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PARIS-AT&T Wireless Services Inc.'s technology future was brought into question last week as were the carrier's upcoming third-quarter financial results.Speaking at the UMTS and Mobile Internet conference in Paris, Leo Nikkari, AT&T Wireless' director of 3G industry relations, said the carrier had yet to...

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina-After the controversy unleashed in Argentina between Qualcomm and 3G Americas over which technology will prevail in Latin America, Pyramid Research has modified its forecast, lowering by 25 percent its previous estimation of GSM penetration in the market in 2007 and increasing...

Several analyst firms have highlighted Asian carriers-and not the highly watched Japanese operators-as being in the best positions to capitalize on the current mobile industry dynamics. While Europe, Japan and to some degree the United States have been market leaders until recently, the current...

TOKYO-NTT DoCoMo Inc. said it will report a $4.7 billion write-down on its foreign investments, including $2.8 billion from its investment in U.S. operator AT&T Wireless Services Inc., $1 billion from Hutchison 3G UK Holdings Ltd. and $877.5 million from Dutch operator KPN Mobile...

NEW YORK-Citing increased competition and challenges integrating former WorldCom Wireless customers, Lehman Brothers lowered its net customer additions guidance for AT&T Wireless Services Inc.'s third quarter from 300,000 subscribers to 65,000 customers.Lehman Brothers analyst John Bensche said the increased competition concern was due to...

PORTLAND, Ore.-Enhanced directory assistance provider Metro One Telecommunications Inc. said it will discontinue service for Cingular Wireless L.L.C. in California, Nevada and Washington after the contract related to the service expired last May. The Cingular contract accounted for approximately 5 percent of Metro One's...

TOKYO-NTT DoCoMo Inc. president Norio Wada said the telecommunications giant would discuss the possibility of writing down losses on its overseas investments including AT&T Wireless Services Inc., Hutchison 3G UK Ltd. and KPN Mobile NV.A Japanese business newspaper reported DoCoMo was expected to write...

SEATTLE-Rogers AT&T Wireless in Canada is expanding its relationship with ViAir Inc. to offer its new Wireless Desktop, which gives customers wireless access to Internet and corporate e-mail, as well as calendar and contacts.Using ViAir's WirelessInbox, users will be able to access corporate applications...

WESTLAKE VILLAGE, Calif.-AT&T Wireless Services Inc. received the highest overall customer satisfaction rating in 15 markets according to the J.D. Powers and Associates 2002 Wireless Industry Services Study. The survey of more than 17,000 households in the nation's top 27 markets found AT&T Wireless...

TORONTO-Canadian and U.S. wireless carriers are planning soon to offer text messaging services across all their networks.Since April, Canadian cell-phone subscribers have been able to send text messages to users on any of the four national networks, after Bell Mobility, Microcell, Rogers AT&T Wireless...

NORTH HOLLYWOOD, Calif.-Walt Disney Internet Group signed a pair of content deals with Sprint PCS and AT&T Wireless Services Inc. allowing wireless customers to download ringtones, graphics, animation, games and family-oriented services to their handsets.The deal with Sprint PCS includes Disney, ESPN and EXPN...

NEW YORK-With the possibility of being released from its obligations to the Federal Communications Commission's Auction 35 fiasco, Verizon Wireless Inc. is reported to be interested in purchasing Cablevision Systems Corp.'s Northcoast PCS wireless division, according to the New York Post.The report said talks...

NEW YORK-Lucent Technologies Inc. shares dropped to their lowest ebb since the vendor's spin-off from AT&T Corp, raising the specter of possible delisting.The company's shares fell to 97 cents a share, reflecting the continuing hard times of the company, whose stock has dipped 39...

OXFORD, United Kingdom-If you believe the latest predictions from the handset manufacturers and market research firms, then mobile gaming is set to become a major business for mobile operators.Nokia is actively attempting to pull together the various technologies, content providers and operators to make...

NEW YORK-AT&T Wireless Services Inc. and InnerWireless Inc. partnered with Rockefeller Group Telecommunications Services Inc. to deliver in-building wireless coverage to the lower level of the Rockefeller Center Concourse, which connects one of New York's busiest subway stops and several office buildings including 30...

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif.-Treo users in Canada will be able to speed up their devices through a new GPRS software download, Treo maker Handspring Inc. announced.The personal digital assistant/mobile phone manufacturer said the software download is available to Rogers AT&T Wireless subscribers using the new...

REDMOND, Wash.-AT&T Wireless Services Inc. is marking the final phase of the rollout of its GSM/GPRS network across the country with an unlimited calling plan, allowing customers to make all domestic calls while on-network for $100 per month. The AT&T Wireless Charter Plan, which...

FRANKFURT, Germany-Instead of trying to sell off its U.S.-based VoiceStream Wireless Corp. holdings, analysts said German telecommunications giant Deutsche Telekom AG may choose an early public offering of its T-Mobile unit to help the company reduce its more than $60 billion debt load." want...

PORTLAND, Ore.-Metro One Telecommunications Inc. announced the nationwide rollout of its MetroDex personalized phone directory service.MetroDex allows AT&T Wireless Services Inc. subscribers to upload personal contact information via the Internet. Subscribers can then dial 411 on the AT&T Wireless network and a Metro One...

NEW DELHI, India-Cellular phone customers in one of the fastest-growing markets in Asia are a happy lot, but this happiness is not shared by operators, as they face mounting losses due to high government tariffs. This is the trend in India, where the subscriber...

While U.S. wireless carriers have often strayed from the international model when it comes to delivering service, most industry watchers anticipated the U.S.-based GSM carriers would follow a similar path as their worldly brothers when it came to deploying third-generation (3G) networks. Those models...

BALA CYNWYD, Pa.-A class action lawsuit has been filed against telecom analyst Jack Grubman, Citigroup Inc. and Sanford Weill, Citigroup's chief executive officer, on behalf of purchasers of AT&T Corp. stock and/or AT&T Wireless Services Inc. stock from Nov. 29, 1999, to Aug. 22.The...

NEW YORK-AT&T Corp. confirmed it received a subpoena from the New York Attorney General's office in regards to an investigation into whether Citigroup's Salomon Smith Barney unit artificially raised its rating on AT&T Corp. prior to its initial public offering in 1999 of AT&T...

ATLANTA-Cingular Wireless L.L.C. plans to eliminate approximately 2,500 to 3,000 jobs in a reorganization the carrier said would better serve customers in today's segmented marketplace. The cuts are expected to cost the company $70 million in one-time pre-tax costs.The job cuts are scheduled to...