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AT&T Wireless Services Inc. launched Monday the Ogo wireless-messaging device. Ogo, targeted at teens and young adults, supports AOL, MSN and Yahoo!, allowing users to instant message, e-mail and send short message service messages. It does not include voice support. …

AT&T Wireless Services Inc. plans today to launch the Ogo wireless-messaging device. Ogo, targeted at teens and young adults, supports AOL, MSN and Yahoo!, allowing users to instant message, e-mail and send short message service messages. It does not include …

WASHINGTON-The Senate Commerce Committee last week narrowly passed legislation meant to protect the privacy of wireless consumers if the industry goes forward with a planned wireless 411 directory. The Wireless 411 Privacy Act will require consumers to first give their …

TOKYO—Japanese telecommunications giant NTT DoCoMo Inc. is reportedly set to join Cingular Wireless L.L.C. in a partnership designed to unify third-generation wireless technology, according to published reports in Japan. The deal is expected to be similar to DoCoMo’s partnership with …

WASHINGTON-The Senate Commerce Committee Wednesday narrowly passed legislation meant to protect the privacy of wireless consumers if the industry goes forward with a planned wireless 411 directory. The wireless 411 privacy act will require consumers to first give their permission …

ATLANTA-Following up on a non-binding letter of intent regarding the exchange of operations signed in early July, Cingular Wireless L.L.C., AT&T Wireless Services Inc. and Triton PCS signed a definitive agreement. The deal, which is contingent on the closing of …

SAN DIEGO-Mobile video applications developer for the security industry Perseus Wireless announced that its commercial and residential customers can now use the company’s PerseusPhone over AT&T Wireless Services Inc.’s UMTS network to access real-time security video. AWS noted the service …

Canadian wireless operator Rogers Wireless Communications Inc. said it has filed a request with the Canadian Competition Bureau for an advanced ruling certificate and a short form pre-merger notification relating to a possible offer to acquire all of the outstanding …

AT&T Wireless Services Inc. reported that it has reached an agreement with Rogers Communications Inc. to sell its 34-percent interest in Rogers Wireless Communications Inc. for $1.372 billion. The transaction will be made through AWS’ JVII general partnership and includes …

No longer will EDGE technology belong to the list of protocols with an uncertain future. As some industry experts look at it, EDGE is ramping up in spite of its weaknesses. It is taking advantage of the boom of its …

Wireless carriers and content providers around the world are salivating over potential revenues from adult content, which is expected to generate $1 billion annually within the next few years, according to a study by the Yankee Group. But already, governments, …

REDMOND, Wash.-AT&T Wireless Services Inc. said it has received the necessary consent from noteholders to authorize certain amendments to the indentures relating to its senior notes in connection with its pending acquisition by Cingular Wireless L.L.C. The consent offer was …

Who is your wireless carrier? A question that used to be answered easily is becoming more complicated as mobile virtual network operators gain traction in today’s market. It’s good to be an MVNO as Virgin Mobile USA is showing, signing …

Regulatory fees have been a contentious item for both wireless carriers that claim they are just passing along government-mandated charges and customers who have found up to 30-percent increases in wireless bills due to such fees. The fees first gained …

Cingular Wireless L.L.C., AT&T Wireless Services Inc. and AT&T Corp. reported an agreement resolving issues related to the use of the AT&T brand in connection with Cingular’s pending acquisition of AWS, as well as a provision for the purchase of …

J.D. Power and Associates’ 2004 Wireless Call Quality Performance Study provided most carriers with something to brag about, as four of the six nationwide operators posted high scores for at least one of the six regions the marketing firm included …

J.D. Power and Associates’ 2004 Wireless Call Quality Performance Study provided most carriers with something to brag about, as four of the six nationwide operators posted high scores for at least one of the six regions the marketing firm included …

AT&T Wireless Services Inc. reported the commencement of a solicitation of consent to certain indenture amendments relating to its senior notes in connection with the carrier’s pending acquisition by Cingular Wireless L.L.C. The amendments, which were requested by Cingular, would …

WASHINGTON-The FCC’s Wireless Telecommunications Bureau does not see the proposed merger of Cingular Wireless L.L.C. and AT&T Wireless Services Inc. as having the potentially negative impact on local telephone service that some consumer advocates have claimed. “There are some intermodal …

REDMOND, Wash.-AT&T Wireless Services Inc. reported that carpeting manufacturer Shaw Industries Inc. renewed its contract designating AWS as its primary wireless service provider. The contract calls for Shaw to add “significant numbers of voice users” and evaluate the carrier’s EDGE …

Tier-two wireless carriers reported diverse second-quarter financials. Dobson Communications Corp., the nation’s ninth largest carrier, saw its stock plunge on full-year guidance, while No. 10 Leap improved its metrics as it gets closer to emerging from bankruptcy protection. Dobson reported …

In an industry where size is often viewed as a result of success, especially when it comes to the bottom line and customers, U.S. Cellular Corp. has managed to operate successfully in a position between the country’s big-six nationwide operators …

WASHINGTON-The Department of Justice, SBC Communications Inc. and BellSouth Corp. have agreed to change certain aspects of an antitrust consent decree to allow Cingular Wireless L.L.C. to purchase AT&T Wireless Services Inc.’s licenses for Los Angeles and Indianapolis. When SBC …

BASKING RIDGE, N.J.-AT&T Wireless Services Inc. launched a European calling summer promotion that provides customers signed up to its Discounted International Roaming offering calling rates of 89 cents per minute while in the United Kingdom, France, Germany, Italy, Ireland, Norway, …

WASHINGTON-The Department of Justice, SBC Communications Inc. and BellSouth Corp. have agreed to change certain aspects of an antitrust consent decree to allow Cingular Wireless L.L.C. to purchase AT&T Wireless Services Inc.’s licenses for Los Angeles and Indianapolis. “The competition …