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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 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.
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.
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.
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 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.
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.
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
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.
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.
The Motley Fool April 27, 2004 Phil Wohl	Verizon's Cloudy Horizon I guess it shouldn't come as a surprise that another telecom services company reported weak first-quarter earnings. The latest telecom to underwhelm the investment community was Verizon Communications, which reported first-quarter earnings today.
The Motley Fool March 1, 2004 Sasha Sobol	Leaving Lines Behind for Wireless Consumers are canceling their landlines in favor of wireless, which is good news for wireless companies.
The Motley Fool May 24, 2004 Rich Smith	Telecoms Want Money for Nothing The cell-phone companies want to publish your unlisted number.
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 February 20, 2004 Ben McClure	Any Wireless Bright Spots? Will wireless equipment makers thrive, despite the Cingular-AT&T Wireless deal?
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.
The Motley Fool September 8, 2004 Rich Smith	Nokia Goes Hollywood The handset maker rushes in where providers fear to tread with a prominent product placement in a movie that negatively portrays cell-phone service in the U.S.
The Motley Fool July 2, 2004 Bill Mann	We Don't Count So Good The SEC wants to know if telecom and cable companies have as many customers as they claim to have.
The Motley Fool March 4, 2004 Dave Mock	Wireless Goes Virtual Hopes for reduced competition in the U.S. wireless market may be just that -- hope.
The Motley Fool February 3, 2004 Alyce Lomax	Sprint's Wireless Wild Card As wireless loss widens, Wall Street expects a deal with IBM.
The Motley Fool March 2, 2004 W.D. Crotty	Superconductor Plunges An iffy forecast and a discouraging auditor's report send shares back to earth.
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 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.
The Motley Fool September 24, 2004 Rich Smith	Senate's Cellular Stand The U.S. Senate Commerce Committee approved a bill on the proposed "E411" cell phone directory. Considering that the directory has not even been created yet, the Commerce Committee's opt-in restriction may well kill the idea before it ever gets off the ground.
The Motley Fool June 22, 2004 Tom Taulli	Baby Bells, RIP In the wacky world of telecom, the upstart companies, with their disruptive technologies, never seem to gain any traction against the behemoths, such as Verizon and BellSouth. But this does not mean the telecom behemoths are not imperiled.
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.
The Motley Fool April 20, 2004 Ben McClure	Teetering American Tower The wireless transmission tower company isn't offering much of a future view.
The Motley Fool April 25, 2005 W.D. Crotty	SBC Flying Under the Radar The company has another excellent quarter as it builds for the future. This is a stock that is even appropriate for conservative investors looking for a big stock dividend.
The Motley Fool February 8, 2005 Tim Beyers	palmOne: Oops, Wrong Price The smartphone maker rolls out its brand-spanking-new Treo 650 for $599. And then ups the price by $100 a day later. A mistake?
The Motley Fool August 4, 2004 Ben McClure	Troubled Qwest The company's second-quarter results leave investors with little change.
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 July 28, 2004 Ben McClure	Verizon Risin' The Bell giant's second quarter offers reasons for optimism.
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.
The Motley Fool July 22, 2004 Phil Wohl	Ma Bell Means Business? AT&T focuses on declining business customers -- again. It reported second-quarter earnings that doubled the consensus estimate ($0.14 vs. $0.07 a share), yet shares dropped more than 2%.
InternetNews December 7, 2005 Colin C. Haley	Cingular Activates Wireless Broadband The nation's largest carrier launches BroadbandConnect for laptop users on the go.
The Motley Fool January 9, 2004 Dave Mock	Verizon: Just DO It! Verizon Wireless is bringing mobile broadband to the masses.
The Motley Fool May 4, 2004 Phil Wohl	Qwest Off Course The struggling local telco has strayed from roots.
InternetNews September 27, 2004 Colin C. Haley	Cingular Sells Off Biz Messaging Unit Cingular divests its messaging technology unit. AT&T Wireless, which is being acquired by Cingular, has launched a messaging-only handheld for teens.
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 August 30, 2004	Who's in the Dow? Did you realize that the Dow is an average of just 30 companies?
The Motley Fool June 2, 2004 Rich Smith	Qwest Revives MCI MCI strikes deal with Qwest for local phone access.
The Motley Fool February 13, 2004 Dave Mock	Wireless Fight Gets Bloody Controversy kicks off before AT&T Wireless' set deadline for merger bids.
PC Magazine June 21, 2006	The Truth About Unlocked Phones You can buy an unlocked phone over seas, but here are some facts you should know before you make the purchase.
The Motley Fool September 7, 2004 Kelvin Taylor	So Long, Long Distance AT&T turns its business focus away from traditional phone service. Investors should look at these trends in telecom and study the companies poised to compete effectively.
The Motley Fool January 16, 2004 Dave Mock	Courting AT&T Wireless Suddenly, AT&T Wireless looks like the fair damsel whom knights want to rescue.
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The Motley Fool July 12, 2004 Alyce Lomax	Troubles in Telecom During the long and painful process as telecom companies struggle to survive or thrive, some shareholders may not be so lucky.