att.com - 12/22/2008
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AT&T Inc. (NYSE:T) today announced that AT&T Mobility and Consumer Markets has finalized its swap of wireless assets with Verizon Wireless, following regulatory approval from the FCC and Department of Justice. Under the terms of the agreement, AT&T Mobility acquired some former Rural Cellular ...
nytimes.com - 12/28/2008
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nytimes.com —
TEXT messaging is a wonderful business to be
in: about 2.5 trillion messages will have been sent...
from cellphones worldwide this year. The public assumes that the wireless carriers’ costs are far higher than they actually are, and profit margins are ...
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Digital Domain - What Carriers Aren’t Eager to ...
gizmodo.com - 12/17/2008
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After a grueling eight-city coast-to-coast test of the
3G networks run by AT&T;, Sprint and Verizon, we've...
come up with some clear-cut test results. Think you know who has the best network? Think again. The Test Almost every smartphone and most ...
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The Definitive Coast-to-Coast 3G Data Test [Review]
symbian-guru.com - 12/29/2008
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I really can’t begin to explain how exciting
this is: a new version of the Samsung i8510...
has been found on the FCC’s website , this time sporting dual-band UMTS (850/1900MHz) with HSDPA. Yes, that means Samsung is finally bringing its S60-powered cell ...
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Samsung i8510 Brings Surprise NAM 3G Support | Symbian
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AT&T and Verizon Wireless Finalize Asset Swap
Phone Scoop - Latest News —
... up Rural Cellular Corporation properties from Verizon Wireless, including licenses, network assets and subscribers, in the Burlington, Vt. metropolitan service area, as well as rural areas of Kentucky, New York, Vermont, and Washington states. In return, Verizon Wireless acquired former Dobson Communications Corporation properties, including licenses, network assets and subscribers, in Kentucky, as well as 10 MHz of PCS spectrum in a number of areas and an undisclosed amount of cash. more info at AT ...
AT&T and Verizon finalize Rural Cellular / Dobson asset swap
Engadget Mobile —
Filed under: ATT, Verizon Wireless, GSM, CDMA, MiscWay back in autumn of last year, AT&T agreed to give up seven markets in its Dobson Communications buy in order to get the all-important FCC stamp of approval; just a few months ago, Verizon Wireless was forced to sell licenses in six markets in order to improve competition in the Rural Cellular markets that it was acquiring. Now, that whole nightmare of red tape has been all wrapped up, as suits and cube dwellers no doubt frantically tried to tie up loose ends before the New Year that should've been knotted weeks ago. ...
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