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ATLANTA-Cingular Wireless L.L.C. and T-Mobile USA Inc. reported plans to end their network-sharing arrangement, which currently provides Cingular access to T-Mobile USA’s network in New York City in exchange for T-Mobile USA gaining access to Cingular’s network in California and …

WILMINGTON, Del.-AT&T Wireless Services Inc. reported that 65 percent of all outstanding shareholders have approved the company’s pending $41 billion acquisition by Cingular Wireless L.L.C., and 98 percent of the shares voted are in favor of the acquisition. The deal …

TORONTO-Rogers Communications Inc. said it has failed to reach an agreement with AT&T Wireless Services Inc. to acquire AWS’ 34.1-percent interest in Rogers Wireless Communications Inc. during the recently completed 21-day exclusive negotiation period that ended May 19. RCI said …

Rogers Communications Inc. said it has failed to reach an agreement with AT&T Wireless Services Inc. to acquire AWS’ 34.1-percent interest in Rogers Wireless Communications Inc. during the recently completed 21-day exclusive negotiation period that ended May 19. RCI said …

AT&T Wireless Services Inc. reported that 65 percent of all outstanding shareholders have approved the company’s pending $41 billion acquisition by Cingular Wireless L.L.C., and 98 percent of the shares voted are in favor of the acquisition. The deal calls …

Regional carriers Triton PCS Holdings Inc., Dobson Communications Corp. and Rural Cellular Corp. showed their continued uneasy reliance on roaming traffic in first-quarter financials released last week. The regional players are trying to increase internally generated revenues to make up …

Dobson Communications Corp. posted an 81-percent increase in total revenues during the first quarter from $128.9 million last year to $233.8 million this year, boosted by the full ownership of its previous American Cellular Corp. joint venture with AT&T Wireless …

JENKINTOWN, Pa.-Wireless services garnered 30 percent of total consumer spending during the fourth quarter of last year, which was a 3-percent increase from the previous quarter and just below the 31 percent spent on wired telecommunications services, according to a …

WASHINGTON-Consumer groups and cellular dealers asked the Federal Communications Commission to block the proposed merger of AT&T Wireless Services Inc. and Cingular Wireless L.L.C., while organized labor reiterated its support for the $41 billion transaction. “This merger proposes an unacceptable …

Wireless customers hit with higher-than-expected bills when they exceed their monthly allotment of calling minutes could begin to see some relief. Sprint PCS and Nextel Communications Inc. have introduced overage protection rate plans that some analysts note could increase customer …

Supported by the Telecom Act of 1996, wireless carriers are taking towns across the country that have denied them permits for tower builds to court-and winning. Reports from local newspapers nationwide show that the tower-related provisions in the telecom act …

SINGAPORE-Following a similar launch from U.S. carrier AT&T Wireless Services Inc. last month, Singapore’s MobileOne announced plans to begin tomorrow a music recognition service called Point. Customers dial 188*, point their handsets to a source of music, and the service …

TORONTO-Canadian telecommunications provider Rogers Communications Inc. said it received a notice from AT&T Wireless Services Inc. on its intent to “explore options to monitize its stake” in Rogers Wireless Communications Inc., which currently consists of 48.6 million class A multiple …

Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services said in a report that it expects the wireless industry to post moderate growth in the high single- to low double-digit range as carriers increase penetration, customers begin porting their phone numbers from wireline to …

Canadian telecommunications provider Rogers Communications Inc. said it received a notice from AT&T Wireless Services Inc. on its intent to “explore options to monitize its stake” in Rogers Wireless Communications Inc., which currently consists of 48.6 million class A multiple …

NextWave Telecom Inc.’s announcement last week that it would give back 60 of its PCS licenses to the Federal Communications Commission could finally give the government a clear path to auction the licenses to a spectrum-starved industry. But unlike the …

The wireless industry’s first full quarter of operating under local number portability provided few surprises as Cingular Wireless L.L.C., Sprint PCS, Nextel Communications Inc. and Alltel Corp. all posted strong customer growth at the expense of AT&T Wireless Services Inc., …

AT&T Wireless Services Inc. posted disappointing first-quarter results, highlighted by the loss of 367,000 customers during the quarter and a 3.7-percent customer churn rate, which the carrier said were the results of near-record levels of customers coming off contract, the …

JENKINTOWN, Pa.-Wireless services garnered 30 percent of total consumer spending during the fourth quarter of last year, which was a 3-percent increase from the previous quarter and just below the 31 percent spent on wired telecommunications services, according to a …

Cingular Wireless L.L.C. reported 554,000 net customer additions during the first quarter of this year, which was a nearly 200-percent improvement compared with the 189,000 subscribers the carrier added during the first quarter of 2003 and brings the carrier’s total …

Call automation can make or break perceptions of the quality of customer service offered by wireless service providers, depending on how well that automation works, according to a series of surveys from Vocal Laboratories Inc. VocaLabs measures the user friendliness …

Showing a thirst for life rivaling the old man in Monty Python’s Holy Grail who repeatedly cries out, “I’m not dead yet,” AT&T Wireless Services Inc. has positioned itself to continue to compete in the wireless industry despite its impending …

REDMOND, Wash.-AT&T Wireless Services Inc. launched a music recognition service that allows customers to dial #ID from their handsets, and when prompted, hold the phone near a music source for approximately 15 seconds and receive a text message with the …

Showing there is still fight left in the dog, AT&T Wireless Services Inc. launched its new GSM America rate plans, which provide consumers with no roaming charges anywhere in the United States for both voice and data services. The carrier …

Citing the need to support two networks serving more than 20 million subscribers, its future ability to provide wireless data services on par with its CDMA-based competitors and poor results in recent customer surveys, Cingular Wireless L.L.C. informed the Federal …