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Articles tagged with: Text Messaging and Cingular
AT&T Agrees to Reimburse Customers for Misleading Charges
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP)--The nation's largest cell phone carrier has agreed to pay thousands of Florida consumers who were billed for services like ringtones and text messaging that were advertised as free. more
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Wireless Trade Show Will Push Mobile TV, Ads"
NEW YORK -(Dow Jones)- The wireless industry will be focusing on getting consumers to spend even more time on their mobile phones at this year's CTIA Wireless trade show. more
Related Tags: mobile-tv, social-networking, at&t, virgin-mobile, mvno, virgin-mobile-usa, verizon-communications, ringtone, apple-iphone, ctia, nab, virgin
Sprint Testing Unlimited Cell Plan For Calling, Texting, Net"
NEW YORK (AP)--Sprint Nextel is testing a novel cellular plan in the San Francisco Bay Area that features unlimited call time, text messages and Internet access on a mobile phone for $120 a month. more
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Sprint 4Q Net Up, Post-Paid Customers Fall"
NEW YORK -(Dow Jones)- Sprint Nextel is slipping further behind the top two U.S. wireless carriers in the fourth quarter. more
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Verizon Wireless To Raise Text Messaging Rate March 1
NEW YORK (AP)--Verizon Wireless is raising the text messaging rate for customers without a monthly texting plan to 15 cents per message sent or received, an increase of 5 cents. more
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No Margin For Error For Handset Firms
WASHINGTON (Dow Jones) - For traditional manufacturers of wireless phones, the squeeze is on. more
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Tech Execs Visit Las Vegas Seeking New Era For Hand-held Devices
SAN FRANCISCO (Dow Jones) -- If the creators of "Dick Tracy" or "Star Trek" were still alive and in Las Vegas in the coming days, they could be forgiven for asking for royalty payments. more
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Sixty-three percent of parents who use text messaging believe that it improves their communication with their children, according to a recent Cingular survey on text messaging and parents conducted by Mediathink. In addition, 65 percent of parents who text message say they communicate more frequently with their children when they are away from home and 64 percent said that texting made their kids easier to reach. more
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Cingular May Affect Reality TV SMS Voting Results
Ever wonder why all of the "American Idol" winners have thus far hailed from Southern states? According to information released by The NPD Group, a consumer and retail information company, the results of text-message voting on the popular Fox Network talent show, "American Idol," might actually affect the final voting outcome. After all, Cingular Wireless has a dominant share of its subscriber base in the South and significantly more of those subscribers use text messaging, than do Cingular subscribers in other regions of the U.S. more
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UPDATE: Verizon, Vodafone Hear More Noise On JV Deal"
NEW YORK -(Dow Jones)- Speculation has again heated up over a deal between Verizon Communications and Vodafone Group over full control of their lucrative joint venture, but some aren't convinced a deal is imminent. more
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