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• Consumers Suit Against AT&T for Abuses in Wake of Merger With Cingular Should Go Forward, Federal Court Told

  - 2008-03-17

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• AT&T Delivers Strong Second-Quarter Earnings Growth Driven by Merger Integration Progress, Solid Wireline Execution, Advances at Cingular Wireless

  - 2006-07-25

  SAN ANTONIO -- AT&T Inc. (NYSE: T):

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• Lowering the Bar: Cingular Crippled Cell Service, Deceived & Overcharged AT&T Customers After Merger, Lawsuit Says

  - 2006-07-06

  LOS ANGELES, July 6 /U.S. Newswire/ -- Cingular Wireless misled and overcharged millions of AT&T cell phone users when Cingular bought AT&T Wireless, according to a nationwide lawsuit filed in federal court today. LOS ANGELES, July 6 /U.S. Newswire/ -- Cingular Wireless misled and overcharged millions of AT&T cell phone...

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• 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

• 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.

• Consumer Reports' Annual Cell Phone Survey Shows Problems With AT&T/ Cingular Merger

  - 2005-12-05

  YONKERS, N.Y., Dec. 5 /U.S. Newswire/ -- The recent AT&T/Cingular merger has brought a whole new cache of problems, according to Consumer Reports' annual cell phone report published in the January 2006 issue of the magazine. Consumer Reports' survey YONKERS, N.Y., Dec. 5 /U.S. Newswire/ -- The recent AT&T/Cingular...

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• Cingular Wireless: Supercarrier Impresses with Merger Gains (Wireless Week)

  - 2005-03-15

  This supercarrier deftly navigated the cumbersome regulatory and legal process to get its merger with AT&T Wireless approved in time for the critical holiday buying season. This supercarrier deftly navigated the cumbersome regulatory and legal process to get its merger with AT&T Wireless approved in time for...

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• 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

• Cingular selects Swedish firm for merger alignment.(News)

  - 2005-01-24

  Cingular Wireless L.L.C. has selected a Swedish company to develop and implement a merger alignment initiative for its acquisition of AT&T Wireless Services Inc. BTS Group said Cingular will use its customized business simulation and comp Cingular Wireless...

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