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• Zacks Analyst Blog Highlights: Aftermarket Technologies, Ford, Daimler, Honda and Cingular

  - 2008-02-14

  CHICAGO -- Zacks.com announces the list of stocks featured in the Analyst Blog. Every day the Zacks Equity Research analysts discuss the latest news and events impacting stocks and the financial markets. Stocks recently featured in the blog include: Aftermarket Technology Corp. (Nasdaq: ATAC), Ford (NYSE: F), Daimler (NYSE: DAI),...

  Tags: analyst, blog, Cingular Wireless, FINANCE, Ford Motor Co., Honda Motor Co., Investment, NYSE Euronext, stock

• The FCC Starts The Clock On AT&T/BellSouth Deal

  - 2006-04-24

  The Federal Communications Commission last week started its self-imposed 180-day "time clock" to review the asset/license transfer applications involved in the proposed $67.1 billion all-stock "super-merger" merger of AT&T formerly SBC and BellSouth (TelecomWeb news break, April 21). The clock started effective April 21, with the...

  Tags: AT&T Corp., BellSouth Corp., Cingular Wireless, FCC, FINANCE, Government, Investment, merger, WIRELESS

• FCC, DoJ Ponder Trio Of 'Super-Merger' Apps

  - 2006-04-03

  Late last Friday, AT&T, BellSouth and Cingular Wireless filed formal license/asset transfer and antitrust clearance applications with federal agencies seeking approval for their "super merger" that clearly eclipses last year's AT&T/SBC and Verizon/MCI transactions (TPR, March 13) Filings on the merger proposal with the Federal Communications...

  Tags: AT&T Corp., BellSouth Corp., Cingular Wireless, FCC, FINANCE, Government, Investment, merger, U.S. Department of Justice

• Cingular sensation: wireless play key for post-merger AT&T-BellSouth.(FINANCE)

  - 2006-03-13

  The fact that AT&T Inc.'s proposed acquisition of BellSouth Corp. would bring Cingular Wireless under a singular ownership could literally give it a stronger voice to compete with cable operators for telephone customers. While many are fo The...

  Tags: AT&T Corp., BellSouth Corp., Cingular Wireless, finance, voice, wireless, wireless market

• AT&T Merger Analysis

  - 2006-03-06

  LARRY KUDLOW, CNBC ANCHOR: How will federal regulators react to this deal? And is AT&T gearing up to take on cable and Google and Hollywood and all the rest of it? We`ve got the panel of all panels tonight. Who better to talk...

  Tags: chairman, Cingular Wireless, CNBC, FINANCE, INTERNET, Investment, Ma Bell, merger, network, NETWORKING, Palm Inc., Research In Motion Ltd., Verizon Communications Inc.

• Consolidation Alters Competitive Landscape of U.S. Wireless Market

  - 2005-06-13

  PALO ALTO, CAlif. -- The U.S. wireless market's competitive landscape has changed dramatically in the past year, with the number of major carriers reduced from six to four. But despite their scale, Cingular Wireless, Sprint Nextel, T-Mobile, and Verizon face just as many challenges as opportunities, according to Frost &...

  Tags: Cingular Wireless, consolidation, FINANCE, Frost & Sullivan, Investment, Sprint Nextel Corp., T-Mobile, Verizon Communications Inc.

• US telecoms face a shake-up after the merger of AT&T and Cingular

  - 2005-03-01

  The face of US telecoms has changed dramatically in the past year. Following the consolidation of the cellular sector with the mergers of Cingular Wireless with AT&T Wireless, and then Sprint with Nextel, the most dramatic of them all has been agreed--the acquisition of AT&T by SBC, one of the...

  Tags: AT&T Corp., broadband, Cingular Wireless, FCC, FINANCE, Government, Investment, MCI Inc., merger, network, Nextel Communications Inc., spectrum, Sprint Communications, TELECOMMUNICATIONS, Verizon Communications Inc., Wi-Fi, WiMAX, WIRELESS

• Resellers adjust to new world; resellers, MVNOs welcome wider network, prepare for new Cingular brand in some markets.(Retailing)

  - 2004-11-15

  John Marick has made it through his current situation more than once. As CEO of Consumer Cellular of Portland, Ore., he has been a wireless reseller for eight years, originally reselling services with AirTouch Cellular. He saw AirTouch through the acquisition process that created Verizon Wireless....

  Tags: 7-Eleven Inc., Airtouch, AT&T Wireless, brand, Branding, Cingular Wireless, FINANCE, Investment, MARKETING, merger, MVNO, network, reseller

• Resellers Adjust To New World (Wireless Week)

  - 2004-11-15

  Resellers, MVNOs welcome wider network, prepare for new Cingular brand in some markets. John Marick has made it through his current situation more than once. As CEO of Consumer Cellular of Portland, Ore., he has been a wireless reseller for eight years, originally reselling...

  Tags: 7-Eleven Inc., Airtouch, brand, Branding, Cingular Wireless, FINANCE, Investment, MARKETING, merger, MVNO, reseller, wireless

• The Federal Communications Commission last week gave approval to Wireless LLC's $41 billion acquisition of AT&T Wireless Services Inc

  - 2004-11-01

  * The Federal Communications Commission last week gave approval to Wireless LLC's $41 billion acquisition of AT&T Wireless Services Inc. With the purchase, Cingular becomes the nation's largest cellular telephone company Atlanta-based Cingular will have about 47.6 million subscribers, while Verizon Wireless has about 40.4 million customers. The combined company...

  Tags: acquisition, Cingular Wireless, FCC, FINANCE, Government, Investment, Wi-Fi, WIRELESS