Mon Nov 14, 2005 12:50 pm
Cingular Wireless and MobiTV, the global leader in live mobile television and digital radio services, today announced the availability of the MobiRadio service for Cingular subscribers. Now, for the first time in the US market, wireless customers can listen to more than 40 channels of high quality commercial free digital music streamed directly to their mobile phones using the programming expertise of Music Choice.
Tue Nov 01, 2005 12:00 pm
BlackBerry is going high-speed as Cingular Wireless and Research In Motion (RIM) today introduced the BlackBerry 8700c, the first BlackBerry to support high-speed EDGE technology.
Fri Oct 28, 2005 1:42 pm
Samsung today announced the availability of the multi-functional designed SGH-d307, which features a swivel display that morphs the clamshell phone into a virtual mini-laptop. With a quick flip of the screen, the d307's numeric keypad becomes a full QWERTY keyboard, unveiling a productive messaging device for users to send and receive emails and instant messages on the fly.
Mon Oct 24, 2005 11:44 am
Cingular Wireless today announced the availability of two enhanced services: Mobile Email and Mobile IM. Now, for the first time in the US market, Cingular customers can gain access to their existing email or IM accounts from AOL, MSN and Yahoo! through a set of simple, easy to use applications which can be accessed through a standard mass market phone.
Tue Oct 18, 2005 4:07 pm
The United States Federal District Court for the District of Massachusetts has granted an injunction against Boston Communication Group, Inc. (BCGI) and Cingular Wireless, forbidding them from continuing to sell prepaid wireless services of the type that were found to be covered by Freedom Wireless' patents. The order follows the jury's unanimous verdict on May 20, 2005 that 32 claims of two of Freedom's six U.S. patents on prepaid wireless were valid and infringed by defendants BCGI, Cingular Wireless (a joint venture between Southwestern Bell (SBC) and Bell South (BLS)), CMT Partners, AT&T Wireless and Western Wireless (recently merged into Alltel Communications, Inc. (AT)), as well as the Court's September 1, 2005 ruling that the two Freedom patents at issue in the case were fully enforceable.
Tue Oct 18, 2005 1:21 pm
Lucent Technologies and Ericsson today announced that it has completed upgrades of Cingular Wireless' third-generation UMTS (Universal Mobile Telecommunications System) networks in Seattle, Phoenix, and Dallas/Fort Worth to support HSDPA (High-Speed Downlink Packet Access) technology. Cingular is now using the HSDPA networks to provide simultaneous voice and mobile high-speed data service for customers currently subscribed to its UMTS service in those markets.
Tue Oct 18, 2005 10:17 am
HP and Cingular Wireless today announced the HP iPAQ hw6500 series Mobile Messenger, the first Pocket PCs in the United States to use Cingular's high-speed EDGE network.
Wed Sep 28, 2005 3:49 pm
Cingular Wireless and Nokia today introduced to the U.S. marketplace the EDGE-powered Nokia 9300 business device with BlackBerry Connect. Cingular is the first U.S. carrier to launch the popular BlackBerry wireless services on a third-party handset via the BlackBerry Connect licensing program from Research In Motion (RIM). The Nokia 9300 will be available in the U.S. through Cingular Wireless beginning in November.
Wed Sep 28, 2005 12:15 pm
RealNetworks today unveiled its Helix OnlineTV application for mobile and broadband providers and announced that Cingular has named Real as its end-to-end solution provider for the development and delivery of the carrier's next generation video service. Helix OnlineTV is Real's solution for both mobile and broadband service providers enabling them to offer personal interactive TV to consumers' handsets or PCs.
Tue Sep 06, 2005 12:18 pm
Cingular Wireless today announced that two leading national wireless distributors, Global Wireless Data and Trio Teknologies, now are offering Cingular's Wireless WAN Connectivity Service through their respective national reseller networks. Combined, these distributors represent more than 445 wireless agents and resellers across the U.S.
