Cingular, Vodafone boost AT&T Wireless bids

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Vodafone bids for AT&T Wireless

Vodafone bids for AT&T Wireless 02/15/2004 02:38 PM
CNN Feb 15 2004 6:52PM GMT

Vodafone leads in AT& T Wireless bids

Vodafone leads in AT& T Wireless bids 02/16/2004 11:58 PM
USA Today Feb 17 2004 4:14AM GMT

Report: Vodafone Bids for AT&T Wireless
(AP)

Report: Vodafone Bids for AT&T Wireless
(AP) 02/15/2004 06:24 PM
AP - Vodafone Group PLC has bid about $35 billion for AT&T Wireless Services Inc., leaving the contest for the nation's third-largest mobile phone carrier a bidding war with Cingular Wireless, The Wall Street Journal reported Sunday on its Web site.

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 Said to Boost AT&T Wireless Bid
(AP)

Cingular Said to Boost AT&T Wireless Bid
(AP) 02/14/2004 12:05 PM
AP - Cingular Wireless was planning to submit a new bid to buy AT&T Wireless for at least $31.9 billion, a source familiar with the situation said.

Cingular Said to Boost AT&T Wireless Bid

Cingular Said to Boost AT&T Wireless Bid 02/14/2004 03:58 PM
San Jose Mercury News Feb 14 2004 7:07PM 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.

Vodafone, Cingular poised for US bid
battle

Vodafone, Cingular poised for US bid
battle 02/13/2004 03:50 PM
Boston Globe Feb 13 2004 8:19PM GMT

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.

Wireless Leader Cingular Wireless To
Deliver 3G Wireless

Wireless Leader Cingular Wireless To
Deliver 3G Wireless 06/22/2004 12:17 PM
Wi-Fi Technology Forum Jun 22 2004 3:18PM GMT

Cingular Wireless, the nations No. 2
mobile phone provider, has agreed to
acquire third-largest AT&T Wireless

Cingular Wireless, the nations No. 2
mobile phone provider, has agreed to
acquire third-largest AT&T Wireless 02/17/2004 09:58 AM
MSNBC Feb 17 2004 1:12PM GMT

Cingular to Acquire AT&T Wireless,
Effecting Relationship of NTT Docomo
with AT&T Wireless

Cingular to Acquire AT&T Wireless,
Effecting Relationship of NTT Docomo
with AT&T Wireless 02/18/2004 02:18 AM
Japan Corp Feb 18 2004 6:55AM GMT

Cingular Wireless ups bid for AT&T
Wireless as tender deadline passes (AFP)

Cingular Wireless ups bid for AT&T
Wireless as tender deadline passes (AFP) 02/14/2004 04:02 PM
AFP - Cingular Wireless upped its bid to buy AT&T Wireless from 30 billion to an estimated 34 billion dollars as the deadline for bids passed Friday, it was reported.

Customer boost at Vodafone

Customer boost at Vodafone 07/26/2004 09:06 AM
BBC Jul 26 2004 12:50PM GMT

European 3G market gets a boost from
Vodafone

European 3G market gets a boost from
Vodafone 09/23/2004 07:01 AM
Computer Weekly Sep 23 2004 11:35AM GMT

Vodafone 3G brews Java boost

Vodafone 3G brews Java boost 06/29/2004 05:58 AM
ZDNet UK Jun 29 2004 10:31AM GMT

Customer number boost at Vodafone

Customer number boost at Vodafone 07/26/2004 03:33 AM
The mobile phone giant reports a bigger-than-expected rise in user numbers but problems remain at its Japanese unit.

AT&T Wireless to Look at Takeover Bids
(Reuters)

AT&T Wireless to Look at Takeover Bids
(Reuters) 01/22/2004 10:21 AM
Reuters - AT&T Wireless Services Inc. (AWE.N), the No. 3 U.S. wireless company, on Thursday confirmed it would look at buyout offers, as it posted an unexpected fourth-quarter loss amid a host of technical and operational problems.

AT&T Wireless to Entertain Takeover Bids
(AP)

AT&T Wireless to Entertain Takeover Bids
(AP) 01/22/2004 03:22 PM
AP - AT&T Wireless put itself up for sale Thursday, confirming it has received numerous takeover bids which it plans to entertain.

AT&T Wireless Bids Heat Up in an
Apparent 2-Way Fight

AT&T Wireless Bids Heat Up in an
Apparent 2-Way Fight 02/16/2004 09:32 PM
Vodafone and Cingular Wireless submitted new bids that value the company at more than $37 billion or about $14 a share.

AT&T Wireless Has One Month to Assess
Bids (Dow Jones)

AT&T Wireless Has One Month to Assess
Bids (Dow Jones) 01/28/2004 02:17 AM
Dow Jones - AT&T Wireless Services Inc. (NYSE:AWE - News) , the third-largest U.S. wireless company, will have until Feb. 29 to evaluate final offers to acquire it, Wednesday's Wall Street Journal reported, citing people familiar with a letter sent to potential suitors.

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,...

Cingular to Buy AT&T Wireless for
$41B

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

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 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

AT&T Wireless says it will entertain
takeover bids, confirming reports

AT&T Wireless says it will entertain
takeover bids, confirming reports 01/24/2004 10:16 AM
Canadian Press Jan 24 2004 2:19PM GMT

Cablevision's VOOM Bids for Wireless
Licenses (Reuters)

Cablevision's VOOM Bids for Wireless
Licenses (Reuters) 01/26/2004 04:13 PM
Reuters - VOOM, the satellite TV service set to be spun off from New York-area cable company Cablevision Systems, is the top bidder for licenses to build a U.S. wireless video and data network, according to Federal Communications Commission figures.

Washtenaw to seek bids for countywide
wireless Internet

Washtenaw to seek bids for countywide
wireless Internet 03/28/2005 04:41 PM
Crains Detroit Business Mar 28 2005 6:31PM GMT

Cingular to Deliver 3G Wireless

Cingular to Deliver 3G Wireless 06/23/2004 02:51 AM
3G Jun 23 2004 7:29AM GMT

Cingular wins bid for AT&T Wireless

Cingular wins bid for AT&T Wireless 02/17/2004 05:18 PM
The buyout was signed at about 2 a.m. today after a weekend of bidding and counterbidding between Cingular and Vodafone Group PLC, which pulled out of the discussions.

Cingular Snags AT&T Wireless

Cingular Snags AT&T Wireless 02/17/2004 03:44 PM
Cingular Wireless nabs its rival for a cool $41 billion in cash.

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.

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 swallows up AT&T Wireless

Cingular swallows up AT&T Wireless 02/17/2004 09:55 AM
CNET Feb 17 2004 2:34PM GMT

Cingular Buys AT&T Wireless

Cingular Buys AT&T Wireless 02/17/2004 09:54 AM
Cingular Wireless beat out several last-minute contenders over the weekend to win the bidding war for AT&T Wireless.

Cingular nabs AT&T Wireless for $41B

Cingular nabs AT&T Wireless for $41B 02/17/2004 07:53 AM
CNN Feb 17 2004 12:19PM GMT

Cingular Wins bid for AT&T Wireless

Cingular Wins bid for AT&T Wireless 02/17/2004 08:33 AM

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