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InternetNews January 28, 2004 Colin Haley	AT&T Wireless Seeks More Bidders The carrier, already weighing a $30B offer from Cingular, invites minority stakeholder NTT DoCoMo to make a takeover offer before next month's deadline.
InternetNews February 17, 2004 Colin Haley	Cingular Wins Out in AT&T Wireless Bid UPDATE: Outbidding Vodafone, Cingular will pay $41 billion in cash to vastly expand its voice and data subscriber customer base.
InternetNews November 23, 2004 Colin C. Haley	Job Cuts Coming at Cingular Following its AT&T Wireless merger, the mobile carrier expects to slash 7,000 positions.
InternetNews January 6, 2004 Colin Haley	SBC Begins Enterprise Push With Acquisition The voice and data carrier buys network consulting specialist Callisma as part of strategy to bag big corporate accounts.
BusinessWeek February 14, 2005 Brian Grow	SBC Is Edging Onto BellSouth's Turf The SBC-AT&T deal means SBC will be competing far more aggressively for business accounts deep in BellSouth's territory.
BusinessWeek March 1, 2004 Roger O. Crocket	How The Cingular Deal Helps Verizon By paying a premium, SBC and BellSouth could hobble themselves in a fast race
Knowledge@Wharton	A Cingular Challenge: Becoming More Than the Sum of its Parts It's time for Cingular's final exam. The nation's second-largest wireless company has spent the 18 months since its creation building a brand, integrating its back offices and figuring out what to do with its two clashing wireless technologies...
InternetNews December 21, 2004 Colin C. Haley	Cingular Service Restored in Texas Cingular Wireless customers in parts of eastern Texas experienced a network outage on Monday caused by "hardware and software issues," the company confirmed today.
InternetNews January 21, 2004 Jim Wagner	Suitors Flock to AT&T Wireless Speculation abounds over an acquisition of the nation's third-largest carrier by another wireless carrier. Some are more likely candidates than others.
InternetNews May 25, 2004 Colin C. Haley	Cingular, T-Mobile to Disband Joint Venture As its takeover of AT&T Wireless works through the approval process, Cingular ends its sharing pact and sells spectrum worth $2.5 billion.
InternetNews January 27, 2005 Colin C. Haley	Reports: SBC Maneuvers For AT&T Buy The regional carrier is looking to raise its profile by buying Ma Bell.
The Motley Fool August 23, 2004 Rich Smith	Can 2 Wrongs Make Cingular Right? The acquisition of AT&T Wireless by SBC Communications and BellSouth daughter Cingular Wireless may be little more than the joining of two bad cell phone companies to make one very bad cell phone company.
InternetNews October 25, 2004 Colin C. Haley	DoJ: Cingular Free to Buy AT&T Wireless The Department of Justice today announced that it would approve Cingular's $41 billion dollar acquisition of AT&T Wireless, provided the mobile carrier sells assets, such as spectrum and customer contracts, in 11 states.
The Motley Fool April 21, 2004 Ben McClure	AT&T Wireless' Bum Q1 With revenues flat and customers fleeing, AT&T Wireless is looking like a raw deal.
The Motley Fool May 25, 2004 Dave Mock	Cingular Sells Out The nation's soon-to-be (possibly) No. 1 provider sells some big assets.
InternetNews February 18, 2004 Colin Haley	Clock Ticks on AT&T Wireless 3G Obligations The carrier, which is being acquired by Cingular, must offer new wireless services in four cities by year's end to avoid a $6 billion contractual penalty.
InternetNews January 24, 2007 Ed Sutherland	Cingular Surges on Subscriber Rush Cingular reported that it ended 2006 with 61 million subscribers and a net income of $782 million, a 283 percent surge over 2005.
InternetNews December 16, 2004 Jim Wagner	No Static Expected in Sprint-Nextel Deal Industry watchers don't expect any trouble from regulators or competitors when it comes to the proposed Sprint Nextel merger. The two companies announced their "merger of equals" Wednesday after nearly a week of rampant speculation.
InternetNews January 2, 2007 Ed Sutherland	AT&T Returns to Wireless Roots Merger makes AT&T the world's largest carrier, but rivals aren't sitting on their hands, analysts say.
The Motley Fool February 20, 2004 Ben McClure	Any Wireless Bright Spots? Will wireless equipment makers thrive, despite the Cingular-AT&T Wireless deal?
BusinessWeek February 14, 2005 Roger O. Crockett	Can The SBC-AT&T Combo Make Money? The colossus has lots of hurdles and little room for error.
BusinessWeek February 2, 2004 Roger O. Crockett	AT&T Wireless: Bidding War, Anyone? Despite its weaknesses, rivals are itching to buy the cellular provider for its bulk.
The Motley Fool July 21, 2005 W.D. Crotty	SBC's Revenue Winning Streak The telecom continued to grow revenue in the second quarter. Conservative investors, especially those looking for dividends to make up a healthy part of their total return, should look carefully at SBC.
The Motley Fool November 29, 2004 Phil Wohl	Wireless Shakeout Alters Marketplace Even though the telecom services industry has been disappointing over the past few years, there are still many investment opportunities to be found.
InternetNews January 31, 2005 Jim Wagner	SBC, AT&T Seen as Prototype For Telecom's Future SBC to Acquire AT&T For $16 Billion. Executives say the industry needs a combination like a Baby Bell with Ma Bell to survive competition.
The Motley Fool April 23, 2007 Dave Mock	Foolish Forecast: AT&T's Wireless Ways The telecommunications giant is set to report its first-quarter 2007 earnings results. Investors, here is what you can expect to find.
BusinessWeek November 7, 2005	At SBC, It's All About "Scale and Scope" SBC Telecommunications' CEO Edward Whitacre talks about the AT&T Wireless acquisition and how he's moving to keep abreast of cable competitors.
InternetNews February 14, 2005 Jim Wagner	Verizon Makes Move On MCI Following the SBC-AT&T mega-merger blueprint, Verizon aims for a global enterprise reach in a deal worth $6.7 billion.
InternetNews July 26, 2004 Colin C. Haley	BellSouth Realignment Continues The carrier's Q2 profits rise amid a shift from traditional phone service to wireless and broadband offerings... company adds satellite service from DirecTV to better compete against Comcast, Time Warner.
The Motley Fool December 15, 2004 Alyce Lomax	What Next, Sprint Nextel? The rumors are true: Sprint Nextel will form the No. 3 wireless company. For now, investors are on hold as we see how the next stages of consolidation unfold.
InternetNews December 10, 2004 Jim Wagner	Sprint, Nextel Talking Merger? Though neither side has confirmed talks, speculation abounds over the merger of the two wireless carriers.
InternetNews October 21, 2004 Colin C. Haley	Baby Bells Advance Fiber Plans Verizon today announced the next six states in its aggressive fiber-to-the-premises rollout... SBC Communications is testing video through fiber...
The Motley Fool August 25, 2004 Tim Beyers	Still AT&T Wireless, for a Spell A tussle over the beleaguered wireless service provider's brand name leaves one investor uninspired.
BusinessWeek February 21, 2005 Steve Rosenbush	Telecom: To Buy Or To Build? Why the industry is deeply divided over the best path to growth.
CIO May 1, 2002 Derek Slater	Call Together Now There was one sign over Cingular's door, but the company had a melange of call centers cobbled together through years of mergers. Here's how Cingular went from 60 specialized call centers to 20 new multifunction centers...
The Motley Fool February 17, 2004 Dave Mock	Cingular Snags AT&T Wireless Cingular Wireless nabs its rival for a cool $41 billion in cash.
The Motley Fool April 20, 2004 Ben McClure	Teetering American Tower The wireless transmission tower company isn't offering much of a future view.
InternetNews March 5, 2006	AT&T, BellSouth Join Forces in $67B Merger AT&T announced Sunday it would merge with BellSouth in a $67 billion stock deal, a merger that creates a telecommunications giant with more than 70 million customers across 22 states.
InternetNews February 22, 2005 Tim Gray	SBC, AT&T Get the Merger Started SBC, AT&T look to FCC and Justice for $16 billion merger approval.
InternetNews November 30, 2004 Colin C. Haley	With New Spectrum, Cingular Plots 3G Course Thanks to spectrum gained in the $41 billion AT&T Wireless acquisition, Cingular said it will build a third-generation network in several U.S. markets, starting next year.
InternetNews December 7, 2005 Colin C. Haley	Cingular Activates Wireless Broadband The nation's largest carrier launches BroadbandConnect for laptop users on the go.
InternetNews June 22, 2004 Jim Wagner	SBC Good for Billions in Fiber Hoping to repeat its success five years ago with DSL, the company makes a heavy investment in fiber to the home.
InternetNews April 27, 2007 Michael Hickins	AT&T CEO Whitacre to Retire AT&T chairman and CEO Ed Whitacre announced his resignation effective June 3, 2007. His successor in both positions will be the company's current COO, Randall Stephenson.
InternetNews February 25, 2005 Colin C. Haley	And Then There Were Two in Telecom? The long-awaited telecom industry consolidation is here, and it's changing everything.
InternetNews November 10, 2005 Colin C. Haley	Paging Enterprise Customers . . . With the launch of its Enterprise Paging gateway, Cingular integrates wireless paging service into its handsets.
InternetNews January 12, 2007 Ed Sutherland	Learning From Sprint's Stumble Sprint Nextel's recent troubles could serve as a lesson - both good and bad - for other wireless carriers, including newly-combined AT&T and Cingular wireless.
The Motley Fool February 3, 2005 Rich Duprey	MCI in Qwest for Merger? Rumors swirl about a possible second blockbuster merger in telecommunications.
InternetNews November 29, 2005 Colin C. Haley	Cingular, Orange Pact 'Eases Pain' With an eye toward keeping corporate customers with international operations happy, Cingular Wireless today announced that Orange SA has joined its WorldView partner program.
InternetNews November 8, 2004 Colin C. Haley	SBC Sells South African Telecom Stake Proceeds from SBC Communications' sale of South African telecom provider Telkom SA Limited are earmarked for the Cingular's AT&T Wireless purchase. Meanwhile, SBC may cut 10,000 jobs by 2006.
The Motley Fool December 13, 2004 Dave Mock	Sprint and Nextel: A Done Deal? Rumors are swirling that the next massive wireless merger is in the works. Current speculation is that Sprint will consume Nextel shares in exchange for 1.3 shares of its own plus some cash.