AT&T Wireless

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Apr. 06, 2009
FCC needs to investigate Skype limits, group says; Economy forcing Gen Y to grow up

RIM BlackBerry Pearl 8120 cell phone
Mar. 13, 2008
Research in Motion's latest BlackBerry Pearl handset, the 8120, sets a new cell-phone standard for delivering business-class e-mail and great multimedia in a small, sleek package.

Mobile broadband heads upstream
Feb. 19, 2008
The first generation of High Speed Packet Access mobile services increased download speeds to mobile phones. Now carriers are also launching HSPA services, also known as Turbo-3G, with faster upload speeds, making the ...

Sprint circles its wagons in Kansas
Feb. 14, 2008
Sprint Nextel has decided to consolidate its two headquarters, eliminating a relic of the merger of Sprint and Nextel Communications in 2005.

AT&T Wireless maps major 3G plan
Dec. 11, 2000
AT&T Wireless has set the stage for third-generation (3G) high-speed wireless data, but the accompanying script is not without risk.

Sprint Nextel names former Embarq chief Hesse as new CEO
Dec. 18, 2007
Sprint Nextel's board of directors announced today they have selected Daniel Hesse, the former CEO of Embarq, as their new CEO.

AT&T to resurrect AT&T name for wireless
Nov. 23, 2005
AT&T plans to offer Cingular-based wireless services under the AT&T brand.

Learning in the fast lane
Jun. 15, 2005
Last week, we discussed how financial holding company National City used flexible online training to educate 15,000-plus customers on its new treasury management applications within 2 months. Today, we have a similar ...

When Wi-Fi meets cellular
Mar. 14, 2005
Wouldn't it be nice if you had a dual-mode phone that let you talk via voice over Wi-Fi when you're in the office, warehouse or hospital, and then seamlessly switched over to cellular when you were outside the coverage ...

Microsoft hires AT&T executive to manage Windows
Mar. 01, 2005
Microsoft Monday announced it has hired Michael Sievert as its corporate vice president for Windows product management.

AT&T Wireless info
Mar. 12, 2001
A profile of AT&T Wireless, featuring data from the NW 200 survey and the latest breaking news on AT&T Wireless.

Cingular to cut workforce after AT&T Wireless integration
Dec. 03, 2004
Cingular Wireless is preparing to reduce its workforce by 10% starting next year.

Cingular Wireless expects to cut 6,800 jobs post merger
Nov. 24, 2004
With its acquisition of AT&T Wireless complete, Cingular Wireless is preparing to lay off about 10% of its 68,000 workers over a 12 to 18-month period starting next year.

NTT DoCoMo to get $6.5 billion from Cingular-AT&T deal
Oct. 27, 2004
NTT DoCoMo Wednesday said it will receive around $6.5 billion from Cingular Wireless following the completion of the latter company's $41 billion acquisition of AT&T Wireless.

Carriers come together on Multimedia Messaging Services
Oct. 26, 2004
U.S. wireless operators have created a plan forMultimedia Messaging Services interoperability across networks, the Cellular Telecommunications & Internet Association (CTIA) announced Tuesday.

Cingular, AT&T Wireless close $41 billion merger
Oct. 26, 2004
After clearing Department of Justice and FCC hurdles, Cingular Wireless and AT&T Wireless have completed their $41 billion merger, creating the nation's biggest wireless carrier in terms of subscribers.

Roaming surveillance
Sep. 22, 2004
Last week, AT&T Wireless said that Perseus Wireless, a company that develops mobile video applications for the closed-circuit security industry, is now offering surveillance services over the carrier's high-speed mobile ...

In brief: AT&T Wireless expands UMTS 3G
Sep. 13, 2004
Plus: Verizon ups ADSL ante.

EV-DO lights up mobile data
Aug. 02, 2004
The light at the end of the tunnel to 3G mobile data services in the U.S. is getting brighter as technology that builds on Code Division Multiple Access networks comes into view.

AT&T Wireless stakes claim to 3G
Jul. 28, 2004
As expected, AT&T Wireless rolled out 3G wireless services to customers in four markets, becoming the first wireless operator to turn up the higher speed service in the U.S.

What's in a name?
Jul. 28, 2004
During AT&T Wireless' recent Universal Mobile Telecommunications Service launch, Chairman and CEO John Zeglis repeatedly called the offering the first "true" 3G service in the U.S.

'Real' 3G services trickle into U.S.
Jul. 26, 2004
AT&T Wireless last week anticlimactically launched Universal Mobile Telecommunications Service in four markets here in the U.S.

AT&T Wireless stakes claim to 3G
Jul. 26, 2004
AT&T Wireless last week rolled out 3G wireless services to customers in four markets, becoming the first operator to turn up such a service in the U.S.

AT&T gains global EDGE
Jul. 21, 2004
An announcement AT&T Wireless made last week took me back to the Personal Communications Service wars of the mid-1990s.

AT&T Wireless launches 3G in four cities
Jul. 20, 2004
AT&T Wireless Services Tuesday launched a third-generation mobile data service in Detroit, Phoenix, San Francisco and Seattle, offering a claimed average of 220K bit/sec to 320K bit/sec of data throughput to two handset ...