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Problems for AT&T Wireless-Cingular union?

November 20, 2004 Complaints that online store is down, among others. TAGS: AT&T Wireless, BellSouth Corp., AT&T Corp., merger, subscriber, carrier, Cingular Wireless

AT&T Wireless to explain portability woes

December 9, 2003 The carrier is set to tell federal regulators that it has addressed software problems that kept people waiting weeks to switch carriers while keeping their old phone number. TAGS: AT&T Wireless, carrier, phone number, subscriber

Glitch cuts off some AT&T cell phones

November 6, 2003 A faulty software upgrade has kept some AT&T Wireless subscribers waiting for days to get connected to their cell phone service, as the carrier prepares for a rush of customer switching. TAGS: AT&T Wireless, glitch, carrier, software upgrade, subscriber, cell phone, GSM, AT&T Corp., U.S.

AT&T Wireless customers still on hold

November 14, 2003 The company continues to work to resolve a customer-service software problem that's been inconveniencing customers for two weeks. TAGS: AT&T Wireless, customer service, carrier, spokesman, GSM, cell phone

AT&T Wireless cuts calling rates

January 15, 2004 The company overhauls its international dialing and text messaging plans to appeal to more Americans with friends and family in other countries. TAGS: Nextel Communications Inc., text messaging, AT&T Wireless, carrier, U.S., cell phone

T-Mobile heeds FCC portability call

October 23, 2003 The company announces its plan to let subscribers who have switched from five other carriers, and vice versa, keep their phone numbers. TAGS: AT&T Wireless, T-Mobile, carrier, agreement, Cingular Wireless, Sprint Nextel, telephone company, cell phone

AT&T Wireless readies recovery strategy

April 23, 2004 CEO John Zeglis outlines the troubled wireless carrier's plans to rebound from one of its worst financial quarters ever. TAGS: AT&T Wireless, Cingular Wireless, carrier, BellSouth Corp., subscriber, SBC Communications Inc., cell phone, CEO

Portability problems? Take a number

January 29, 2004 The FCC says it's received around 4,750 gripes from cell phone customers frustrated by the slow pace of switching carriers. TAGS: carrier, AT&T Wireless, BellSouth Corp., phone provider, complaint, cell phone service provider, AT&T Corp., T-Mobile, cell phone

AT&T Wireless joins race for speedy networks

November 19, 2003 The carrier flips the switch on a wireless Internet network it claims is the fastest in the United States. TAGS: AT&T Wireless, EDGE, wireless Internet, BellSouth Corp., carrier, cell phone service provider, Siemens AG, Cingular Wireless, cell phone, AT&T Corp., modem, U.S., CEO, games

Wireless carriers answer call for number swaps

November 14, 2003 AT&T Wireless and Cingular are set to adopt practices for meeting a federal mandate that gives consumers the right to retain their phone numbers if they change mobile carriers. TAGS: AT&T Wireless, Cingular Wireless, wireless carrier, mandate, phone number, agreement, carrier, Sprint Nextel, contract, T-Mobile

It's official: AT&T Wireless is for sale

January 22, 2004 The No. 3 U.S. cell phone service provider says it has received "significant interest from a number of companies." TAGS: AT&T Wireless, Nextel Communications Inc., sale, financial analyst, carrier, interest, cell phone, U.S.

Cingular, T-Mobile sever joint venture

May 25, 2004 The wireless carriers put an end to their infrastructure joint venture, as Cingular pushes forward with its $41 billion acquisition of AT&T Wireless. TAGS: Cingular Wireless, T-Mobile, AT&T Wireless, venture, BellSouth Corp., Nevada, spectrum, wireless carrier, agreement, infrastructure, carrier, acquisition, AT&T Corp., California, New York, U.S.

Wireless carriers show porting piety

December 5, 2003 Some U.S. cell phone providers are reportedly offering refunds to customers who have experienced multiple-day delays getting old numbers switched to new phones. TAGS: telephone number, AT&T Wireless, T-Mobile, BellSouth Corp., carrier, cell phone service provider, wireless carrier, phone provider, delay, cell phone, spokesman, AT&T Corp., U.S.

AT&T Wireless: mMode update clips clicks

November 20, 2003 The company unveils the first major overhaul of its mMode wireless Web service, including new features and less potential thumb strain. TAGS: mMode, AT&T Wireless, overhaul, carrier, MSN, vice president, cell phone, games, Microsoft Corp.

Consumer group blasts cell phone lockdown

June 8, 2004 A lawsuit filed by the Foundation for Taxpayer and Consumer Rights challenges the practice of "cell phone locking," when service providers force new customers to buy phones. TAGS: T-Mobile, BellSouth Corp., Cingular Wireless, cell phone, carrier, AT&T Wireless, lawsuit, practice, handset, AT&T Corp., service provider

Analyst: AT&T mobile plans could face hurdles

May 19, 2004 The phone company's planned cell phone service could have some interoperability problems, if it draws on other carriers to create a "mixed" network, an analyst says. TAGS: Sprint Nextel, AT&T Corp., Joe Laszlo, CDMA, AT&T Wireless, cell phone, carrier, GSM

Microsoft maps out wireless offering

March 22, 2004 The software giant partners with Sprint and Bell Mobility to sell services, mainly to businesses, that exploit a mobile phone's ability to broadcast its exact location. TAGS: Bell Mobility, carrier, server software, cell phone service provider, Sprint Nextel, location, AT&T Wireless, cell phone, subscriber, service provider, Microsoft Corp., mobile phone, developer, server

Wiretaps may mute Nextel rivals

August 23, 2004 Fed up with technical excuses, FBI wants carriers to support eavesdropping capabilities for push-to-talk technology now. TAGS: push-to-talk, CALEA, Nextel Communications Inc., AT&T Wireless, Sprint Nextel, BellSouth Corp., carrier, law enforcement, compliance, AT&T Corp., Verizon Communications, cell phone

U.S. yawns over number switching

November 26, 2004 The tumult over keeping phone numbers when switching wireless carriers never surfaces. TAGS: number portability, Kevin Johnson, carrier, T-Mobile, AT&T Wireless, cell phone, subscriber, Verizon Wireless, service provider, San Francisco, U.S.
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