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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 May 12, 2004 Tim Beyers	Customers Boot AT&T Wireless The beleaguered telecom leads in consumer complaints.
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.
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 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 April 2, 2004 Tim Beyers	Disconnecting AT&T Wireless The Cingular deal moves forward, but Verizon benefits from customer defections.
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.
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.
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 January 9, 2004 Dave Mock	Verizon: Just DO It! Verizon Wireless is bringing mobile broadband to the masses.
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 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 November 7, 2005 Alyce Lomax	Google Gets Pocket-Sized The search giant offers maps and local search on cell phones. So far, there's no advertising on Google Local for mobile phones. It seems it's only a matter of time before that comes to pass.
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 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 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 August 12, 2005 Stephen D. Simpson	DT's American Dilemma Deutsche Telekom's U.S. operations provide most of the growth but will eventually need an expensive upgrade. This isn't going to be an earnings growth powerhouse, but it should continue to offer a respectable mix of income and slow price appreciation.
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 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.
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.
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 June 14, 2007 Dave Mock	What Will Be China Mobile's Fortune? As penetration rates climb in the nation of 1.3 billion, though, investors should consider how China Mobile can adapt as subscriber growth eventually slows and as the government meddles in the market.
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 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.
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.
The Motley Fool June 22, 2007 Dave Mock	Top or Flop: AT&T's Midyear Update While investors are collectively focusing on the iPhone's potential to pull prized wireless subscribers away from competitors, income-loving investors are loving AT&T's 3.6% dividend yield.
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 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 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.
The Motley Fool December 11, 2007 Dave Mock	AT&T Shows Investors the Money Thanks to strong operations across its business segments, the company announces a dividend increase of 12.7%, as well as a 400-million-share repurchase plan.
The Motley Fool October 20, 2005 W.D. Crotty	Mining SBC's Value Dig deep into the numbers, and you'll find riches in SBC's third-quarter results. A big attraction, other than investing at the heart of the telecommunications business, is the 5.8% dividend.
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.
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 August 10, 2007 Dave Mock	Deutsche Telekom Buoyed From Abroad Deutsche Telekom, Germany's largest phone company, reports an outstanding second-quarter, largely due to strength in its international and wireless operations.
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.
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.
The Motley Fool May 24, 2004 Rich Smith	Telecoms Want Money for Nothing The cell-phone companies want to publish your unlisted number.
InternetNews September 14, 2009	T-Mobile Parent Angling to Scoop Up Sprint? If Deutsche Telekom buys Sprint, it could topple AT&T from the No. 2 spot in the pecking order of U.S. carriers in terms of customers.
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.
InternetNews February 16, 2004 Roy Mark	FCC OKs Cingular To Buy NextWave Licenses Agency dismisses Nextel's complaint that deal is unfair to taxpayers.
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.
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.
The Motley Fool May 14, 2007 Dave Mock	Global Is Good for Deutsche Telekom The domestic German market has been nothing but headaches for Deutsche Telekom lately. Thankfully, the financial shortfall at home was covered by growth in international revenues, mostly from wireless carriers abroad. Investors, take note.
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.
InternetNews October 31, 2008 Judy Mottl	Verizon Wireless-Alltel Merger Moves Forward Verizon's grab for market dominance comes with the DoJ's largest-ever divestiture requirement before it signs off.
The Motley Fool March 21, 2011 Gary Cassady	Trading the AT&T and T-Mobile USA Deal Make money off of the AT&T, T-Mobile deal.
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...
The Motley Fool December 8, 2004 Selena Maranjian	Irony in Telecommunications Investors suffer when communications companies can't communicate.
The Motley Fool October 27, 2009 Tim Beyers	A Case for Shorting Telecom Where's the competitive advantage if the contracts go away?
The Motley Fool September 19, 2005 Alyce Lomax	More Channels for Mobile Radio RealNetworks to provide streaming radio on Sprint Nextel phones. The move makes sense for both parties.