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WASHINGTON, D.C.-The Cellular Telecommunications & Internet Association and the Canadian Wireless Telecommunications Association announced cross-border, inter-carrier text messaging services enabling text messaging between customers of major U.S. and Canadian wireless …

CHICAGO-AT&T Wireless Services Inc. said it was the highest ranked wireless operator in Chicago according to a consumer survey conducted by Chicago Consumer’s Checkbook. They survey’s results showed that AT&T …

Just months after European carrier Orange released the world’s first mobile phone running on Microsoft’s Smartphone operating system, the two companies are working to develop a patch for a software …

TORONTO-Ericsson Canada Inc. said it had renewed an agreement with Rogers AT&T Wireless Inc. to provide network equipment for the carrier’s GSM and TDMA networks. The three-year deal includes Ericsson’s …

REDMOND, Wash.-AT&T Wireless Services Inc. and Fox Broadcasting reported a deal enabling AT&T Wireless customers to text vote and give “thumb up” for contestants on Fox’s American Idol television show. …

SAN MATEO, Calif.-About 7 percent of all text messages in the United States do not reach their destination, according to a new study from Keynote Systems, a finding that comes …

FALLS CHURCH, Va.-GSM technology in the U.S. doubled in both subscribers and handset shipments during 2002, according to research from Telecom Trends International. The TTI report also found the U.S. …

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina-AT&T Corporation signed a letter of intention with the Southern Cross investment fund to sell its 69 percent of AT&T Latin America for the symbolic sum of US$1,000. …

BEDMINSTER, New Jersey, United States-Verizon Communications said its wireless division added more customers during the recently completed fourth quarter than the 803,000 net customer additions reported for the third quarter …

BEDMINSTER, N.J.-Verizon Communications Inc. said its wireless division added more customers during the recently completed fourth quarter than the 803,000 net customer additions reported for the third quarter of last …

AT&T Wireless Services Inc. said it will push back the launch of its advanced W-CDMA network by six months and scale down the coverage area to four cities. The carrier …

Editor’s Note: Each year RCR Wireless News chooses the person who has most impacted the wireless industry. Our choice for 2002 is Dennis Strigl, Verizon Wireless Inc.’s chief executive. Verizon, …

NEW YORK-Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services lowered its corporate credit ratings on Dobson Communications Corp. from B+ to B, citing the impact of lower roaming yield on revenue growth, lower …

As one of the most challenging years in telecom history winds down, the wireless sector faces a variety of threats from within and outside the industry. Which threats will prove …

NEW YORK-AT&T Wireless Services Inc. said it will delay and scale back the planned rollout of its W-CDMA network, pushing back the date by six months to December 2004 and …

cuts back W-CDMA launch plans Analyst: Continuous upgrades confuse market AT&T Wireless Services Inc. said it will push back the launch of its advanced W-CDMA network by six months and …

Editor’s Note: Each year RCR Wireless News chooses the person who has most impacted the wireless industry. Our choice for 2002 is Dennis Strigl, Verizon Wireless Inc.’s chief executive. Verizon, …

NEW YORK-Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services lowered its corporate credit ratings on Dobson Communications Corp. from B+ to B, citing the impact of lower roaming yield on revenue growth, lower …

Editor’s note: At the end of each year, the RCR Wireless News editorial staff looks back on the news events that made headlines and decides which were the most significant, …

REDMOND, Wash.-AT&T Wireless Services Inc. and Cingular Wireless L.L.C. entered a definitive agreement to exchange wireless licenses in six states. The cash-free deal calls for AT&T Wireless to give up …

NEW YORK-Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services lowered its corporate credit ratings on Dobson Communications Corp. from B+ to B, citing the impact of lower roaming yield on revenue growth, lower …

WALL, N.J.-Centennial Communications Corp. reported an increase in net revenues for its second fiscal quarter ended Nov. 30 from $173.4 million last year to $180.7 million this year, a majority …

GLENDALE, Calif.-Just in time for the holiday season, AT&T Wireless Services Inc. and Nextel Communications Inc. will begin offering a Java-based action game that puts players inside Santa’s sleigh, guiding …

CLEVELAND-United Wireless now counts 22 locations throughout northeast and central Ohio, following the opening of two new retail locations in Streetsboro and Montrose. United Wireless offers wireless solutions from Alltel …

BEDMINSTER, N.J.-Verizon Wireless Inc. said it intends to offer Research In Motion Ltd.’s voice-enabled BlackBerry 6750 handheld device on its cdma2000 1x-based Express Network during the first quarter of next …