriber base by mobile-phone carriers, you know the wireless industry has arrived. Indeed, wireless competition was cited as...
WASHINGTON-The Federal Communications Commission said BellSouth Corp. and other incumbent local exchange carriers can recover from their customers the costs of implementing intermodal porting."BellSouth has estimated that, if allowed additional recovery, it would alternatively charge end users 22 cents over a six-month period, 43...
WASHINGTON-The Federal Communications Commission Tuesday said BellSouth Corp. and other incumbent local exchange carriers can recover from their customers the costs of implementing intermodal porting."BellSouth has estimated that, if allowed additional recovery, it would alternatively charge end users 22 cents over a six-month period,...
WASHINGTON-The Federal Communications Commission set a May 3 deadline for challenges to Cingular Wireless L.L.C.'s $41 billion bid for AT&T Wireless Services Inc., a deal the two mobile-phone carriers want to wrap up by the end of the year.Both the FCC and Justice Department...
