Comments on: SBC: Cingular [the brand name] is no more http://uneasysilence.com/archive/2005/11/4635/ Sat, 07 Nov 2009 15:32:51 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: ian http://uneasysilence.com/archive/2005/11/4635/comment-page-1/#comment-139806 ian Wed, 23 Nov 2005 15:52:35 +0000 http://www.uneasysilence.com/?p=4635#comment-139806 Okay, I based my facts off of the official SBC/at&t press release. I interpreted your article as saying that SBC would retain the SBC name, and Cingular alone would change over to at&t. Since the press release said nothing about the Cingular name (other than saying at&t would own 60% stock share), I assumed it would remain the same. Okay, I based my facts off of the official SBC/at&t press release. I interpreted your article as saying that SBC would retain the SBC name, and Cingular alone would change over to at&t. Since the press release said nothing about the Cingular name (other than saying at&t would own 60% stock share), I assumed it would remain the same.

]]> By: stephen http://uneasysilence.com/archive/2005/11/4635/comment-page-1/#comment-137875 stephen Tue, 22 Nov 2005 18:40:34 +0000 http://www.uneasysilence.com/?p=4635#comment-137875 i personally like the new logo. Im not much of a person to comment on cooporate mergers and the like, but the logo, it looks nice. I have always been an advocate of lowercase letters, and this feels like a major win to me. i personally like the new logo.
Im not much of a person to comment on cooporate mergers and the like, but the logo, it looks nice.
I have always been an advocate of lowercase letters, and this feels like a major win to me.

]]> By: Nate MC http://uneasysilence.com/archive/2005/11/4635/comment-page-1/#comment-137689 Nate MC Tue, 22 Nov 2005 17:29:17 +0000 http://www.uneasysilence.com/?p=4635#comment-137689 I just love that at&t is making a comeback. I can break out my "We don't care, we don't have to" T-shirt more often. On a more serious side though, I think at&t is the only one of these companies that can take on Comcast, they should've stuck to their guns with at&t broadband/cable years back it would be a whole different world. For the better? I don't know. I just love that at&t is making a comeback. I can break out my “We don’t care, we don’t have to” T-shirt more often.

On a more serious side though, I think at&t is the only one of these companies that can take on Comcast, they should’ve stuck to their guns with at&t broadband/cable years back it would be a whole different world. For the better? I don’t know.

]]> By: Derek http://uneasysilence.com/archive/2005/11/4635/comment-page-1/#comment-137491 Derek Tue, 22 Nov 2005 15:14:07 +0000 http://www.uneasysilence.com/?p=4635#comment-137491 i'm not sure where exactly the facts are twisted. the name cingular is done according to whitacre [ceo]: <blockquote>Asked if the company planned to drop the Cingular name in favor of the AT&T brand, Whitacre said, "Yes, we do." Whitacre said AT&T might still use the Cingular name in some markets. But the overall plan, he said, is to use the AT&T name to market all the company's products â€â€? local, long-distance, wireless, data and video. <a href="http://www.usatoday.com/tech/news/techpolicy/business/2005-11-20-cingular-att_x.htm?csp=34">#</a></blockquote> what facts were off? cingular [the brand name] is going to be replaced with at&t. i’m not sure where exactly the facts are twisted. the name cingular is done according to whitacre [ceo]:

Asked if the company planned to drop the Cingular name in favor of the AT&T brand, Whitacre said, “Yes, we do.”

Whitacre said AT&T might still use the Cingular name in some markets. But the overall plan, he said, is to use the AT&T name to market all the company’s products â€â€? local, long-distance, wireless, data and video. #

what facts were off? cingular [the brand name] is going to be replaced with at&t.

]]> By: ian http://uneasysilence.com/archive/2005/11/4635/comment-page-1/#comment-137453 ian Tue, 22 Nov 2005 14:49:10 +0000 http://www.uneasysilence.com/?p=4635#comment-137453 Eh, the facts are a little off on this one (sorry). Cingular will remain the name of the wireless carrier, as it's technically its own independent company. However, SBC will change its name to at&t starting today. Sucks, because I liked the SBC name and logo as it is, and it's easier to say. "On Oct. 27, SBC announced that it would adopt the AT&T Inc. name following merger close. Today, the company announced that it will begin trading under the "T" symbol on the New York Stock Exchange on Dec. 1. In the interim, it will trade under the existing "SBC" symbol. A revitalized corporate logo will be unveiled on Monday, Nov. 21, the company's first full day of operation as the new AT&T." and "The new AT&T owns 60 percent of Cingular Wireless, which is the No. 1 U.S. wireless services provider." Eh, the facts are a little off on this one (sorry). Cingular will remain the name of the wireless carrier, as it’s technically its own independent company. However, SBC will change its name to at&t starting today. Sucks, because I liked the SBC name and logo as it is, and it’s easier to say.

“On Oct. 27, SBC announced that it would adopt the AT&T Inc. name following merger close. Today, the company announced that it will begin trading under the “T” symbol on the New York Stock Exchange on Dec. 1. In the interim, it will trade under the existing “SBC” symbol.

A revitalized corporate logo will be unveiled on Monday, Nov. 21, the company’s first full day of operation as the new AT&T.”

and

“The new AT&T owns 60 percent of Cingular Wireless, which is the No. 1 U.S. wireless services provider.”

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