SBC Communications

SAN ANTONIO-SBC Communications Inc. has signed several deals in an effort to expand its FreedomLink Wi-Fi network coverage area. The company will provide hot spots at 300 Caribou Coffee shops in Illinois, Ohio, Michigan, Wisconsin, Minnesota, Georgia, North Carolina, Virginia, …

WASHINGTON-The Federal Communications Commission’s thorough review of Cingular Wireless L.L.C.’s $41 billion play for AT&T Wireless Services Inc. represents a new level of merger analysis likely to be applied to future blockbuster deals in the mobile-phone industry. The proposed marriage …

SAN ANTONIO-SBC Communications, an owner of U.S. wireless carrier Cingular Wireless L.L.C., said it plans to sell at least 69.4 million shares in Danish telecom company TDC. TDC owns the largest wireless carrier in Denmark, TDC Mobile. SBC holds 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 …

ATLANTA-Cingular Wireless L.L.C. appointed Peter Ritcher chief financial officer to replace outgoing CFO Rick Lindner, who was named CFO of SBC Communications Inc. last week. Ritcher, who will assume his new position at Cingular May 10, was vice president of …

WASHINGTON-Consumer groups and cellular agents petitioned 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 deal. “This merger proposes an unacceptable …

When a small state retains a multimillion-dollar tax break for the nation’s largest telephone company out of sympathy and concern about attacks on the landline carrier’s subscriber base by mobile-phone carriers, you know the wireless industry has arrived. Indeed, wireless …

WASHINGTON-The mobile-phone industry-already facing the prospect of new rules and hefty fines in trend-setting California-suffered a major setback last week with the announcement that enough signatures were collected to put on the November ballot a new 3-percent cell-phone tax to …

WASHINGTON-The Federal Communications Commission set a May 3 deadline for challenges to Cingular Wireless L.L.C.’s $41 billion bid for AT&T Wireless Services Inc., a deal the two mobile-phone carriers want to wrap up by the end of the year.Both the …

ATLANTA-Cingular Wireless L.L.C. named David Christopher vice president of product management for voice products, devices and affiliate services, where he will be responsible for developing and managing the carrier’s portfolio of voice products and enhanced services. Christopher previously served as …

SAN FRANCISCO-SBC Communications Inc. and Nortel Networks Ltd. installed 121 Wi-Fi access points at SBC Park in San Francisco, providing free wireless Internet access to San Francisco Giant baseball fans in all concourses and seating areas at the park. Intel …

SAN ANTONIO-SBC Communications Inc. said its FreedomLink Wi-Fi service would be available in 1,500 UPS Store and Mail Boxes Etc. locations by the end of this year, with additional installations continuing through 2005. The service, which will be managed by …

WASHINGTON-As if battling a potentially new regulatory regime and the threat of hefty fines were not enough, California mobile-phone carriers now face a possible ballot initiative in November that could force them to add to monthly bills a surcharge to …

NEW YORK-Standard & Poor’s Ratings Service Inc. has placed all entities related to Verizon Communications Inc., including Verizon Wireless, on CreditWatch with negative implications. The move follows S&P’s decision last month to place SBC Communications Inc. and BellSouth Corp., including …

AT&T Wireless Services Inc.’s presence in the wireless industry is set to come to an end sometime later this year when Cingular Wireless L.L.C.’s pending $41 billion acquisition of the nation’s third-largest operator is set to close. Along with the …

WASHINGTON-A federal appeals court said Tuesday that the mobile-phone industry is so competitive that it does not need access to landline facilities at below-market rates. “The Federal Communications Commission not only failed to conduct the requisite impairment analysis for wireless …

SAN ANTONIO-Rebuffing claims that it was looking to sell up to 650,000 rural access lines in Michigan and Texas to help fund subsidiary Cingular Wireless L.L.C.’s pending acquisition of AT&T Wireless Services Inc., SBC Communications Corp. said in a statement …

Only time will tell whether Arun Sarin and other Vodafone Group plc execs were snookered by indefatigable Yanks or all the wiser for hitting the sack at a proper hour. For sure, Cingular Wireless L.L.C.’s winning $41 billion bid for …

In addition to propelling the combined entity past Verizon Wireless as the nation’s largest wireless carrier, Cingular Wireless L.L.C.’s successful $41 billion acquisition of smaller rival AT&T Wireless Services Inc. is expected to have an enormous impact on many of …

NEW YORK-Following Cingular Wireless L.L.C.’s announced acquisition of wireless rival AT&T Wireless Services Inc. earlier this week, Fitch Ratings placed Cingular and well as its parent companies SBC Communications Inc. and BellSouth Corp. on Rating Watch Negative and AWS’ on …

NEW YORK-Following a long weekend of intense bidding, Cingular Wireless L.L.C. acquired rival AT&T Wireless Services Inc. for $41 billion. Cingular said it expects the deal, which has to be approved by federal regulatory authorities and AWS shareholders, to close …

AT&T Wireless Services Inc.’s clouded future began to clear last week as suitors looking to acquire the world’s ninth-largest wireless carrier were expected to place their final bids by AWS’ self-mandated Feb. 13 deadline. Cingular Wireless L.L.C. and Vodafone Group …

Telecommunications bundling has made a strong comeback over the past year, with nearly all of the country’s regional providers offering some form of packaged deal to customers. Those bundles usually include a wireless link either through a direct subsidiary as …

As the list of potential suitors became clearer last week, AT&T Wireless Services Inc.’s management took control of the situation by announcing a mid-February deadlines for potential buyers to submit acquisition proposals. The carrier also said it plans to make …

NEW YORK-Cingular Wireless L.L.C. is one step closer to making a formal bid for AT&T Wireless Services Inc. as the Wall Street Journal reported Cingular’s parent companies SBC Communications Inc. and BellSouth Corp. have granted their wireless subsidiary approval to …