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• DTL Settles Lawsuit with Cingular and AT&T Mobility and Licenses Key Cell Phone Patent

  - 2008-03-10

  General Patent Corporation International Acts as Licensing Agent

  Tags: AT&T Corp., cell phone, Cingular Wireless, mobility, patent, phone

• Cingular, VZW drop kiddy phones.(Upfront)

  - 2007-04-16

  Byline: PHIL CARSON Verizon Wireless has discontinued sales of its kid-focused Migo phone, by LG Electronics Co. Ltd., while Cingular has dropped its youth-targeted Firefly device at its retail stores, as the nation's top two carriers apparen Byline:...

  Tags: carrier, Cingular Wireless, LG Electronics Inc., phone, Verizon Wireless

• PeerMe Launches Beta Version of IM "Voice Bombs" and Wireless VoIP for Sony Ericsson Java Phones on the Cingular Network

  - 2007-03-27

  Silicon Valley wireless VoIP Innovator Expands Range of Mobile Services

  Tags: Cingular Wireless, IM, network, phone, Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications, wireless

• Telecom expansion drives hiring binge; Comcast to add 500 people as competition heats up.

  - 2007-03-05

  Byline: Amy Lane After adding more than 500 people in Michigan in 2006, cable provider Comcast Corp. is planning to hire 500 more this year. Most of the hires are in Southeast Michigan. Technicians who install service and call-center representat Byline:...

  Tags: AT&T Corp., Cingular Wireless, Comcast Corp., hiring, phone, sales, small and medium business, telecommunications, video, video service

• Hearing-aid mandate causes static; February 2008 benchmark seems out of reach with fewer handset makers in market.

  - 2007-01-29

  Byline: JEFFREY SILVA The mobile-phone industry and disability advocates are at a critical stage in negotiations over whether modifications should be made to a key benchmark in the Federal Communications Commission's hearing-aid-compatibility mandate, with the nation's largest carrier at risk of...

  Tags: Cingular Wireless, FCC, Government, handset, mobile, phone, WIRELESS

• Verizon Wireless undercuts Cingular's new phone launches.(Upfront)

  - 2007-01-22

  Byline: PHIL CARSON Byline: PHIL CARSON

  Tags: Cingular Wireless, phone, Verizon Wireless

• Citigroup, MasterCard, Cingular and Nokia Team to Pilot Next Generation Mobile Phone with 'Tap & Go™' Payment in New York City

  - 2006-12-14

  Innovative Payment Trial to Use Near Field Communications Technology

  Tags: cell phone, Cingular Wireless, Citigroup Inc., MasterCard International, Nokia Corp., payment, phone, team

• Sony Ericsson's flagship music phone on a mission.(News)

  - 2006-11-27

  Byline: PHIL CARSON The Sony Ericsson W810i-the vendor's flagship Walkman music phone, described as a "multimedia beast'' by one analyst-will be closely watched by some in the industry to see how well it sells at Cingular Wireless L.L.C. ...

  Tags: Cingular Wireless, handset, phone, Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications, Sony Walkman

• Hedgehogging.(News)

  - 2006-10-23

  hedge*hog*ging v. Interrupting conversations in an office environment by poking your head over the top of the cube Maybe it was too much caffeine, but it seems the wireless industry did a lot last week to get our editorial staff talking/critiq ...

  Tags: carrier, Cingular Wireless, phone, Sprint Nextel Corp., wireless

• Cingular intros slim HTC smart phone.(News)

  - 2006-09-18

  Byline: KELLY HILL Cingular Wireless L.L.C. is adding a Razr-esque smart phone to its device lineup, targeting business and consumer users who want access to e-mail and entertainment content, but are willing to forego a full Qwerty keyboard. ...

  Tags: Cingular Wireless, High Tech Computer Corp., phone, smart phone