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Cingular passes 50 million

March 15, 2005 Top U.S. cell phone operator has nearly one in three U.S. wireless subscribers. TAGS: Cingular Wireless, BellSouth Corp., subscriber, U.S., cell phone, AT&T Corp.

Will unlocked cell phones free consumers?

January 24, 2007 Handset makers in the U.S. are dabbling in selling phones directly to consumers, but will the model be attractive enough to consumers? TAGS: handset, American Technology Research, carrier, cell phone, Cingular Wireless, subscriber, Motorola Inc., service provider, U.S., T-Mobile, Nokia Corp.

Cingular debuts push-to-talk feature

December 2, 2005 Company is the latest wireless carrier to offer a walkie-talkie feature for its cell phones. TAGS: Kodiak Networks, push-to-talk, Cingular Wireless, BellSouth Corp., AT&T Corp., cell phone, U.S.

Advertising seeps into the cell phone

September 14, 2006 With their new 3G networks ready to deliver multimedia content, cell phone operators eye an old revenue source. TAGS: CTIA, Sprint Nextel, carrier, operator, cell phone, Verizon Wireless, Cingular Wireless, U.S., multimedia, video

Cell phones channel TV broadcasts

January 25, 2005 Major rollouts from Cingular and Verizon mean never having to miss an episode of "According to Jim." TAGS: MobiTV, Verizon V-Cast, Cingular Wireless, cell phone, BellSouth Corp., Verizon Communications, handset, U.S., Sprint Nextel, channel, AT&T Corp., TV, video

Is Cingular 3G slowing down?

May 24, 2005 With so much on its plate, Cingular may be slightly slowing the rollout of its third-generation wireless broadband service. TAGS: Cingular Wireless, 3G, rollout, operator, wireless broadband, BellSouth Corp., Verizon Wireless, city, spokesman, AT&T Corp., cell phone

Cingular sings along to mobile radio

November 15, 2005 Cell phone carrier has teamed with MobiTV to offer about 40 channels of streaming music. TAGS: MobiTV, Cingular Wireless, BellSouth Corp., Sprint Nextel, cell phone carrier, carrier, radio, song, cell phone, AT&T Corp., music

HP, Cingular make a laptop connection

December 11, 2006 The Compaq nc6400 notebook connects to the Internet via a Cingular Wireless' cell phone tower. Photos: Notebook connects with cell phone tower TAGS: WWAN, Cingular Wireless, Intel Core 2 Duo, notebook computer, connectivity, cell phone, AT&T Corp., HP, laptop computer, Microsoft Windows Vista, Intel, PC

Cingular Wireless rings up profits

January 24, 2007 AT&T's mobile-services provider says it added a record number of subscribers, more than tripled profits in the fourth quarter. TAGS: Cingular Wireless, subscriber, AT&T Corp., data service, BellSouth Corp., AT&T Wireless, multimedia messaging, MMS, merger, multimedia, Apple iPhone, cell phone

Cingular pumps up wireless IM, e-mail

October 24, 2005 Company wants to make accessing e-mail, popular instant-messaging programs on a cell phone as easy as it is on a BlackBerry. TAGS: Cingular Wireless, BellSouth Corp., Research In Motion Ltd., RIM BlackBerry, IM, Palm Treo, cell phone, handset, e-mail, AT&T Corp.

Cingular to jump onto mobile-music bandwagon

November 2, 2006 Company prepares download service to compete with those from Verizon Wireless and Sprint Nextel. TAGS: Cingular Wireless, Sprint Nextel, mobile network, carrier, song, mobile operator, subscriber, music download, Verizon Wireless, Apple Computer, Verizon Communications, music, cell phone

New study questions mobile TV and music hype

March 3, 2006 Study could throw cold water on mobile carriers' hopes that people will spend big on mobile music downloads and TV. TAGS: mobile TV, survey, Sprint Nextel, music download, Verizon Wireless, Cingular Wireless, cell phone, TV, music, U.S., video

Barely legal? Strip poker hits Cingular phones

January 6, 2005 Even without the nudity of the European version, will the racy mobile game upset American moralists and FCC chairmen? TAGS: nudity, Cingular Wireless, BellSouth Corp., opponent, U.S., AT&T Corp., cell phone

At Cingular, the Ogo is a no-go

June 23, 2005 No. 1 U.S. cell phone operator says data-only device doesn't fit its strategy. But it will still support Ogos that have been sold. TAGS: Cingular Wireless, AT&T Wireless, BellSouth Corp., RIM BlackBerry, AT&T Corp., handheld, cell phone

U.S. cell phone firms allow cross-carrier photo swaps

March 16, 2005 Cingular and Verizon Wireless are accepting photo mails from each other's subscribers in hopes of juicing cell phone use. TAGS: camera phone, Verizon Wireless, cell phone, Cingular Wireless, operator, subscriber, BellSouth Corp., cell phone company, text messaging, photograph, telephone company, U.S., handset, agreement, camera, AT&T Corp.

3G wars heat up

July 20, 2005 Cingular promises to roll out wireless broadband in 15 to 20 markets by year's end. But it's still playing catch-up to Verizon. TAGS: operator, Cingular Wireless, wireless broadband, landline phone, Sprint Nextel, 3G, BellSouth Corp., Verizon Communications, Verizon Wireless, T-Mobile, broadband, city, U.S., AT&T Corp., cell phone

European firm aims to goose U.S. wireless data sales

March 28, 2005 DirtyHippo, a European cell phone software company, is trying its hand in the mercurial U.S. cell phone data market. TAGS: operator, T-Mobile, U.S., BellSouth Corp., Cingular Wireless, subscriber, cell phone, Sprint Nextel, software company, AT&T Corp., games

More alarms over cell phone E911

July 1, 2005 Cell phone operators tell the FCC they need more time to get location-sensitive phones into customers' hands. TAGS: E911, operator, handset, cell phone, BellSouth Corp., U.S., Cingular Wireless, AT&T Corp.

Cellular companies ready ring tones, radio and more

March 14, 2005 At CTIA show, Cingular looks to "Star Wars," the BlackBerry goes Yahoo, and AOL tunes in radio stations. Photos: CTIA cell phones on parade TAGS: cell phone chip, CTIA, cell phone, cellular company, Star Wars, operator, AOL Instant Messenger, Yahoo! Inc., Cingular Wireless, BellSouth Corp., CDMA, billing, radio, telecommunications, America Online Inc., Nokia Corp.

Cingular turns cell phones into wallets in N.Y. trial

December 15, 2006 Company tests new service that will let Nokia phones be used in stores that accept MasterCard's PayPass contactless payment cards. TAGS: contactless payment, MasterCard International, Cingular Wireless, payment, Nokia Corp., handset, trial, wallet, Citigroup Inc., cell phone, New York City, New York, mobile phone, vice president, card, Samsung Electronics