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Rural Cellular Corp. said it is acquiring PCS spectrum from AT&T Wireless Services Inc. and one of its affiliates covering 1.9 million potential customers in Rural Cellular's Northeast region and 200,000 pops in the carrier's Northwest region.In connection with the purchase, Rural Cellular said...

The summer movie season continues to tie into wireless, with AT&T Wireless Services Inc. scoring an exclusive deal with Paramount Pictures for its upcoming "Lara Croft Tomb Raider: The Cradle of Life" motion picture.AT&T Wireless developed a range of games, ring tones, screensavers and...

AT&T Wireless Services Inc. launched its VoiceDial voice-activated dialing service onto its GSM network allowing customers to store up to four numbers for up to 2,000 contacts, make multiple calls without redialing #121 and customize the service with personal greetings for $4 per month.John...

WASHINGTON-Despite poor market conditions, telecom and high-tech industries continue to spend money on lobbying at record levels.PoliticalMoneyLine, a Web-based service that tracks political money, said telecom and tech sectors ranked second in lobbying expenditures for the last six months of 2002. The $113.3 million...

WASHINGTON-Western Wireless Corp. is protesting the Federal Communications Commission's proposed fine for operating a tower in a historic area without proper authorization.The FCC wants to fine Western Wireless $200,000 for constructing and continuing to operate a 180-foot tower in Medora, N.D., on a ridge...

WASHINGTON-Local number portability lobbying has been fast and furious of late as the Cellular Telecommunications & Internet Association tries to get legislation passed to prevent the Federal Communications Commission from enforcing the implementation mandate.To counteract CTIA, a coalition of consumer advocates and state regulators...

WASHINGTON-Western Wireless Corp. on June 13 strongly objected to the Federal Communications Commission's proposed fine for operating a tower in a historic area without proper authorization.The FCC wants to fine Western Wireless Corp. $200,000 for constructing and continuing to operate a 180-foot tower in...

REDMOND, Wash.-As previously announced by Cesky Telecom, AT&T Wireless Services Inc. said it has signed an agreement to jointly sell with Verizon Communications Inc. a 49-percent interest in Czech Republic wireless operator Eurotel Praha to Cesky Telecom for $1.05 billion. Proceeds from the sale...

OKLAHOMA CITY-Dobson Communications Corp. and AT&T Wireless Services Inc. completed their exchange of wireless properties in California and Alaska, which included AT&T Wireless transferring its ownership in the Anchorage metropolitan statistical area and the Alaska rural service area 2 to Dobson in exchange for...

Centennial Communications Corp. priced $500 million of 10.13-percent senior unsecured notes due 2013 to be issued in a private placement. The telecom provider said the senior notes will be co-issued with Centennial Cellular Operating Co. L.L.C. and guaranteed by Centennial Puerto Rico Operations Corp.As...

WASHINGTON-The Federal Communications Commission on June 9 proposed a streamlined process for siting towers in historic areas."The industry is very happy that this has finally come out after working on it for 18 months," said John Clark, an attorney specializing in tower environmental policy.The...

VALHALLA, N.Y.-Fuji Photo Film U.S.A. Inc. and Summus Inc. announced Fujifilm's "Get the Picture" mobile photo service application, powered by Summus' BlueFuel, is now available through AT&T Wireless Service Inc.'s mMode service.With the service, consumers can view, store and share photos taken with traditional...

REDMOND, Wash.-AT&T Wireless Services Inc. reported that a majority of its shareholders approved a proposal at the carrier's annual shareholders meeting this week calling for a proposed shareholder rights plan to be put to a shareholder vote. The carrier's current shareholder rights plan was...

WASHINGTON-A prime-time special of ABC Television Network's "The View" will feature real-time interactivity in which viewers can respond to multiple choice quiz questions via mobile phone, the Internet or digital set-top box. Proteus Inc.'s wireless interactive TV service will allow viewers with wireless service...

Telecom Italia Mobile has become the first European operator to publicly state its commitment to EDGE technology, according to international press reports. The reports said the largest Italian mobile operator will use EDGE in areas where it's not economically feasible to deploy W-CDMA third-generation...

Highlighting its major stake in the in-building arena, SpectraSite Inc. is making an unusual move for a tower company, directly marketing its infrastructure to the consumer.The company's "Talk On" marketing campaign will alert wireless users in certain shopping malls and casinos that they have...

Without going too far out on a limb, it seems a safe bet to claim the wireless industry has gone crazy for most anything associated with the term Wi-Fi. From wireless operators clamoring to install access points into just about any location where people...

BIRMINGHAM, United Kingdom-Mobile-phone upstart Sendo lashed out with another lawsuit over its canceled Microsoft Corp. smart phone, this time claiming European carrier Orange is infringing on one of Sendo's patents.Sendo said it has initiated legal proceedings in the High Court of Justice in London...

PRAGUE, Czech Republic-Cesky Telecom, the largest fixed-line operator in the Czech Republic, has reached a tentative agreement to buy full control of mobile operator Eurotel from Verizon Communications and AT&T Wireless Services Inc. for $1.05 billion, international press reports said. The two U.S. operators...

TORONTO-Rogers AT&T Wireless customers can now download English- and French-language Java technology-based games and applications published by Tira Wireless to their mobile devices. "Rogers AT&T Wireless has clearly recognized the potential of this market and is leading the way by offering its customers a...

Mobile-phone upstart Sendo lashed out with another lawsuit over its canceled Microsoft Corp. smart phone, this time claiming European carrier Orange is infringing on one of Sendo's patents.Sendo said it has initiated legal proceedings in the High Court of Justice in London against Orange...

ATLANTA-A recent report commissioned by Telecom Media Networks and conducted by Harris Interactive found that wireless subscribers want their wireless providers to be more proactive in offering the best wireless plan to suit their calling needs."The collapse of the wireless pricing structure has created...

AT&T Corp. said it will spend $500 million this year to improve customer experience, including an extension of its business customers' secure corporate intranets to Wi-Fi hot spots at airports and hotels nationwide. AT&T was one of the original investors in wholesale Wi-Fi company...

The telecommunications industry's on-again, off-again interest in offering bundled services appears to be back on again as a pair of companies announced initiatives last week that could make it easier to offer customers both wireline and wireless telecommunications services.AT&T Corp., which spun off its...