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...
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...
The market for over-the-air updating technology now counts yet another contender, with WAP pioneer Openwave Systems Inc. releasing its new Mobile Device Manager product offering. Openwave also announced Cingular Wireless L.L.C. purchased its new MDM product, but said the carrier will use it only...
LONDON-Symbian Software Ltd. scored another victory in the nascent mobile-phone operating system market, with Fujitsu Ltd. introducing its fifth smart phone using the Symbian OS. The new F900i is for NTT DoCoMo Inc.'s FOMA 3G service.The advanced phone also features a 1.28 megapixel camera,...
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...
BlackBerry-maker Research In Motion Ltd. faces a range of obstacles, both major and minor. But one challenge overshadows the rest, according to Mike Lazaridis, the company's president and co-chief executive officer."RIM's biggest competitor is ignorance," Lazaridis said. "Our challenge continues to be and has...
Like others that seemed out of the wireless range at the outset, the radio-frequency identification technology may not just be about supply chains. Its future efficiency may be derived from using wireless technologies like wireless local area networks and wide area networks. Although the...
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...
NEW YORK-AT&T Wireless Services Inc. has reportedly set a Feb. 13 deadline for companies interested in submitting bids to acquire the nation's third-largest wireless carrier, according to a filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The company expects to have until Feb. 29 to...
NTT DoCoMo Inc., which owns a 16-percent stake in AT&T Wireless Services Inc., said it has agreed to a temporary waiver of its consultation rights under its investor agreement in the U.S.-based carrier to be notified of and receive information regarding any proposed transaction...
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...
AT&T Wireless Services Inc.'s future as well as the future plans of its suppliers and employees were put on hold last week as the carrier announced its board of directors had decided "to explore the company's strategic alternatives," which most industry observers equated to...
The reverberations from a mega-merger involving AT&T Wireless Services Inc. could easily spark repercussions in Illinois, Finland, South Korea and a number of other mobile-phone hot spots. The creation of a new wireless powerhouse in the United States might affect the fortunes of Motorola...
AT&T Wireless Services Inc.'s board of directors has reportedly authorized the wireless carrier to study potential acquisition offers from a number of competitors thought to be looking to take over the nation's third-largest wireless carrier, including Cingular Wireless L.L.C., Nextel Communications Inc., NTT DoCoMo...
The rumor mill kicked into high gear last week with published reports claiming a handful of domestic and international wireless carriers are targeting AT&T Wireless Services Inc. as a possible merger partner.The reports began with claims that Cingular Wireless L.L.C. had rekindled its often-rumored...
HELSINKI, Finland-Internet portal Yahoo! dropped its stake in TeliaSonera's Zed wireless data portal, but said it will continue to offer co-branded services with Zed across Europe.Yahoo! purchased a 15-percent equity interest in Sonera Zed Ltd. in 2002 with an option to acquire the remaining...
AT&T Wireless Services Inc.'s popularity as a dance partner has apparently increased as published reports claim a handful of wireless carriers are now targeting the country's largest publicly traded operator as a possible merger partner, which in the end could set off a bidding...
Internet portal Yahoo! dropped its stake in TeliaSonera's Zed wireless data portal, but said it will continue to offer co-branded services with Zed across Europe.Yahoo! purchased a 15-percent equity interest in Sonera Zed Ltd. in 2002 with an option to acquire the remaining interests....
Former Microsoft Corp. executive Juha Christensen dumped his plans for a wireless startup and instead will helm the wireless and mobile devices business of Internet software company Macromedia.Christensen has long been at the forefront of the wireless industry, first as a co-founder of operating...
Former Microsoft Corp. executive Juha Christensen dumped his plans for a wireless startup and instead will helm the wireless and mobile devices business of Internet software company Macromedia.Christensen has long been at the forefront of the wireless industry, first as a co-founder of operating...
It seems the wireless machine-to-machine market is finally coming into its own.The industry now boasts a range of players including major names like Nokia Corp. and IBM Corp., it enjoys a healthy value chain, there are a growing number of case studies and success...
TOKYO-Japanese wireless data giant NTT DoCoMo Inc. introduced its new 900i series of third-generation FOMA mobile phones, devices that feature perhaps the most advanced services the wireless industry has ever seen.Most importantly, DoCoMo said the devices in general offer three times the battery life...
