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Articles tagged with: At&t Wireless
AT&T Agrees To $150 Million Settlement
WASHINGTON -(Dow Jones)- AT&T Inc. agreed to a US$150 million settlement of class-action suits tied to the offering of AT&T Wireless tracking shares in April 2000. more
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Cingular Confirms Closure of TDMA Network
Speaking at the TelecomNext conference, Cingular's CEO Stan Sigman says that the company plans to finalise the migration of its customers to the GSM platform and shut down its legacy TDMA network in 2008. He said that over 95% of voice traffic is now carried by the company's GSM network. Cingular has been migrating its network to an all-GSM based platform since it aquired AT&T Wireless back in 2004, which at the time was a TDMA operator. more
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SunCom sees 2005 US$496mn net loss
US and Caribbean mobile operator SunCom Wireless Holdings made a net loss of US$496mn in 2005 compared to a net profit of US$704mn in 2004, the company said in a statement. more
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Verizon Stuck With Vodafone In Wireless Arm, For Now"
NEW YORK -(Dow Jones)- It appears as if Verizon Communications hit a road block with Vodafone Group over joint venture Verizon Wireless. more
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AT&T Deal Seeks Growth Through Cingular
NEW YORK -(Dow Jones)- The prospects of fully owning the faster growing Cingular Wireless business and gaining access to BellSouth's lucrative southeast market may have been the catalyst for AT&T's US$67 billion acquisition of the Baby Bell. more
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Wireless Venture Capital Is About To Hit An All-Time High
Investments in wireless technology maintained strong growth recently and are bucking the general venture capital investment trends that have witnessed overall decline from 2000 to 2005. The portion dedicated to wireless investments is on the increase, and will continue to do so, hitting an all-time high in 2006, says a new report from visiongain. During 2005, 152 wireless-related companies received US$1.3 billion in funding, a 24% increase over 2004's US$1.1 billion. more
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Cingular CFO: Average Revenue Per User Stabilizing
NEW YORK -(Dow Jones)- As Cingular Wireless' customer turnover and subscriber growth trends improve, its average revenue per user appears to be stabilizing, according to Chief Financial Officer Pete Ritcher. more
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NEWS WRAP: Cingular Reports 4Q Profit On Subscriber Gains
ATLANTA (AP)--Cingular Wireless, the USA's largest cell phone provider, swung to a profit in the fourth quarter on strong subscriber and revenue growth. more
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Communications Union Continue Inroads at Cingular
The Communications Workers of America (CWA) trade union has notched up more sucesses in its campaign to get representation at former AT&T Wireless facilities which have been purchased by Cingular Wireless. A further 1,302 employees in New Mexico and Orlando, Florida gained union representation on Jan. 3 and 4. These latest organizing gains raise to 15,952 the number of former AT&T Wireless workers at Cingular who have gained CWA representation. more
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Cingular CFO Sees Improving Trends In ARPU Declines
NEW YORK -(Dow Jones)- Cingular Wireless (CIW.XX) Chief Financial Officer Pete Ritcher believes the trend of declining average revenue per user is improving. more
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