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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 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 19, 2007 Ed Sutherland	AT&T Unity Does Bundles of 'Free' Telecom carriers see bundles as the future. And of course, 'free' comes with catches.
The Motley Fool January 25, 2008 Dave Mock	AT&T Calms and Soothes Telecom giant AT&T breaks new records in its wireless business and cites improved growth in broadband and enterprise services.
The Motley Fool May 12, 2004 Tim Beyers	Customers Boot AT&T Wireless The beleaguered telecom leads in consumer complaints.
InternetNews December 29, 2004 Colin C. Haley	Time Warner Sprinting Ahead with Wireless? Looking for leverage against telecom carriers, Time Warner Cable is negotiating a deal with Sprint to add mobile phone service to its offerings
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 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.
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 December 15, 2004 Jim Wagner	Sprint, Nextel to Merge Sprint and Nextel have agreed to merge, to better compete with Cinglar and Verizon Wireless for voice and data customers. The new company, Sprint Nextel, will serve more than 40 million wireless subscribers.
InternetNews July 26, 2004 Colin C. Haley	Verizon Eyes Expansion Verizon Wireless uses Motorola network equipment to improve service, grow network in competitive marketplace.
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.
InternetNews December 9, 2005 Jim Wagner	Alltel Sheds Wireline Business For $9.1B Telecom carrier Alltel has made a move to become a pure-play wireless phone provider, shedding its wireline operations to Valor Communications Group for approximately $9.1 billion.
InternetNews January 8, 2007 Ed Sutherland	Verizon's Video Alert Mobile carriers Verizon and Cingular unveiled two video services that the iPod and YouTube crowds might help along.
The Motley Fool March 30, 2010 Anders Bylund	Who Controls Verizon Wireless? Verizon can go simple or big with its wireless operations. So what will it be?
InternetNews March 2, 2005 Roy Mark	Telecom Mergers Get House Nod Top House leaders say the proposed Verizon-MCI and SBC-AT&T mergers are moving telecom, Internet in the right direction.
InternetNews October 25, 2005 Jim Wagner	Cable in Talks With Sprint Nextel? Cox Communications, Comcast and Time Warner are reportedly weeks away from signing a wireless phone agreement with Nextel.
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 October 11, 2006 Roy Mark	DoJ Approves AT&T-BellSouth Merger The AT&T-BellSouth proposed merger cleared its first regulatory hurdle today with a resounding thumbs up from the Department of Justice, which unconditionally approved the $67 billion deal.
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 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 December 14, 2004 Jim Wagner	Analysts: Verizon/Sprint Deal Would Face Hurdles Analysts at investment firm Legg Mason said Tuesday any Verizon plan to acquire Sprint would face a "significant" hurdle from government regulators.
InternetNews January 6, 2006 Roy Mark	Verizon Completes MCI Takeover Verizon completed its $8.4 billion purchase of MCI today, creating the nation's second largest telecom carrier behind the new AT&T, which itself is a newly formed merger between the former long distance carrier and SBC.
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InternetNews December 26, 2006 Ed Sutherland	Cell Phones Get Ready For Prime Time Cell phone carriers are planning initial forays into the potentially lucrative minefield that is mobile advertising.
InternetNews January 14, 2004 Colin Haley	Cingular, AT&T Wireless Talking Merger The carriers are reportedly talking about joining forces, a move that would create a formidable industry player and could spark further consolidation.
InternetNews December 1, 2006 Ed Sutherland	Cingular to Sell BlackBerry Pearl Cingular Wireless put a little more smarts in its handset lineup today with news that subscribers can now have Research in Motion's consumer-oriented Pearl smartphone.
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
InternetNews October 16, 2008 Judy Mottl	FCC Green Lights Wireless Mergers The Federal Communications Commission will approve Verizon Wireless' acquisition of rural carrier Alltel and the proposed Sprint-Clearwire WiMAX venture at its next monthly meeting on Election Day.
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 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.
The Motley Fool May 1, 2006 Tarek Sultani	Sprinting to the Wrong Customers Despite adding 1.3 million subscribers, Sprint's income managed to fall. Investors, this company doesn't look like it will be an attractive prospect for the next few years.
The Motley Fool September 13, 2011 Dan Radovsky	If the AT&T Merger Is Doomed, What Then? Could Sprint survive even if the merger is stopped?
BusinessWeek December 27, 2004 Roger O. Crockett	Why Sprint And Nextel Got Hitched They bought themselves enough time and size to play with the big boys -- for now. But in a telecom world ruled by the Bells, scrappy competitors like Sprint and Nextel remain underdogs. Alone or together, they still face a tough fight.
InternetNews February 4, 2004 Colin Haley	Seeking Savings, Sprint Turns to IBM To offset lagging wireline business, the carrier awards a multi-billion-dollar call center outsourcing contract to Big Blue.
InternetNews July 11, 2005 Colin C. Haley	Sprint Pays $1.3B For US Unwired Sprint will pay $1.3 billion in cash for wireless reseller U.S. Unwired, a move that erases a legal challenge to Sprint's pending merger with Nextel.
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 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 October 25, 2004 Phil Wohl	BellSouth's Cingular Pursuit The nation's leading regional phone company is resting growth hopes on its Cingular Wireless venture. Despite the company's attractive dividend yield, the shares are missing a catalyst that would drive them off their flat trend over the last year.
InternetNews March 6, 2006 Ed Sutherland	AT&T, BellSouth Merger Denounced The proposed merger of AT&T and BellSouth means the death of the Internet and the unmasking of fictional competition between telecom companies, charged two Washington, DC-based consumer groups.
InternetNews August 29, 2005 Colin C. Haley	VZ Wireless Slashes Broadband Price Hoping to entice voice customers to add data service, Verizon Wireless has cut the price of its broadband service by 25 percent.
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.
InternetNews July 1, 2005 Colin C. Haley	AT&T-SBC Inches Closer AT&T shareholders vote their way through to the next step. The next step is for the companies to convince federal agencies that the merger won't hurt competition.
InternetNews April 19, 2005 Colin C. Haley	Verizon Offers DSL Straight Up The carrier allows existing subscribers to switch to mobile or VoIP providers for voice service while retaining Verizon DSL.
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 June 24, 2005 Colin C. Haley	Sprint Name Wins Out The telecom formed from the Sprint-Nextel merger will be called Sprint, but the Nextel name won't disappear altogether.
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.
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