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Alcatel-Lucent, one of the world’s leading network suppliers, warned that its fourth-quarter revenues will come in below expectations, news that sent investors scurrying away from the company’s shares. Alcatel-Lucent’s stock fell more than 8 percent after the company’s warning to …

With a fresh year just under way, many wireless carriers are re-evaluating their marketing strategies-in some cases putting their accounts up for review. Cingular Wireless L.L.C. last week began a nationwide re-branding campaign to wrap all of its customers under …

In its first new converged offer since the merger of BellSouth Corp. and AT&T Inc., the new company is combining its wireless and wireline networks into an in-network calling community covering more than 100 million phone numbers.On Sunday, AT&T will …

So long, Cingular. The wireless carrier’s parent company announced that it will begin dismantling the Cingular Wireless L.L.C. brand next week with a series of broadcast TV and print ads proclaiming to consumers that “Cingular is now the new AT&T.”“AT&T …

WIRELESS IS EXPECTED to be the heart of the newly merged AT&T Inc. and BellSouth Corp., bundling multiple services with cellular and allowing advertisers to reach multiple media platforms through one company. And that wireless heart will be the nation’s …

As New Year beginnings go, this one has an especially odd, mixed feel.President Ford’s funeral-beginning stately in the District of Columbia and ending solemnly in Grand Rapids, Mich., was sad and touching. The gathering of Republicans and Democrats to honor …

CLEARWIRE CORP. COULD EMERGE a dark-horse winner of AT&T Inc.’s $86 billion acquisition of BellSouth Corp., with Craig McCaw’s wireless broadband firm getting the chance it sought to buy additional 2.5 GHz spectrum from the telecom giant at a time …

Hello!And welcome to our Thursday column, Worst of the Week. There’s a lot of nutty stuff that goes on in this industry, so this column is a chance for us at RCR Wireless News to rant and rave about whatever …

WASHINGTON-Federal Communications Commission Chairman Kevin Martin appointed his wireless advisor to head the agency’s Wireless Telecommunications Bureau, which had lacked a permanent chief since Martin took over the agency in mid-March 2005.New WTB Chief Fred Campbell, Martin’s top wireless staffer …

AT&T Inc. offered to surrender some of its 2.5 GHz spectrum as part of a last-ditch attempt to secure approval of its $85 billion buyout of BellSouth Corp. The telecom giant filed a letter of commitment with the Federal Communications …

Tired of paying fees for 411 calls, trying to get a taxi on the line at 2 a.m.? Fret not, mobile phone users. Yellowpages.com L.L.C. today announced the launch of a new send to mobile feature that allows users to …

Motorola Inc.’s plan to drop $200 million on broadband home equipment provider Netopia Inc. has been cleared by United States antitrust authorities. Based in Emeryville, Calif., Netopia makes wired and Wi-Fi modems, routers and gateways. The company sells to individuals, …

Editor’s Note: Following are the most-read stories from RCRNews.com this year. They have been edited to fit in paper format. 1. Vodafone records $41B loss, reworks strategic plans May 30 Vodafone Group plc posted a massive $41.1 billion loss for …

Editor’s Note: Following are the most-read stories from RCRNews.com this year. They have been edited to fit in paper format. 1. Vodafone records $41B loss, reworks strategic plansMay 30Vodafone Group plc posted a massive $41.1 billion loss for 2005, mainly …

WASHINGTON-Federal Communications Commission member Robert McDowell officially disqualified himself from consideration of the stalled $79 billion merger of AT&T Inc. and BellSouth Corp., blasting the agency’s top lawyer’s legal argument supporting his participation and denying Chairman Kevin Martin the tie-breaking …

WASHINGTON-Key House Democrats and consumer groups said Federal Communications Commission member Robert McDowell should remain on the sidelines of AT&T Inc.’s stalled $79 billion acquisition of BellSouth Corp., arguing the agency’s general counsel offered feeble legal reasoning for authorizing McDowell …

It seems there’s no shortage of opinion, no lack of colorful figures and seemingly no end to intrigue in the continuing saga of the Federal Communications Commission’s consideration of the $79 billion merger between AT&T Inc. and BellSouth Corp. It’ll …

WASHINGTON-Key House Democrats said Federal Communications Commission General Counsel Samuel Feder made a weak legal case for authorizing Commissioner Robert McDowell to participate in AT&T Inc.’s hung-up $79 billion acquisition of BellSouth Corp. Meanwhile, a top global equipment supplier warned …

WASHINGTON-While major stakeholders and lawmakers haggle over how the Federal Communications Commission should proceed on the stalled $79 billion AT&T Inc.-BellSouth deal, Clearwire Corp. is cleverly taking advantage of the delay and political chaos to press for merger conditions that …

WASHINGTON-The wireless broadband industry embraced the Federal Communications Commission’s extension of construction deadlines for 2.3 GHz licensees, but remains angry over the agency’s response thus far to terrestrial deployment of allegedly unauthorized satellite radio repeaters with the potential to undermine …

The Federal Communications Commission’s general counsel late Friday authorized Republican Commissioner Robert McDowell to participate in the stalled $79 billion merger of AT&T Inc. and BellSouth Corp., an action apt to ignite a political firestorm on Capitol Hill.FCC General Counsel …

WASHINGTON-Federal Communications Commission member Robert McDowell could be drawn into the AT&T Inc.-BellSouth Corp. merger debate as early as today in order to break a 2-2 deadlock on the $79 billion deal, according to telecom analysts at Stifel, Nicolaus & …

WASHINGTON-Federal Communications Commission Chairman Kevin Martin told Congress he asked agency lawyers to determine whether fellow GOP Commissioner Robert McDowell can be ethically cleared to participate in the agency’s consideration of the politically deadlocked, $79 billion merger of AT&T Inc. …

WASHINGTON-Top mobile-phone carriers may have gained leverage to have stringent conditions imposed on AT&T Inc.’s $79 billion acquisition of BellSouth Corp., with the Government Accounting Office concluding competition in the special access market is generally lacking in major U.S. cities.Jessica …

WASHINGTON—A group of wireless broadband companies complained that Sirius Satellite Radio and XM Satellite Radio Inc. should not be allowed to continue operating unauthorized and over-powered terrestrial repeaters in the 2 GHz band. The WCS Coalition, a group including Sprint …