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• The future of your addiction is now; Crain's intrepid tech writer checks out what's new on the scene.(Focus: The Wired Executive)(Column)

  - 2006-02-27

  Byline: JULIE JOHNSSON I have a confession to make: I've covered technology at Crain's since 2000 and I don't own a Palm Pilot. Or TiVo. Or an iPod. And a BlackBerry? Forget about it. While I regularly write about cell phones, I...

  Tags: cell phone, Cingular Wireless, phone, Pocket PC, technology, Wi-Fi, Wired Inc., wireless

• Lucent starts to fulfil convergence promises with massive IP wins

  - 2005-12-01

  Lucent has long identified convergence as the trend that could rescue it from its recent financially painful years, and the IP Multimedia Subsystem IMS as the key product to help it achieve a strong market position. Its plans to provide carriers with integrated all-IP systems built on the various networks...

  Tags: Alcatel-Lucent, BellSouth Corp., broadband, carrier, Cingular Wireless, convergence, Ericsson Inc., IP, mobile, network, NETWORKING, Nortel Networks Corp., revenue, technology, Wi-Fi, WiMAX, WIRELESS

• Break free: a user's guide to wireless technology today—and tomorrow

  - 2005-05-01

  It's no secret that wireless technology continues to change the way we access information and conduct business. Consider the following: * 95 percent of all notebooks shipped include Wi-Fi; * 50 million hotspot users worldwide; * 74 percent of mobile workers will have VPN access by the...

  Tags: Cingular Wireless, phone, technology, Wi-Fi, WiMAX, WIRELESS

• Rural carries ally to improve equipment availability.(Late News)

  - 2005-01-31

  A handful of CDMA technology-based rural operators formed the Associated Carrier Group L.L.C. alliance, which they said "will collaborate their efforts to efficiently provide timely and competitive value to consumers in member markets while cr A handful of CDMA technology-based rural operators formed the...

  Tags: carrier, CDMA, Cingular Wireless, technology

• Cingular: Mobitex here to stay.(News)

  - 2003-02-17

  Byline: DAN MEYER The demise of narrow-bandwidth, low-throughput wireless data services was tempered last week during Cingular Wireless L.L.C.'s seventh annual WAVE conference as the carrier took numerous steps to reassure the large number of Byline: DAN MEYER...

  Tags: Cingular Wireless, network, technology

• E-OTD tries to deflect tarnished image.

  - 2002-10-28

  The last month has produced a horde of obituaries for E-OTD technology, but those death knells are premature, said E-OTD developer Cambridge Positioning Systems. The embattled mobile-phone positioning technology took a major hit during the past several weeks when two of...

  Tags: carrier, Cingular Wireless, FCC, Government, T-Mobile, technology

• European W-CDMA stalls affect U.S. players. (3G Update).

  - 2002-08-26

  While U.S. wireless carriers have often strayed from the international model when it comes to delivering service, most industry watchers anticipated the U.S.-based GSM carriers would follow a similar path as their worldly brothers when it came to d While U.S. wireless carriers have...

  Tags: 3G, carrier, Cingular Wireless, network, technology, UMTS

• EDGE vs. EV-DO: technology battle will come down to handsets, capacity. (Business).

  - 2002-07-08

  The technology wars between GSM-based and CDMA-based technologies continue, with each side holding their fort. Carriers, always the torchbearers, energize the drama by relentlessly pouring money into their investment through marketing and public re The technology wars between GSM-based and CDMA-based technologies continue,...

  Tags: Cingular Wireless, EDGE, EVDO, GSM, handset, technology

• Cingular enjoys star status amid merger rumors. (Carrier Profile: Cingular Wireless).

  - 2002-06-03

  Editor's Note: In a new series, RCR Wireless News takes an in-depth look at nationwide wireless players, including their challenges and strengths in an ever-changing wireless environment. In this second installment, RCR Wireless News reporter Sam O Editor's Note: In a new series, RCR...

  Tags: Cingular Wireless, Editor, GSM, merger, TDMA, technology, wireless

• Carriers roam for revenues. (News).

  - 2002-03-18

  While today's market for international roaming is relatively small, the number of world travelers who want to stay connected wirelessly is predicted to grow during the next several years. According to market research firm Telecompetition Inc., While today's market...

  Tags: carrier, Cingular Wireless, GPRS, GSM, handset, network, Nextel Communications Inc., phone, revenue, technology