Archive for the 'Cingular' Category
Pantech Wireless, Inc., the U.S.-based subsidiary of Pantech Group, Korea's leading mobile phone manufacturer, today announced the release of the Pantech C3b. The enhanced phone adds Bluetooth functionality to the already popular "world's smallest camera flip-phone" family of handsets and will be available to AT&T subscribers.The Pantech C3b incorporates the convenience of Bluetooth along with mobile email, multimedia messaging and VGA camera - all in a convenient and compact form factor. The Pantech C3b can also be customized with a ...
Posted on 15th May 2007
Under: Cingular, Pantech |
The BlackBerry Pearl(TM) and Palm Treo(TM) 680 smart device officially are red hot as AT&T today introduced an eye-catching, dark ruby-colored version of the BlackBerry Pearl and a striking crimson iteration of the Treo 680. The red BlackBerry Pearl is the first wireless handset to be branded for the new AT&T.Both new, colorful models are available immediately and exclusively to AT&T customers at Cingular Wireless retail stores -- the Treo 680 initially at select outlets and the BlackBerry Pearl at all stores nationwide -- and through www.cingular.com, AT&T's ...
Posted on 12th March 2007
Under: AT&T, BlackBerry, Cingular, Palm, RIM |
With all major wireless carriers claiming to offer the fewest dropped calls, wireless management services provider mindWireless used its vast database of call data to tip the scale. Using a sample of more than 80 million calls placed and received between January 1, 2006 and June 30, 2006, mindWireless found Sprint, followed by Cingular's legacy AT&T Wireless to have the fewest number of dropped calls, nearly 50 percent behind Verizon, the carrier claiming the best, most reliable network. (www.mindwireless.com)Geographic location, topography and population size are all variables in the performance of a wireless network. An independent services provider with no ...
Posted on 22nd February 2007
Under: AT&T, Cingular, Sprint, Wireless |
A little over a year after launching its innovative Push To Talk (PTT) service, Cingular Wireless, now part of the new AT&T, today gives customers the option of experiencing the service on a pay-per-use basis.
Customers using one of several wireless phones can now use the company's PTT service, as needed, for $.15 per minute. In addition to having access to the largest PTT network coverage area, a customer can receive several enhanced PTT features unavailable on similar services offered by some other carriers including:
 * Availability- unique icons allow PTT users to see if other PTT customers
   are available before making a PTT call.
 * ...
Posted on 4th February 2007
Under: AT&T, Cingular, Wireless |
Cingular Wireless Completes $242 Million Investment in West, Central and North Florida During 2006 -- Delivers Wireless Innovation
Cingular Wireless, the nation's largest wireless carrier and now part of the new AT&T, invested $242 million in West, Central and North Florida upgrading and expanding service during 2006. This local investment is part of the wireless company's $400 million statewide network investment and $6 billion national network capital expenditure program in 2006.
Last year, AT&T's wireless unit added high-speed 3G (third generation) service in Orlando, Tampa, Lakeland, Daytona Beach, Gainesville, Jacksonville, and Tallahassee, including the major airports and college campuses in these cities and the Daytona International speedway; ...
Posted on 22nd January 2007
Under: Cingular, Wireless |
AT&T Inc. announced an unprecedented new offer, which gives subscribers the nation's largest unlimited free calling community, including wireless and wireline phone numbers.
The AT&T UnitySM plan, which is available beginning Sunday, Jan. 21, brings together home, business and wireless calling, creating a calling community of more than 100 million AT&T wireless and wireline phone numbers.
AT&T Unity customers can call or receive calls for free from any AT&T wireless and wireline phone numbers nationwide without incurring additional wireline usage fees or using their wireless Anytime minutes.* In addition to free domestic calling to and from AT&T numbers, the AT&T Unity plan includes wireless service with unlimited ...
Posted on 20th January 2007
Under: Cingular, Wireless |
Cingular Wireless, part of the new AT&T, is putting thumbs to work by hosting a series of interactive TXT Bees at select high schools throughout the country, with the inaugural event taking place tomorrow, Friday, January 19th at West Orange High School in West Orange, New Jersey. Cingular will be hosting additional TXT Bees in Atlanta, Chicago, Los Angeles, Florida and Texas over the next couple of months.
To help educate parents on text messaging, the Cingular TXT Bee -- a first-of-its-kind grassroots effort -- utilizes the spirit of competition to encourage parents to start communicating in the "language" of ...
Posted on 18th January 2007
Under: Cingular, Wireless |
Apple and Cingular announced that Cingular, the largest wireless carrier in the U.S., will be Apple's exclusive U.S. carrier partner for Apple's revolutionary iPhone unveiled today. As part of this multi-year partnership, Apple and Cingular are working together to provide innovative new features to mobile phone users, such as iPhone's pioneering and unique Visual Voice Mail, a first on any mobile phone in the world.“Apple chose Cingular because they are the best and most popular carrier in the U.S.," ...
Posted on 12th January 2007
Under: Apple, Cingular |
Mobile Network Transforms City into Wireless "Hot Spot"
Cingular begins offering its 3G mobile wireless broadband service throughout Frankfort. Nearly the entire Frankfort area-south to Alton, west past Hwy. 127, north past Peak's Mill, and east almost to Midway-is now a Wi-Fi hotspot.
Cingular 3G not only offers advanced wireless services, such as viewing video clips, it also enhances existing services by making them run faster. Customers can now download a game or ringtone, or access e-mail, in a fraction of the time it used to take. Additionally, Cingular ...
Posted on 11th January 2007
Under: Cingular, Wireless |
Apple and Cingular announced that Cingular, the largest wireless carrier in the U.S., will be Apple's exclusive U.S. carrier partner for Apple's revolutionary iPhone unveiled today. As part of this multi-year partnership, Apple and Cingular are working together to provide innovative new features to mobile phone users, such as iPhone's pioneering and unique Visual Voice Mail, a first on any mobile phone in the world.“Apple chose Cingular because they are the best and most popular carrier in the U.S.," said Steve Jobs, Apple's CEO. “We are thrilled to be offering our revolutionary new iPhone exclusively with Cingular, and look forward to working together with them ...
Posted on 9th January 2007
Under: Cingular, Wireless |
Technology Demo Showcased in AT&T Booth at Consumer Electronics Show
As thousands of people stroll through the aisles of the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas next week, those stopping by the AT&T booth (9817) will get a glimpse of what to expect from their wireless company in the near future - that is, if their wireless company is Cingular! (Media and analysts attending the Digital Experience event at Caesar's Palace on Sunday, January 7 between 7:00 -10:00 p.m. PST can get a sneak preview).
Cingular will be the ...
Posted on 5th January 2007
Under: Cingular, Video, Wireless |
The Western States Contracting Alliance (WSCA) has renewed its contract with Cingular Wireless that provides state and local agencies in 50 states with the ability to purchase Cingular's world- class wireless voice and data services. The new, four-year agreement is expected to generate nearly $2 billion in total revenue for the nation's largest wireless carrier.
Cingular currently provides services to more than one million WSCA subscribers in various state, county and city agencies, and in public schools and institutions of higher learning across the country. Under the renewed contract, WSCA subscribers will have access to Cingular's entire portfolio of wireless devices and services with attractive, negotiated ...
Posted on 3rd January 2007
Under: Cingular |
Cingular Wireless wants its customers to know that its Richmond location's staff is ready and willing to help them with all their wireless needs -- but in unusual quarters. The store, formerly located at 830 Eastern Bypass, is moving into a trailer at the old Burger King lot at 470 Eastern Bypass, across from the new McDonald's, as the new 3,500 sq. foot Cingular store is being built on that same site.Larry Fox, director of sales for the region, says, "We will have a full staff on hand to help our customers and a complete array of Cingular's innovative phones, PDAs, and accessories for them ...
Posted on 29th December 2006
Under: Cingular, Wireless |
Throughout this year, when Cingular customers talked, people listened, and talked, and listened, back and forth, on and on and on and on. They talked so much that, for the first time, Cingular today said it expects to carry more than 500 billion minutes-of-use (MOU) on its network this year.That's a lot of gabbing. But why so much chatter?
Cingular believes the more than $13 billion dollar network investment it made over the past two years to enhance the quality and coverage of its Allover Network is the cause of all the talk by its customers. The network investment gave customers access to more than 45,000 ...
Posted on 28th December 2006
Under: Cingular, Uncategorized |
Next-Generation Headset Combines Advanced, Award-Winning Technology and Industrial Design for Clearer, More Comfortable Conversations
Noise is nothing with the new Jawbone Bluetooth headset, which is available exclusively from Cingular Wireless--just in time for the holidays.
Aliph, a leading developer of mobile audio products that deliver exceptional quality in any environment, and Cingular Wireless, the nation's largest wireless carrier, today introduced the new Jawbone headset for Bluetooth mobile phones. Jawbone™ is the first adaptive Bluetooth headset with Noise Shield® technology, which virtually eliminates background noise so calls are clearer. Jawbone's audio performance is further enhanced by an award-winning design by internationally acclaimed product designer Yves Béhar, which maximizes ...
Posted on 22nd December 2006
Under: Bluetooth, Cingular, Wireless |
Cingular today said its 3G mobile broadband network now extends from San Francisco to New York, and from Chicago to Dallas, making advanced wireless services available in more than 160 markets, including most of the top 100 major cities in the country.The company's 3G network offers advanced wireless services, such as viewing video clips, and enhances existing wireless services by making them run faster. Customers can now download a game or ringtone, or access e-mail, in a fraction of the time it used to take. Additionally, Cingular customers using a 3G handset can access all the company's data services whenever they're connected to the Cingular ...
Posted on 21st December 2006
Under: 3G, Cingular, Video, Wireless |
Wireless Users Protected Against Connection Losses on Wireless Devices
Cingular Wireless today introduced NetMotion Wireless' Mobility XEâ„¢, which ensures that handheld and laptop- based mobile applications remain available for data input and activity even if the user travels outside a wireless coverage area or across diverse networks. The innovative solution then resumes the wireless session automatically once the mobile device regains contact with the wireless network.
The solution, which is available through Cingular's direct sales organization, is a mobile virtual private network (VPN) that is easily installed on the mobile user's Windows-based device. It provides an encrypted tunnel for wireless data, and allows applications to remain in ...
Posted on 19th December 2006
Under: Cingular, Wireless |
Leading Insurance Industry Franchisor Rolls Out Wireless Voice and Data Services To Enhance Agent Productivity and Customer Service
Brooke Franchise Corporation has selected Cingular Wireless to make voice and data services available to its network of more than 700 franchise locations in a highly competitive insurance industry. The two-year national contract gives franchisees access to a variety of devices and services, including those based on Cingular's UMTS/HSDPA technology.
In addition to voice-only handsets, Cingular will provide Brooke Franchise Corporation and its franchisees with access to a portfolio of integrated voice/data devices, including the EDGE-based Cingular 8125 Pocket PC, Cingular 2125 Smartphone and HP iPAQ 6500 Pocket PC, ...
Posted on 17th December 2006
Under: CDMA, Cingular, HSPDA, Uncategorized, Wireless |
Innovative Payment Trial to Use Near Field Communications Technology
Citigroup, MasterCard Worldwide, Cingular Wireless and Nokia today announced a consumer technology trial of Near Field Communication (NFC)-enabled mobile phones with MasterCard PayPass(TM) contactless payment capability in New York City. The goal of this trial is to evaluate the speed and convenience that "tap and go" payments made through mobile phones can provide to Citi credit cards and Cingular customers in the New York City area. The trial is expected to run three to six months.
Pre-selected Citi MasterCard cardholders with Cingular Wireless accounts are participating in the trial and ...
Posted on 15th December 2006
Under: Cingular, Nokia, Uncategorized, Wireless |
Network build-out part of $385 million Carolinas investment
The nation's largest wireless carrier is growing its network and enhancing coverage in the Western Carolinas. Cingular Wireless has added seven new cell sites in the area, ensuring its customers stay connected.
These new cell sites are part of Cingular's $385 million investment in North and South Carolina, which includes building more than 300 new cell sites, enhancing wireless service for those who live, work and vacation in the region.
These new sites enhance Cingular's network coverage in the following areas:
 -- In Madison and Yancey Counties, along Hwy. 19 northeast of Mars Hill,
    towards Burnsville.
 -- In Mitchell County, ...
Posted on 11th December 2006
Under: Cingular, Wireless |