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Articles tagged with: At&t Wireless and Federal Communications Commission
Cingular Wireless To Impose Surcharge On Older Phones
NEW YORK (AP)--About 4.7 million Cingular Wireless subscribers with older phones will have to pay US$5 extra each month as the company tries to prod them to get new handsets so it can devote its entire network to one type of signal. more
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Cingular and AT&T Wireless have the worst combined complaint record for 2004, according to records obtained by Consumers Union from the Federal Communications Commission through the Freedom of Information Act. AT&T Wireless also had the worse complaint record for two years running, the data showed. more
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Nextel-Sprint Deal Won't Affect FCC Spectrum Swap -Powell
WASHINGTON -(Dow Jones)- The planned merger between Nextel Communications Inc. (NXTL) and Sprint Corp. (FON) won't affect the proposed spectrum swap deal between Nextel and the Federal Communications Commission that was reached during the summer. more
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US Govt OKs Cingular Wireless Buying AT&T Wireless
ATLANTA (AP)--The U.S. Department of Justice approved Cingular Wireless LLC's (CIW.XX) $41 billion purchase of AT&T Wireless Services Inc. (AWE) on Monday. more
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Cingular 3Q Net Down 5.5%, Hurt By Acquisition Cost"
ATLANTA -(Dow Jones)- Cingular Wireless' third-quarter operating income fell 5.5%, as higher costs for gross customer additions and integration expenses ahead of the AT&T Wireless Services Inc. (AWE) acquisition more than offset a revenue uptick. more
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Cingular sells surplus assets to fund merger
T-Mobile USA has entered into agreements with Cingular Wireless to terminate their wireless network sharing joint venture and for T-Mobile USA to acquire 100% ownership of the shared networks in California and Nevada for US$2.5 billion. The purchase price of US$2.5 billion for the GSM network in California/Nevada will be offset by US$200 million related to the unwinding of the joint venture, resulting in a net cash payment of approximately US$2.3 billion to Cingular. In addition, T-Mobile USA will provide network services to Cingular under a wholesale arrangement until Cingular's customers in these markets transition to the networks it will acquire through its pending merger with AT&T Wireless more
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AT&T Wireless fined for tower violations
The USA's telecoms regulator, the Federal Communications Commission has imposed a US$117,000 fine against AT&T Wireless for safety-related violations of the Communications Act and the Commission's antenna structure rules. more
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