Cingular Wireless

Cingular gets down with radio star

Cingular Wireless has teamed up with American broadcaster, XM Satellite Radio Holdings to stream 25 XM music channels to more than 58 million Cingular handset customers in the US. Starting November 6, Cingular’s customers will be able listen to a XMs commercial-free music channels through the XM Radio Mobile service. As part of the offering […]

AT&T 3Q beats expectations

US telco AT&T reported Monday that third quarter earnings increased 73.8 per cent year on year to $2.16bn (£1.15bn), beating analyst expectations. Gains on wireless revenues along with merger integration progress also helped operating revenues jump 51.8 per cent to $15.6bn during the period. AT&T’s total wireline revenues for the quarter were $14.6bn, up 58 […]

3GSM Asia: GSMA launches low cost 3G challenge

The GSM Association (GSMA) is inviting handset manufacturers to “submit proposals” to develop a low-cost 3G handset. The handset should, says the Association, be capable of sophisticated applications “that can support advanced services, such as high-speed Internet browsing, mobile TV and instant messaging, while costing significantly less than a low-end 3G handset today”. The 3G […]

Cingular to charge very early adopters

US operator Cingular Wireless is to start charging its 4.7 million users still using very early mobile phone models an extra $5 per month. The additional charge will begin in September and is seen as a move to drive mobile phone subscribers still using analogue and TDMA technologies to migrate to its GSM network. Around […]