Cingular revamps wireless Internet services

You know, it’s about time. I think that Cingular is a long time overdue for making some changing to the mobile Internet access from their phones.

Cingular Wireless said on Thursday it redesigned its wireless Web offerings with a ticker service and options that make it easier to get news and weather on phones.

Along with rivals Cingular, the No. 1 U.S. mobile service, has been working to expand its services beyond traditional phone calls in order to boost revenue as call prices fall and the number of potential new first-time customers dwindles.

But consumers have been slow to adopt services such as mobile Internet as Web surfing on phones is slower than on computers and it is more difficult to navigate the Internet on small phone screens.

Cingular, a venture of SBC Communications Inc. and BellSouth Corp., hopes to increase Web usage with a ticker that scrolls headlines across the bottom of phone screens, letting users access an item of interest to them with just one click. [Read the rest]

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