Vodafone, Cingular poised for US bid battle

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Vodafone, Cingular Poised for Bid Battle
(Reuters)

Vodafone, Cingular Poised for Bid Battle
(Reuters) 02/13/2004 09:10 AM
Reuters - The world's largest wireless operator Vodafone Group Plc and U.S rival Cingular were poised on Friday for a head-to-head battle worth around $35 billion for struggling U.S. mobile group AT&T Wireless.

Vodafone poised for 3G-led growth

Vodafone poised for 3G-led growth 05/25/2004 12:02 PM
Mad.co.uk May 25 2004 3:01PM GMT

Vodafone poised for first 3G launch

Vodafone poised for first 3G launch 02/12/2004 10:09 AM
Mad.co.uk Feb 12 2004 1:49PM GMT

Vodafone poised to announce AU 3G
strategy

Vodafone poised to announce AU 3G
strategy 11/03/2003 01:03 AM
ZDNet Australia Nov 3 2003 0:25AM ET

Cingular / DoCoMo / Vodafone talk AT&T
Wireless

Cingular / DoCoMo / Vodafone talk AT&T
Wireless 01/22/2004 02:13 AM
MobileTracker Jan 21 2004 0:38AM GMT

Cingular, Vodafone boost AT&T Wireless
bids

Cingular, Vodafone boost AT&T Wireless
bids 02/17/2004 01:25 AM
Boston Globe Feb 17 2004 6:03AM GMT

Cingular, Vodafone show their cards to
AT&T Wireless (USATODAY.com)

Cingular, Vodafone show their cards to
AT&T Wireless (USATODAY.com) 02/13/2004 07:18 AM
USATODAY.com - No. 2 U.S. carrier Cingular Wireless and Britain's Vodafone are expected to submit formal bids for AT&T Wireless (AWE) by Friday's deadline, say executives with knowledge of the auction.

Cingular, Vodafone Raise Offers for AT&T
Wireless (Dow Jones)

Cingular, Vodafone Raise Offers for AT&T
Wireless (Dow Jones) 02/16/2004 01:05 AM
Dow Jones - NEW YORK -- Cingular Wireless and Vodafone Group PLC (NYSE:VOD - News) have both raised their offers to buy AT&T Wireless Services Inc. (NYSE:AWE - News) , as the global bidding war for the carrier intensified on Sunday, The Wall Street Journal has learned.

Apple, Microsoft poised for streaming
media battle

Apple, Microsoft poised for streaming
media battle 06/11/2004 02:37 PM
With news on Thursday that Apple Computer Inc.'s QuickTime player surpa ssed 250 million downloads, industry analysts say Microsoft and Apple are both poised to take the lead in the streaming media battle. What may make the difference is the level to which each company supports industry standards, an area where Apple has taken the lead so far.

Apple, Microsoft poised for streaming
media battle (MacCentral)

Apple, Microsoft poised for streaming
media battle (MacCentral) 06/11/2004 12:54 PM
MacCentral - With news on Thursday that Apple Computer Inc.'s QuickTime player surpassed 250 million downloads, industry analysts say Microsoft and Apple are both poised to take the lead in the streaming media battle. What may make the difference is the level to which each company supports industry standards, an area where Apple has taken the lead so far.

Cingular looks for killer blow in battle
for ATT Wireless (AFP)

Cingular looks for killer blow in battle
for ATT Wireless (AFP) 02/16/2004 12:10 PM
AFP - America's Cingular Wireless, looking for the killer blow to knock Vodafone out of a bidding war for AT and T Wireless, raised its offer to 38 billion dollars, sources said.

Vodafone loses AT&T bid battle

Vodafone loses AT&T bid battle 02/17/2004 10:26 PM
The Scotsman Feb 18 2004 2:42AM GMT

Vodafone loses AT&T Wireless battle

Vodafone loses AT&T Wireless battle 02/17/2004 06:25 AM
Cingular outbids

Vodafone exits AT and T Wireless
takeover battle (AFP)

Vodafone exits AT and T Wireless
takeover battle (AFP) 02/17/2004 05:40 AM
AFP - British mobile telephone operator Vodafone said it had withdrawn from a takeover battle for US cellphone operator AT and T Wireless, apparently clearing the way for a rival bid of about 40.5 billion dollars from US firm Cingular.

Vodafone K.K. Releases Vodafone 902SH 3G
Mobile Phone from Sharp

Vodafone K.K. Releases Vodafone 902SH 3G
Mobile Phone from Sharp 12/29/2004 02:00 PM
SlashPhone Dec 29 2004 4:22PM GMT

Vodafone K.K. to offer Vodafone 902T 3G
Mobile Phone

Vodafone K.K. to offer Vodafone 902T 3G
Mobile Phone 03/19/2005 03:02 AM
SlashPhone Mar 18 2005 4:54PM GMT

New Sony Ericsson V800 for Vodafone 3G
(Vodafone 802SE)

New Sony Ericsson V800 for Vodafone 3G
(Vodafone 802SE) 09/22/2004 12:47 PM
SlashPhone Sep 22 2004 4:11PM GMT

Vodafone K.K. releases Vodafone 802N 3G
handset

Vodafone K.K. releases Vodafone 802N 3G
handset 02/05/2005 09:51 PM
SlashPhone Feb 4 2005 9:12PM GMT

The 1966 film “The Battle of Algiers"
Tells Us a Lot About the Battle for Iraq
12/21

The 1966 film “The Battle of Algiers"
Tells Us a Lot About the Battle for Iraq
12/21 12/21/2003 07:18 AM
Philip Gourevitch, writing in the New Yorker .. Winning and losing

newyorker.com/talk/content/?031222ta_talk_gourevitch
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Downhill Battle - Downhill Battle Labs -
Battle Torrent

Downhill Battle - Downhill Battle Labs -
Battle Torrent 08/04/2004 09:28 AM
Downhill Battle - Downhill Battle Labs - Battle Torrent .. proposal for making bittorrent usable

downhillbattle.org/labs/battletorrent
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"Downhill Battle - Downhill Battle Labs
- Battle Torrent"

"Downhill Battle - Downhill Battle Labs
- Battle Torrent" 08/04/2004 03:30 PM

Google poised

Google poised 04/23/2004 09:52 PM
The Scotsman Apr 24 2004 1:30AM GMT

Bluetooth Poised for

Bluetooth Poised for 05/05/2004 08:28 AM
Unstrung.com May 5 2004 12:38PM GMT

Poised for takeoff

Poised for takeoff 12/28/2004 07:35 PM
USA Today Dec 28 2004 11:06PM GMT

ADP Poised to Prosper

ADP Poised to Prosper 07/27/2004 02:24 PM
The payroll-processing firm reports declining earnings, but improving trends.

Tory poised to take PC leadership

Tory poised to take PC leadership 09/18/2004 08:34 PM
Globe and Mail Sep 19 2004 0:32AM GMT

Roaming Poised to Expand

Roaming Poised to Expand 11/06/2003 12:46 AM
The Wall Street Journal says T-Mobile near signing a roaming agreement (link good for 7 days): The article reports that roaming is starting to become an inevitability. I'm curious whether T-Mobile envisions a model in which there is fee settlement across networks, or it's free roaming. The TeliaSonera model cited in the article involves one bill, one account, but usage fees outside of the home network range of Finland and Sweden and certain TeliaSonera-operated hotspots in other Scandinavian countries. I stand by my prediction: within a year, all U.S. networks will have substantial inter-network roaming agreements that will allow unlimited usage by subscribers for $30 per month or less. The marginal but vital additional value of Wi-Fi will enhance cellular and landline businesses, and possibly that of wired ISPs, but it won't have the standalone value that some misguided souls believe it does today....

Mac OS X Tiger Poised to Strike

Mac OS X Tiger Poised to Strike 04/12/2005 01:42 PM

Glastonbury poised for sell-out

Glastonbury poised for sell-out 04/02/2005 12:57 PM
Tickets for the Glastonbury Festival are set to sell out on Sunday, amid vows to avoid last year's problems.

Somalia poised for new government

Somalia poised for new government 08/21/2004 07:00 PM
Somalia's first parliament for 13 years is expected to be sworn in the Kenyan capital, Nairobi, on Sunday.

Athens poised for Games

Athens poised for Games 08/12/2004 11:53 PM
Excitement builds and security is tight in Athens as the city counts down to the start of the 28th Olympic Games.

Telecom poised for 3G deal

Telecom poised for 3G deal 07/22/2004 11:37 PM
ONE News Jul 23 2004 3:46AM GMT

Orange poised for 3G launch

Orange poised for 3G launch 07/01/2004 12:22 PM
Mad.co.uk Jul 1 2004 2:47PM GMT

Commerce One Poised to Shut Down

Commerce One Poised to Shut Down 09/24/2004 07:32 AM
Commerce One, an e-business software producer that valued at $20 billion at the height of the dot-com boom, is nearly out of cash and preparing to shut its doors.

Telecom poised for 3G service

Telecom poised for 3G service 07/22/2004 08:07 PM
ONE News Jul 22 2004 10:39PM GMT

Pegasystems: Poised to Rally?

Pegasystems: Poised to Rally? 12/29/2004 04:01 PM
Will investors see a sharp earnings increase in 2005?

LCD's Poised to Drop 20% by Years End

LCD's Poised to Drop 20% by Years End 07/15/2004 10:19 AM
"Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd., the world's top flat-screen maker, said on Thursday it expected prices of liquid crystal displays (LCD) to fall as much as a fifth by the end of the year on growing supply."

Dedicated-loop DSL poised for a comeback
in the US

Dedicated-loop DSL poised for a comeback
in the US 07/09/2004 11:41 AM
Spurred on by the FCC's decision to phase out DSL unbundling, Covad had begun offering dedicated-loop DSL again. Also known as naked DSL, the service does not require the customer to have an active voice line.

Liberal Poised to Win in Re-Run Ukraine
Vote

Liberal Poised to Win in Re-Run Ukraine
Vote 12/26/2004 05:00 AM
Reuters via Wired News Dec 26 2004 9:43AM GMT
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Cingular must really like me

Cingular must really like me 02/18/2004 02:23 AM

After suffering through a year of terrible service and living with a broken phone for months while I waited for number portability, I finally switched from Cingular to AT&T Wireless last November, the day that number portability took effect. Cingular did a brief bit of marketing to me to try and convince me to stay with them. They offered new phones and touted their infrastructure upgrades but I could not be swayed. I still switched.

Now they’ve taken extreme measures to get me back as a customer. They bought AT&T Wireless for $41 billion dollars.

Cingular sweetens the pot

Cingular sweetens the pot 02/14/2004 02:35 AM
USA Today Feb 14 2004 7:14AM GMT

Cingular to AT & #038;T: I Got You, Babe

Cingular to AT & #038;T: I Got You, Babe 02/18/2004 07:51 AM
Cingular is set to acquire AT & #038;T Wireless for almost $41 billion after Britain's Vodafone withdraws from the bidding war. The merger will create the nation's largest cell-phone company.

Cingular to Buy AT&T Wireless for
$41B (AP)

Cingular to Buy AT&T Wireless for
$41B (AP) 02/17/2004 08:44 AM
AP - Cingular Wireless, the nation's No. 2 mobile phone provider, won the bidding war to acquire third-largest AT&T Wireless for nearly $41 billion, a deal that could create the nation's largest cell phone company.

Cingular Treo 650 Soon

Cingular Treo 650 Soon 01/06/2005 02:56 PM

OMFG Worst. Trip. Ever. I'm at CES finally, though, and have big, big stuff to talk about. Expect short, bursty posts—not because I don't want to dazzle you with my dick jokes, but because there's just so much to cover, both CES and not.

Here's a little blurp: Cingular's rebate form for the Treo 600 has a check box for the Treo 650 even though it expires January 31st. If that doesn't mean it's going to be out that month, they mean it's going to be out real soon now.

Cing ular Rebate Form [Cingular]

Cingular dials in 3G

Cingular dials in 3G 05/26/2004 06:27 PM

Cingular, Lucent Rev 3G

Cingular, Lucent Rev 3G 01/04/2005 05:36 PM
Internet News Jan 4 2005 8:36PM GMT

Cingular to Buy AT&T Wireless for
$41B

Cingular to Buy AT&T Wireless for
$41B 02/17/2004 10:06 AM

And the Winner Is...Cingular

And the Winner Is...Cingular 02/17/2004 11:42 AM
Brinksmanship—and a lot of money—finally net Cingular the AT&T Wireless prize for a cool $40.7 billion.

Cingular LG F9100

Cingular LG F9100 12/29/2004 12:01 PM

I really wanted the Motorola A630 to rock, but almost everyone who finally has gotten their hands on one has been less than impressed. This new LG phone for Cingular looks promising, though, if only because it's got a similar form factor and has a focus on IM. The LG F9100 doesn't even have Bluetooth or a camera, which is sort of a bummer, I guess, but I could deal with it if the IM client was well crafted. We'll see soon, I guess, as it's gotten FCC approval.

LG Readies Messaging Phone For Cingular [Phonescoop]

Cingular + AT&T Wireless?

Cingular + AT&T Wireless? 12/23/2003 05:45 PM
Lots of speculation that Cingular is weighing a merger with or acquisition of competitor AT&T Wireless. While we like the idea of there being more,...

One Cingular sensation?

One Cingular sensation? 02/16/2004 08:12 PM
CNN Feb 16 2004 11:52PM GMT

Cingular to Bid $31.9B for AT&T
Wireless (AP)

Cingular to Bid $31.9B for AT&T
Wireless (AP) 02/13/2004 06:37 PM
AP - Cingular Wireless was planning to submit a new bid Friday to buy AT&T Wireless for at least $31.9 billion, a source familiar with the situation said.

Cingular to Bid $31.9B for AT&T Wireless

Cingular to Bid $31.9B for AT&T Wireless 02/13/2004 09:07 PM
San Jose Mercury News Feb 14 2004 1:12AM GMT

Cingular bid said to be $35 billion

Cingular bid said to be $35 billion 02/14/2004 02:46 PM
CNET Feb 14 2004 6:45PM GMT

Cingular Sells Out

Cingular Sells Out 05/25/2004 02:43 PM
The nation's soon-to-be (possibly) No. 1 provider sells some big assets.

Treo 600 available from Cingular

Treo 600 available from Cingular 11/03/2003 03:38 PM
Partially ending the mystery of when the GSM version of the Treo 600 would arrive, Cingular has begun taking pre-orders, offering them for $449 with new service activation. Service from AT&T Wireless and T-Mobile is expected "soon." Read...

Cingular Bid Is Said to Be $35 Billion

Cingular Bid Is Said to Be $35 Billion 02/14/2004 01:15 AM
New York Times Feb 14 2004 5:53AM GMT

Cingular Buys AT&T Wireless; Whither
3G?

Cingular Buys AT&T Wireless; Whither
3G? 02/17/2004 11:44 AM
Cingular has successful bid for AT&T Wireless -- and where's the data discussion in all this?: The coverage of the AT&T Wireless deal focused almost exclusively on customer acquisition, marketing budgets, infrastructure, and voice revenue, despite the growing certainty that next-generation (3G) cell data and voice services will be the biggest competitive factors for U.S.-based carriers in the remainder of this decade. AT&T Wireless has nationwide EDGE (about 100 Kbps top realistic speed, but more like high-modem speeds reliably). Cingular has GPRS, but last year was saying they would be building out EDGE quickly, and then hasn't discussed it since. The combined company will obviously focus its efforts on a quicker rollout of W-CDMA, the GSM evolution standard for 3G data/voice, especially with the commitment of Verizon Wireless of $1 billion to fully deploy 1xEvDO (up to 400 Kbps) nationwide this year. (Verizon Wireless has overnight become the No. 2 U.S. carrier, pending approval of the Cingular acquisition of AT&T Wireless.) A not-so-obscure factoid missed in all of the reporting I've seen about AT&T Wireless is its requirement to repay a $6.1 billion -- yes, BILLION -- loan to DoCoMo if they don't have four U.S. cities set up by Dec. 31, 2004, with commercially offered 3G data services. (Here's an article from last July about it.) EDGE is 2.5G and doesn't qualify, as I understand it, but I haven't seen an update on the story. It's strange that in a $41 billion deal a loan of $6.1 billion that would need to be repaid if conditions weren't met that are currently unmet wasn't highlighted as one of the liabilities of acquiring the company. I can only hope that Cingular did more due diligence than some of the business press....

Cingular buys AT+T Wireless

Cingular buys AT+T Wireless 02/17/2004 11:47 AM
$41 billion. What will the resulting company be, and do? Wow. Dan Gillmor has this to say about why the mega-merger shouldn't worry those concerned about carrier consolidation:

This merger won't necessarily be bad for competition.I've been using AT&T Wireless' GSM service for about a year now. Quality of service is marginal, and the customer service has been a bit lower than marginal. But Cingular, also a GSM carrier, has an even worse reputation. So maybe combining these two networks will create something that offers at least reasonable quality.

Cingular probably overpaid, but it's smart to make this deal in at least one respect. There's only room for a couple of mergers before the market gets too cozy for real competition. While expecting serious antitrust scrutiny from the Bush administration is probably futile, there's probably enough angst in Congress to keep consolidation from being rampant.

Vodafone, Cingular poised for US bid battle

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