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Early this morning, we reported that SBC agreed to purchase AT&T for $16 billion, and in the report we briefly mentioned AT&T's plans to use its AT&T Wireless brand name under a mobile virtual network operator (MVNO). It appears that...
Nov 26 2004 - 03:09 PM ET | AT&T Wireless
As part of the AT&T Wireless takeover, Cingular is divesting a small portion of AT&T Wireless equipment in a sale to Alltel. Alltel has agreed to purchase $170 million worth of AT&T Wireless spectrum and network assets from Cingular. The...
Due to the merger shuffle, the newly announced Audiovox SMT5600 has found itself without a carrier (it was carried by AT&T Wireless, but did not migrate over to Cingular). The popular Windows Mobile powered smartphone just started shipping about a...
Later this morning, AT&T Wireless corporate stores will open for the first time as Cingular Wireless branded stores. Staff at the stores worked doubletime over the weekend to make the changes. Many of the locations across the company sported covered...
Update: Amazon.com is selling the Motorola V551 for free after a mail in rebate and activation from Cingular... Cingular has once again listed the Motorola V551 on its website. The phone first appeared on Cingular.com along with the RAZR V3...
Verizon Wireless has launched [free reg req.] a new advertising campaign targeted at AT&T Wireless users. One of the ads says: bq. Attention AT&T Wireless customersAs long as you are wireless carrier is changing, why not change to the best?...
Amazon.com is selling the new Audiovox SMT 5600 for $224.99 with a new activation from AT&T Wireless. Alone that is a good price, but there are also $250 in rebates that bring the final price down to -$25 (yes, you...
SBC, one half owner of Cingular Wireless, announced today that expenses related to integrating Cingular with AT&T Wireless will outweigh the savings until 2007. bq. In the filing, SBC says while some savings from the merger will appear this quarter,...
MobileTracker has found a group of online support documents from AT&T Wireless concerning the Motorola MPx220. The set of 38 documents were all updated today, November 5th. You can currently purchase a Motorola MPx220 from Cingular Wireless at Best Buy...
Napster today launched a mobile service available for the Audiovox SMT5600 (currently a AT&T Wireless exclusive in the US). Napster To Go will enable the SMT5600 to be the first mobile phone in the US that has the ability to...
Nov 01 2004 - 11:48 AM ET | AT&T Wireless
AT&T Wireless has posted a page containing information on the Treo 650, including a form to be alerted for more information. This is the first information we've seen from a carrier other than Sprint PCS about the new smartphone. The...
We've heard from lots of AT&T Wireless customers that want to know what will happen to their phone/plan/service in the coming weeks. In case you missed it, Cingular's buyout of AT&T Wireless got approval from the FCC yesterday and the...
As expected, the FCC today announced conditional approval of Cingular's $41 billion buyout of AT&T Wireless. Yesterday the Department Of Justice approved the deal, making the FCC the final hurdle. As of this morning the merger is complete, with Cingular...
The US Department of Justice has just approved Cingular's $41 billion buyout of rival carrier AT&T Wireless. The FCC is expected to announce its approval of the deal later today or possibly tomorrow. The DOJ approval is hinged on Cingular...
Sources close to the situation believe the FCC will announce approval for Cingular's $41 billion takeover of AT&T Wireless tomorrow. The vote has already taken place and the deal was approved with the expected concessions: bq. To satisfy the antitrust...
Oct 19 2004 - 04:49 PM ET | AT&T Wireless
AT&T Wireless reported a profit of 4˘ per share for the third quarter of 2004. That's two cents higher than last quarter, but two cents lower than the same quarter last year. Net customer additions were 170,000, or 26% higher...
AT&T Wireless today adjusted its phone lineup, removing the Motorola MPx200 and adding the once dropped Motorola T721. The T721 can be purchased for $49.99 and includes basic features like a color screen and J2ME Java. Because of the age...
Reuters is reporting by way of an anonymous source that the FCC has approved Cingular's purchase of AT&T Wireless. Three of the five commissioners are said to have voted in favor of the deal, though with some divestitures in markets...
AT&T Wireless today launched the Audiovox SMT 5600, a Microsoft powered smartphone. While common with smartphones, the Audiovox SMT 5600 goes by several other names overseas: i-Mate Smartphone 3, C500, Qtek 8010, and Dopod 565. Features of the 5600 include:...
MobiTV has linked up with AT&T wireless to provide its live TV streaming service to AT&T Wireless customers. Previously, MobiTV was limited to Sprint PCS customers. If you are an AT&T Wireless customer interested in the service it is only...
Mobile Gadget News is reporting that AT&T Wireless will carry the Siemens SX66. This device has a bunch of names: HTC Blue Angel / MDA III / XDA IIs Pocket PC Phone Edition. Features include: * Quad-band GSM * WiFi...
AT&T Wireless today announced the mMode Music Store or what the company is calling, "The first-ever mobile music store in the US." The service ties in with Windows based personal computers to make the mobile phone a "Remote control" for...
FCC Chairman Michael Powell is in favor of Cingular's merger with AT&T Wireless according to sources that spoke with Reuters. The FCC is expected to make a decision on the $41 billion buyout in the next couple of weeks. Though...
Chatter concerning the Motorola MPx220 has become more detailed in the last few days. Some claim that stores already have the device in stock. AT&T Wireless has images of the phone residing on its server: # Large # Small The...
AT&T Wireless today launched the Ogo CT-10 wireless messaging device (email/IM/SMS). While newly announced today, the Ogo was no surprise--an FCC filing revealed details of the device prior to today's announcement. The Ogo costs $17.99 monthly for unlimited service, or...
3GCoding.com has a review of the yet-unannounced Ogo device from AT&T Wireless. Word of this device leaked from an FCC filing. It is a data only device (email/IM/SMS) from AT&T Wireless that will be marketed towards the younger market. Unlimited...
Sep 20 2004 - 01:16 AM ET | AT&T Wireless
As we reported would happen, AT&T Wireless has dropped the Motorola V600. The company started shipping the V600 back in March. Cingular Wireless dropped the V600 in July. It is not known if the upcoming merger between the two companies...
AT&T Wireless today launched the Motorola V180 for consumers. For the past week it has been available to business customers only. The Motorola V180 comes with: * 128×128 pixel 65K color CSTN main display, 96 x 32 pixel monochrome LCD...
Update: Amazon.com has started selling the Motorola V505. After rebate you get $75 BACK. This is less than free. As expected, AT&T Wireless has officially launched the Motorola V505. MobileTracker exclusively reported on images of the Motorola V505 showing up...
Update: This phone has since launched and Amazon.com has started selling the Motorola V505. After rebate you get $75 BACK. This is less than free. Rumor has it that AT&T Wireless will today drop the Motorola V600 in favor of...
The Cingular buyout of AT&T Wireless is nearing a vote by the FCC, Reuters reports. The $41 billion cash deal should be voted on by the 5 commissioners within the next 2 weeks. The deal is expected to be approved....
AT&T Wireless has gotten the Ogo, a new data-centric mobile device, approved by the FCC. The Ogo looks to compete with the T-Mobile Sidekick II, though it lacks phone functions. Features of the ogo include: * Bluetooth with Personal Mobile...
Sep 01 2004 - 01:47 PM ET | AT&T Wireless
AT&T Wireless has expanded its trial 3G service to two new cities: Dallas and San Diego. Customers in the two cities have a choice between two 3G phones, the Motorola A845 or Nokia 6651. A card for laptop computers is...
AT&T Wireless and Cingular have updated their systems to allow picture messages work across the two carriers. While SMS messages typically have no problem going across carriers, MMS has been plagued with carrier interoperability. This move was made in part...
LG and AT&T Wireless today announced the launch of the LG G4020, an entry level priced handset with a fair amount of features. You can purchase the handset starting today at AT&T Wireless corporate stores. Here are some specs: *...
Cingular's $41 billion takeover of AT&T Wireless should go down within 2 months, much faster than originally projected. According to the report from TheDeal.com we can expect the FCC to give approval in October. bq. Sources said Cingular has been...
Aug 06 2004 - 04:47 PM ET | AT&T Wireless
AT&T Wireless may have violated its brand licensing contract with AT&T according to an SEC filing made by AT&T. The filing claims that AT&T Wireless takes too long responding to customer service inquiries, a metric that was included in the...
AT&T Wireless stores have today started selling the Nokia 6620, an EDGE enabled version of the popular Nokia 6600. The phone is not yet stocked on AT&T Wireless' online store. This confirms our report on the Nokia 6620 earlier this...
As expected, AT&T Wireless has launched 3G service in four major US cities: Detroit, Phoenix, San Francisco and Seattle. Dallas and San Diego should come online before the end of the year. Data speeds average 220-320 Kbps. Unlimited mMode data...
Rumors are flying that AT&T Wireless will launch its first round of 3G services next week. The next generation network is said to become available in four cities: San Francisco, Seattle, Phoenix and Detroit. An unlimited data plan will cost...
AT&T Wireless has announced the LG L1150. It's one of the first GSM camera phones from LG (the L1200 has a camera and recently launched on Cingular Wireless). Here are the specs: * Integrated VGA camera with digital zoom *...
McDonalds has partnered with AT&T Wireless to power a new Olympics based "on-package" game. The only way to play the trivia game is through text messages. It's not clear if only AT&T Wireless customers can play, but that is most...
Jun 09 2004 - 01:11 PM ET | AT&T Wireless
AT&T Wireless expanded its mMode data service to include Spanish language content. ĄTodo Latino! is now available to all mMode subscribers, and is targeted towards Spanish speakers in America. Here's some of the included content: * Terra Deportes - Gives...
Jun 03 2004 - 07:27 PM ET | AT&T Wireless
Reuters is reporting that AT&T Wireless is planning on launching high-speed data services this Summer. AT&T Wireless is in an agreement with NTT DoCoMo that forces the company to launch 3G services in at least four US markets. bq. AT&T...
The Wall Street Journal is reporting today [subscription] that AT&T is expected to announce a partnership with Sprint to offer wireless service to AT&T customers. The announcement should come this week, but won't take effect for a while: bq. The...
May 12 2004 - 04:53 PM ET | AT&T Wireless
AT&T Wireless finally came in first for something... However, it is first in customer complaints. The FCC released figures on the number of complaints for US wireless companies: # AT&T Wireless # Sprint PCS # T-Mobile USA # Cingular Wireless...
May 04 2004 - 01:12 PM ET | AT&T Wireless
Yahoo! and AT&T Wireless today announced that Yahoo! Photos is now available to AT&T Wirless mMode customers. bq. The new Yahoo! Mobile Photos application is a full color, graphical service that gives consumers a new, easy way to connect to...
We reported a few days ago that AT&T Wireless was starting up an unlimited data plan. Both T-Mobile and Cingular have similar plans (though still cheaper than AT&T Wireless'), so the announcement made since. It comes out today from an...
AT&T Wireless has introduced an unlimited data plan for as low as $44.99 ( $49.99 without voice service) a month. The pricing for unlimited data prior to this point was $79.99. Both Cingular and T-Mobile offer unlimited data for $20...
Apr 20 2004 - 02:35 PM ET | AT&T Wireless
It is no secret that AT&T Wireless had a tough first quarter, but now it's official. The company lost 367,000 subscribers during the first quarter, compared to an increase of 257,000 in the same quarter last year. bq. AT&T Wireless...
Apr 20 2004 - 12:44 AM ET | AT&T Wireless
As long as you don't mind purchasing a phone online, AT&T Wireless is selling the Motorola V600 for the lowest price we have seen--$174.99. It usually runs at $299. We will post our V600 review this week....
Apr 16 2004 - 12:01 AM ET | AT&T Wireless
AT&T Wireless launched a new service that aims to answer the age old question, "What song is this?" When a song that has you lost for an answer comes on, just dial a three digit code and allow the song...
Apr 02 2004 - 12:48 AM ET | AT&T Wireless
A report from the AP has AT&T Wireless losing as many as 150,000 subscribers per month. Number portability combined with the worst customer service in the industry looks like it has weighed heavy on AT&T Wireless: bq. The mounting defections...
Mar 29 2004 - 08:36 PM ET | AT&T Wireless
The wait is finally over--AT&T Wireless is now shipping the Motorola V600. The phone retails for $299 with a 2-year contract. There are no known rebates to bring the price down. Here's a quick run-down of the Motorola V600's features:...
AT&T Wireless has started to ship the Nokia 6820. The phone was announced back in October 2003, but is an AT&T Wireless exclusive. It is an updated version of the Nokia 6800. The biggest feature of the Nokia 6820 its...
AT&T Wireless today announced that its customers can now send and receive text messages (SMS) with over 263 million mobile phone users in Europe. Back in September 2003, the company added many South American countries to its SMS list. The...
AT&T Wireless will roll out 3G service in 4 major cities this year: San Francisco, Seattle and two still un-named cities. AT&T Wireless is rolling out 3G thanks to an investment by Japan's NTT DoCoMo....
AT&T Wireless has signed a deal with MapQuest to provide maps to its customers through its mMode service. bq. "Mobile users can quickly find their way with full-color, interactive maps that pan and zoom. Step-by-step driving directions are available and...
According to AT&T Wirless customer Jonathan Hudson, AT&T Wireless is making him give up his Sony Ericsson T68i for a Sony Ericsson T226. Getting a new phone isn't normally a bad deal, but the T226 doesn't have the same features...
Feb 20 2004 - 05:45 PM ET | AT&T Wireless
If there was any doubt of why AT&T Wireless was on the auction block, it's now clear--the executives net cash. The Seattle Post-Intelligencer is reporting that while the executives get shares in time to make cash, employees that will likely...
Thanks to an investment by NTT DoCoMo, AT&T Wireless must start up 3G service in 4 of the top 50 US markets by December 2004 [MobileTracker coverage 1, 2]. The Cingular buyout did not change the deadline. However, once the...
The NY Times is running a fantastic [free reg required] piece on yesterday's drama: bq. "One of the most frantic takeover battles in recent times ended in the early hours of yesterday morning as a legion of bankers and lawyers...
Feb 17 2004 - 08:24 AM ET | AT&T Wireless
Cingular Wireless announced that its latest bid for AT&T Wireless has been picked as the winner. The $41 billion offer is still up for approval from share holders, but if it goes through will make Cingular the largest wireless company...
Vodafone is using its muscle in the wireless sector, by once again upping its offer for AT&T Wireless. The offer has gone from $35 to $38 to a now leading $39.4 billion. Cingular is sticking with its $38 billion all...
A bidding war for US carrier AT&T Wireless is underway according to the Wall Street Journal. Cingular and Vodafone both bid on the #3 carrier before the Feb. 13th deadline. Over the weekend both companies increased their bids. Reports currently...
Vodafone is expected to come under heat to disclose if it bid on AT&T Wireless last week. Cingular is said to have put in an all cash offer between $31.9 and $35 billion . If Vodafone did put in an...
Feb 13 2004 - 02:37 PM ET | AT&T Wireless
AT&T Wireless, traded under AWE, is up 1.5% to $11.82 in trading today. All offers for a buyout are due by 5PM ET today. The stock is just a dime away from it's 52-week high, which assures that whoever buys...
Update: AT&T Wireless has been bought by Cingular for $41 billion. By this Friday, all offers for AT&T Wireless must be made. There have been a ton of reports on who's doing what, so we've compiled the best from the...
Feb 10 2004 - 09:20 PM ET | AT&T Wireless
AT&T Wireless partnered with AOL to provide AIM and ICQ to its mobile phones. This puts an embedded version of AIM on select AT&T Wireless phones. For launch, the embedded version of AIM is loaded onto the Nokia 3100 and...
It's no secret that AT&T Wireless is being sold. Vodafone is said to be mulling a bid. However, a new rumor today has Vodafone taking over US wireless leader Verizon Wireless, a company that it already owns a large stake...
Forget the $30 billion offer we talked about last week, the new rumor is a $40 billion deal by Euro giant Vodafone for an AT&T Wireless buy-out. The market cap of AT&T Wireless (traded under AWE) is currently $25.62 billion....
In November 2003, AT&T Wireless launched nationwide EDGE data service. With speeds over 2x conventional GPRS and nationwide connectivity, the company hoped that business would hop on board. Since the launch, the company has taken a beating. To help spur...
Feb 01 2004 - 01:00 PM ET | AT&T Wireless
According to Reuters, Vodafone is preparing a $30 billion plus bid for AT&T Wireless. As we previously reported, all bids for the carrier must be made by February 13th. The market cap for AT&T Wireless was a hair under $30...
Feb 01 2004 - 11:44 AM ET | AT&T Wireless
On the auction block carrier, AT&T Wireless, announced that starting February 6th customers with a qualifying service plan will be able to make unlimited free calls to other AT&T Wireless customers. The move is an obvious attempt to make up...
Jan 28 2004 - 12:33 AM ET | AT&T Wireless
AT&T Wireless has already made it clear that it is for sale. Today, word comes out that bids for the carrier need to be made on or before February 13th. Please see our last report for info on the players...
Nearly every news outlet is reporting at least something about AT&T Wireless being on the market. To sum things up, we've compiled pieces from all of the reports we have heard thus far. nearly everyone but Verizon Wireless is interested....
According to a Reuters report, Cingular has made an official bid to buy out AT&T Wireless. Stock of AT&T Wireless (AWE) is jumping on the news. The bid is for $11 per share. Yet another story says Euro carrier Vodafone...
We've touched on the Cingular / AT&T Wireless merger rumor before, but it now seems to be moving past the rumor stage. According to the piece by the Wall Street Journal, the two companies are in active talks. AT&T Wireless...
Motorola has announced that the V600 will ship on AT&T Wireless starting next month. The phone, a big brother to the red-hot V300, should be in high demand. It will cost you $299 with a 2-year service contract. Here's a...
Investors pushed AT&T Wireless [AWE] up more than 5% in the first 2 hours of trading today thanks to a rumor about a possible merger with Cingular. We first reported on this rumor back in November. The idea of an...
Nov 24 2003 - 10:25 PM ET | AT&T Wireless
AT&T Wireless announced that is in the process of giving credits to its customers affected by the GSM activation glitch we reported on earlier this month. There are still a few customers that haven't been activated, but the company said...
The red-hot Handspring Treo 600 is now shipping to AT&T customers. There was a slight delay, but according to the company, customers are now getting their units. You can snag the Treo 600 for $499 with a contract, or for...
NEC's new 525 HDM is its first camera phone for the US market. It's a quad-band GSM/GPRS handset with an impressive feature set. According to the company, it's already shipping through AT&T Wireless. * 162x216 pixel 65K color main screen...
Nov 21 2003 - 02:38 PM ET | AT&T Wireless
AT&T Wireless re-launched its mMode service yesterday. Included in the update is new content from RealNetworks and MSN. What's this mean for you? bq. MSN: If you have an MSN powered email address (hotmail for example), or use MSN Messenger,...
AT&T Wireless has announced nationwide coverage for EDGE high-speed data. The new technology pushes data over its GSM network 2 times faster than before. Average speeds hover around 100-130 kbps. Nokia recently announced several new EDGE compatible phones, and made...
Nov 10 2003 - 03:55 PM ET | AT&T Wireless
Late last week we reported that AT&T Wireless was unable to activate new GSM users due to a software glitch. Reportedly, the company is still backlogged. We've got to believe that a lot of customers have made use of the...
Two large US cellular networks are having major problems according to separate reports. C|Net says that a software glitch has some AT&T Wireless customers high and dry. If you purchased a GSM phone from AT&T Wireless in the last 6...
Lucent and AT&T Wireless have announced they are testing a next-generation W-CDMA (commonly known as 3G) wireless network in Miami, Florida. You may remember that back in August we mentioned AT&T Wireless had bought 3G gear. Japanese wireless mega-carrier NTT...
Oct 11 2003 - 07:20 PM ET | AT&T Wireless
AT&T Wireless will begin a new advertising campaign tomorrow. The new ads ask consumers to "reach out on the wireless service America trusts." The new print, TV, retail and billboard ads can all be viewed online....
AT&T Wireless has taken the first step to allow its subscribers to text message friends half a world away. As of today, you can send an SMS to: Chile, China, Colombia, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Hong Kong, Germany, Mexico, Philippines, Panama,...
