TORONTO—Rogers AT&T Wireless has become the first wireless carrier in Canada to offer ICQ two-way short message service (SMS) messaging on its network. The deal with America Online, which owns ICQ, lets users of Rogers' services communicate with ICQ's 120 million worldwide subscribers. Financial...
HACKENSACK, N.J.—GoAmerica Inc. will provide wireless Internet service to all of Canadian wireless carrier Rogers AT&T Wireless's GSM/GPRS subscribers, a move that greatly expands the relationship between the two companies and marks GoAmerica's first move into 2.5-generation network technology.Rogers AT&T, which this summer completed...
TORONTO—Rogers Wireless Communications Inc. shareholders have voted not to approve a transaction in which Rogers Communications Inc. would acquire all outstanding class B restricted public voting shares of RWCI, proposed in June."We believe that this proposal represented a fair value and significant opportunity for...
TORONTO-Canadian wireless carriers are bracing for tougher times as they gear up for faster 2.5-generation (2.5G) services. The four national carriers-Bell Mobility, Microcell, Rogers AT&T Wireless and Telus Mobility-posted disappointing second-quarter results, reflecting the overall slowdown in the market."Canadian pricing is even more competitive...
Rogers Wireless Inc.'s ownership was incorrectly stated in the story "Rogers aims to take company back to private status" in the June 18 edition of RCR Wireless News. JV II, a 50: 50 joint venture between AT&T Wireless and British Telecom, is a minority owner...
NEW YORK-Bucking the spin-off and tracking stock trend among telecommunications companies, Rogers Communications Inc., Toronto, plans to take Rogers Wireless Communications Inc. private by buying back the 48-percent stake that is now publicly traded as Class B restricted voting shares.Rogers Wireless, which is Canada's...
NEW YORK-Telesystem International Wireless Inc., Montreal, was expected to place privately last week a 10-year note issue of about $150 million to help finance its overseas ventures in cellular telephony, specialized mobile radio and paging.Part of the proceeds also will be used toward Telesystem's...
Rogers Cantel Mobile Communications Inc. and AT&T Corp.'s AT&T Canada Inc. subsidiary announced a long-term alliance that licenses Cantel to use the AT&T brand name and includes a marketing and technology agreement between Cantel and AT&T Wireless Services Inc.The partnership involves no equity, said...
TORONTO-Rogers Cantel Mobile Communications Inc. has developed a system that will allow subscribers to roam all over the world with a special cellular phone.Customers buy or rent a Worldwide phone and are issued a Subscriber Identity Module card to go with it.Users turn off...
