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AT&T Inc.’s planned acquisition of BellSouth Corp. could be great for consumers, but the news isn’t so great for telecom equipment vendors, already suffering from declining profits. “In our view, …

The following list includes ratings changes and financial information for wireless companies announced this week by investment-banking and financial-services firms.   Carriers Morgan Stanley downgraded its opinion on Alltel Corp. …

HANOVER, Germany—Lucent Technologies Inc. is swimming in new contracts, announcing seven deals worth more than $300 million at the CeBIT 2006 trade show. “Our customers’ competitive landscape continues to undergo …

WASHINGTON—Consumer advocates asked the Justice Department to block AT&T Inc.’s proposed $67 billion acquisition of fellow Baby Bell BellSouth Corp., while organized labor described the deal as a “critical opportunity.” …

BONN, Germany-Vodafone Group plc shares surged more than 9 percent on the London Stock Exchange Friday when the company confirmed reports that it is in talks to sell its Japanese …

ATLANTA—AT&T Inc. announced Sunday that it will merge with Baby Bell BellSouth Corp. in a $67.1 billion, all-stock transaction that, if approved by regulators, would give Cingular Wireless L.L.C. a …

BONN, Germany—Vodafone Group plc shares surged more than 9 percent on the London Stock Exchange Friday after the company confirmed reports that it is in talks to sell its Japanese …

NEW YORK—Ogo device vendor IXI Mobile Inc. said it is merging with Israel Technology Acquisition Corporation, the firms announced. IXI Mobile is expected to become a wholly owned subsidiary of ITAC …

SAN ANTONIO, Texas—Cingular Wireless L.L.C. subscribers can use their phones to access photos, e-mail, instant messaging and address books from their Yahoo Inc. accounts. Yahoo’s latest effort to expand into …

WASHINGTON-The Federal Communications Commission wants to make sure that the sale of customer call records-which has erupted into this year’s biggest wireless scandal-has not been aided and abetted by telecommunication …

President Bush will be happy to learn the mighty United States of America does not have a monopoly on wiretap scandals. Indeed, our leadership position in the wiretap controversy space …

WASHINGTON—A New York attorney has filed a $20 billion class-action lawsuit against Verizon Communications Inc., accusing the telecom giant of violating the law and privacy of customers by collaborating with …

BATH, United Kingdom-Wireless chipmaker picoChip announced it received an undisclosed investment from AT&T Inc. AT&T joins Intel Corp., Atlas Venture and others in funding picoChip, which said it raised $20.5 …

WASHINGTON—The Federal Communications Commission wants to make sure that the sale of customer call records—which has erupted into this year’s biggest wireless scandal—has not been aided and abetted by employees …

Google Inc. and Skype Technologies SA are among the backers of Fon, a Spanish Internet software company with plans to create a global network of 1 million shared Wi-Fi hot …

The Federal Communications Commission’s planned auction of so-called “advanced wireless services” spectrum scheduled for June could spell a windfall for government coffers, though analysts are mixed on the amount of …

Cincinnati Bell Inc. reported that it added 15,000 postpaid wireless customers in the fourth quarter of 2005-the company’s best wireless performance since the fourth quarter of 2001. However, the company’s …

BARCELONA, Spain-As the 3GSM World Congress conference kicks off, music-related announcements from the industry are humming right along. Here are some of the highlights: Motorola Inc. announced a deal to …

Motorola Motorola Inc. named Hamid Ahmadi its first chief architect, with responsibility for developing a unified architectural framework and leading strategic hardware and software architecture planning across all business units. …

WASHINGTON-Two powerful Senate Democrats asked executives of three telecom giants with major mobile-phone units to turn over information on their alleged participation in the Bush administration’s warrantless domestic surveillance program. …

WASHINGTON-Late Friday, the Federal Communications Commission announced it will examine ways to strengthen the protection of customer call records. The agency is seeking comment on five specific measures proposed by …

CINCINNATI-Cincinnati Bell Inc. reported that it added 15,000 postpaid wireless customers in the fourth quarter of 2005-the company’s best wireless performance since the fourth quarter of 2001. However, the company’s …

WASHINGTON-Two powerful Senate Democrats asked executives of three telecom giants with major mobile phone units to turn over information on their alleged participation in the Bush administration’s warrantless domestic surveillance …

WASHINGTON-The Electronic Privacy Information Center upped the ante against the wireless industry, saying that if mobile-phone carriers can’t protect customer call records, the carriers shouldn’t collect the information. “We were …

ATLANTA, Ga.-Cingular Wireless L.L.C. said it completed network enhancements in Connecticut and Mississippi. In Connecticut, the carrier completed $45 million of work last year, including integrating its network with that …