Disney to halt U.S. mobile phone service at year-end
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Walt Disney Co  said on  Thursday it would stop operating its U.S.-based mobile phone  service at the end of the year to reassess how it competes in a  tough market for high-end cell phone services.
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Cingular Wireless plans to cut about 10 percent of its work force next year as the company adjusts to complete its recent merger with Redmond-based AT&amp;T Wireless Services inc.
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According to a decision set forth in 2002, mobile telecommunications companies are allowed to shut down their 1G Advanced Mobile Phone System (AMPS) starting today.
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The biggest U.S. mobile operators, AT&T Wireless and Verizon Wireless, will close down their analog networks on Monday.
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Walt Disney Co.'s DIS.N ESPN   cable sports channel said on Thursday it will shut down its   Mobile ESPN wireless telephone business operations later this   year and aims to license the brand to existing providers.
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SBC Communications, one of the biggest US phone companies, is planning to cut more than 10,000 jobs, or about 6% of its workforce, by the end of next year.
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The new measures are due to AT&T's retreat from selling services to consumers, the company said today.
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Walt Disney Co.'s  ESPN  cable sports channel said on Thursday it will shut down its  Mobile ESPN wireless telephone business operations later this  year and aims to license the brand to existing providers.
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It was probably a slip of the tongue. Speaking to an investor conference on Sept. 30, Walt Disney (DIS) President Robert Iger noted that it was the end of Disney&#39;s fiscal year -- adding: &quot;And what a year it has been.
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Walt Disney Co said on Thursday it  would stop operating its U.S.-based mobile phone service at the  end of the year to reassess how it competes in a tough market  for high-end cell phone services.
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NEW YORK -- BlackBerry smart phones have lost service across the United States, wireless carriers said Monday.
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Walt Disney Co. on Friday said it would cut jobs in its animation unit as the media company sought to be flexible in timing of its films.
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Mobile ESPN, a start-up cellphone  company backed by Walt Disney Co., will announce as soon as  Thursday that it is closing down operations, The Wall Street  Journal reported on Thursday.
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US telecom giant AT and T will shrink even further, announcing on Thursday it would cut 20 percent of its workforce in 2004 and take an $US11.
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The Walt Disney Co. will pull the plug on its branded cell phone service by the end of the year, the company said Thursday
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but winds up costing consumers tens of millions of dollars a year -- is being scaled back by two of the nation&#39;s biggest cell phone carriers.
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In a move that may have been designed to reassure shareholders, Walt Disney CEO Michael Eisner has announced that he will retire from the company when his contract ends in 2006.