Starbucks Dumps T-Mobile in Favor of AT&T
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Starbucks upgraded its Wi-Fi offering from a short to a venti, switching partners from T-Mobile USA to AT&T.
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Cingular Wireless will drop the AT&amp;T brand six months after it acquires Redmond-based AT&amp;T Wireless Services Inc., the telecommunications companies announced Monday.
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OCTOBER 25, 2004 (IDG NEWS SERVICE) - Cingular Wireless LLC will divest itself of wireless customers and other assets in 13 US markets as a requirement for its $41 billion acquisition of AT&amp;T Wireless Services Inc.
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SAN ANTONIO -- AT&amp;T Inc., the nation's largest wireless carrier, agreed yesterday to acquire rural wireless provider Dobson Communications Corp. for $2.8 billion.
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InfoWorld - Starbucks has upgraded its Wi-Fi offering from a tall to a venti, switching partners from T-Mobile USA to AT&T in a deal that will mean free coffee-shop wireless for millions of U.S. broadband subscribers.
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AT&T Wireless reached an agreement with Rogers Communications to help sell AT&T Wireless's 34 percent stake in Rogers Wireless Communications Inc.
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Cingular Wireless has finally taken over AT&amp;T Wireless, making it the largest mobile carrier in the US. The new firm has 46m customers who will see no immediate changes to charges or tariffs.
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Starbucks has upgraded its Wi-Fi offering from a tall to a venti, switching partners from T-Mobile USA to AT&amp;T in a deal that will mean free coffee-shop wireless for millions of U.S. broadband subscribers.The chain&#39;s network of hotspots, the best-known in the U.S., covers more than 7,000 company-owned stores. Users of AT&amp;T Broadband and U-verse DSL (Digital Subscriber Line) services will get free access to the networks, and the carrier will soon extend benefits to AT&amp;T Wireless customers as well, according to a news release. AT&amp;T business customers with remote-access subscriptions will be able to buy unlimited, flat-rate access at any Starbucks location.AT&amp;T had 14.2 million lines of DSL in service at the end of last year. Its wireless arm has about 70 million subscribers. T-Mobile, a subsidiary of Germany&#39;s Deutsche Telekom, said it had 28.7 million subscribers at year&#39;s end.Although 3G (third-generation) cellular networks are nearing typical wired broadband speeds, Wi-Fi hotspots in key locations such as airports, hotels and cafes remain an attractive option for people who need high-speed connectivity on the road. T-Mobile has provided the Starbucks networks as part of its national hotspot service for several years, with a variety of paid plans including US$6 for one hour, $9.99 for a day and $29.99 per month with an annual agreement. Prices under AT&amp;T will be slightly lower, including $3.99 for two hours and $19.99 per month.But the deal also opens up a whole new customer base for the hotspots: Starbucks customers with an active Starbucks stored-value card will get two hours of free access per day. All that&#39;s needed to keep a card active is to have money stored on it and to buy something with it at least once a month, said Starbucks spokeswoman Bridget Baker. Starbucks employees will also get free access.AT&amp;T will take over the networks market by market, starting in the next few months and finishing by the end of the year, the companies said. Under a roaming agreement to be implemented by March 31, T-Mobile subscribers will also be able to use the AT&amp;T Starbucks networks, Baker said.The deal significantly expands AT&amp;T&#39;s network of hotspots, giving it 17,000 U.S. sites (about 70,000 worldwide) and adding a popular Web-surfing location to its lineup, which today includes McDonald&#39;s restaurants, Barnes &amp; Noble bookstores and some hotels and airports. It builds on an existing relationship in which AT&amp;T has provided back-end networks for Starbucks stores for more than 10 years, Baker said. The carrier will provide Starbucks an enterprise-class network with increased bandwidth and redundancy, according to the release.The prospect of high-speed access at Starbucks should help AT&amp;T attract new DSL customers and hold onto existing ones, telecommunications analyst Jeff Kagan wrote in a commentary on the deal.&quot;The customer wins because they get to take advantage of money saving bundles, and AT&amp;T win&#39;s because it keeps customers happy which means hanging on to the customer in an increasingly competitive marketplace, and Starbucks win&#39;s because it expands their digital entertainment platform and gives customers more reasons to spend time in the stores,&quot; Kagan wrote.
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Sprint is hoping to answer AT&T with a touch-screen device of its own and a faster network experience. On Tuesday, the wireless carrier announced a partnership with smartphone manufacturer HTC to offer a device to rival Apple's lawsuit-riddled iPhone.
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Federal regulators approved the $41 billion purchase of AT&amp;T Wireless by Cingular Wireless, a crucial step in a merger that will create the nation&#39;s largest cellphone company.
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The coffeehouse operator will offer AT&T wireless service at 7,000 U.S. locations.
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The two companies join forces to beat out the competition. Also:  Sprint to debut services to help companies manage cell phones issued to employees & hellip;. Netflix skating on thin ice.... and more.
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By Alejandro Bodipo-Memba, Detroit Free Press  Jun. 13--AT&T has begun offering onsite broadband Internet consulting services to its small business customers at its Michigan wireless retail stores.
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In an unexpected policy reversal, AT&amp;T said yesterday that it supports a proposal to require some cellular airwaves to be available to all wireless devices.
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AT&amp;T Corp., the matriarch of the modern telephone business, is close to being acquired by one of its progeny, SBC Communications Inc. , in a $16 billion deal that would create the nation's largest telecommunications company.
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Shares drop 4% after the bell as retailer posts single-digit growth for first time in nine months. SEATTLE  - Starbucks Corp.
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AT&amp;T, AT&amp;T Wireless, and Cingular Wireless resolved issues relating to the use of the AT&amp;T brand in connection with Cingular&#39;s acquisition of AT&amp;T Wireless.