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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.
The Motley Fool July 26, 2004 Ben McClure	SBC Down, Not Out Is the telecom company really down for the count? DSL sales are offsetting local phone losses. Competition will continue to be fierce, prompting more price wars and putting loads of pressure on margins.
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.
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.
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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 February 20, 2004 Ben McClure	Any Wireless Bright Spots? Will wireless equipment makers thrive, despite the Cingular-AT&T Wireless deal?
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The Motley Fool August 27, 2004 Seth Jayson	A Mobile Russian Bear Russia's No. 2 cell phone provider slows down, but just a bit. The huge opportunities in lands lacking hardline infrastructure make Russian carriers compelling investment ideas.
The Motley Fool July 28, 2004 Ben McClure	Verizon Risin' The Bell giant's second quarter offers reasons for optimism.
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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.
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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.
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InternetNews November 4, 2004 Colin C. Haley	BellSouth, SBC Buy YellowPages.com SBC and BellSouth are teaming to provide national online yellow pages and local Internet search to beat back a challenge from Google, Yahoo and others.
The Motley Fool October 22, 2004 Phil Wohl	Nextel's Walkie-Talkie Grows Up The wireless phone provider's focus on business spills over into the consumer market. Despite the fact that the company's shares have appreciated 11% in the past year, there still seems to be some more room to grow.
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 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.
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.
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InternetNews December 7, 2005 Colin C. Haley	Cingular Activates Wireless Broadband The nation's largest carrier launches BroadbandConnect for laptop users on the go.
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The Motley Fool April 22, 2004 Phil Wohl	Ma Bell Holding the Line Can AT&T, the leading telecom company, lead an industry out of the doldrums?
The Motley Fool March 15, 2004 Ben McClure	Same Old AT&T? Will AT&T be able to reinvent itself to keep up with the changing times?
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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.
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InternetNews January 4, 2005 Colin C. Haley	Cingular, Lucent Rev 3G Cingular and Lucent said they achieved successful trials of their third-generation wireless network technology, with data transfer rates hitting "true" 3G speeds.
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.
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