Houston Cellular
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Houston Cellular was a
LIN Broadcasting Corp., Mobile Communication Corp. of America and BellSouth Co.[1] Its headquarters were located in Houston, Texas.[2]
Through a series of acquisitions and mergers, within 10 years, the company consisted of a two-way partnership between
AT&T Wireless. This partnership was also known as BellSouth Mobility, LLC
. Houston Cellular began providing service in May 1986.
History
Houston Cellular was formed as a result of the October 1983
Houston, the competing non-local company service was applied by GTE
Mobilnet.
In June 2000, the above-mentioned FCC ruling was repealed[D-AMPS (TDMA) service. Additionally, Southwestern Bell Mobile Systems, a division of Southwestern Bell Telephone Company, was also partnered with GTE, a partnership which that was later dissolved.
In 2001,
Cingular Wireless, LLC
. It also transformed Houston Cellular into Cingular Wireless.
Later Developments
In 2006, the parent company of Southwestern Bell Mobile Systems,
AT&T Inc., acquired BellSouth. Eventually, this led to the renaming of Cingular Wireless, LLC to AT&T Mobility, LLC. The service was later branded as "Wireless from AT&T, formerly Cingular Wireless", "Wireless from AT&T", and is now simply "AT&T".[citation needed
]
References
- ^ Barnett, John (1987-04-19). "Mobile telephones tapping new markets". Houston Chronicle: 1. Retrieved 2007-09-03.
- ^ "Join A Winning Team." Houston Cellular. April 20, 1999. Retrieved on April 24, 2010. "Houston Cellular, 1001 West Loop South"
External links
Wikibooks has a book on the topic of: Cingular Wireless FAQ
- Houston Cellular (Archive)
- Cellular Mobile Services
Other sources
- Legal Battle with BellSouth over Domain Names: U.S. Supreme Court Case 05-718 Reuben Norman, Petitioner v. BellSouth Intellectual Property Corporation
- AT&T History and science resources at The Franklin Institute's Case Files online exhibit
- Brand evolution of AT&T companies Archived 2011-06-08 at the Wayback Machine
- Press Release announcing FCC Approval of SBC-Ameritech merger (1999-10-06)
- Stock Quote from Yahoo!
- July 2005 IEEE Article
- Yahoo! — AT&T Corp. Company Profile
- ATT's most recent conference call transcripts
- Unnatural Monopoly: Critical Moments in the Development of the Bell System Monopoly by Adam D. Thierer
- AT&T Archived 2016-03-04 at the Wayback Machine Cell phone frequencies, and what do they mean?
- "AT&T buys IBM's Global Network", BBC News, December 8, 1998
- "SBC closes AT&T acquisition", CNet News, November 18, 2005
- "SBC launches 'new' AT&T", AT&T archive, November 18, 2005
- "AT&T to buy BellSouth for $67 billion", CNet News, March 5, 2006
- "AT&T gets final approval to acquire BellSouth, CNNMoney, December 29, 2006
- "AT&T and BellSouth Join to Create a Premier Global Communications Company", AT&T News Room, December 29, 2006
- Yahoo! - AT&T Mobility LLC Company Profile
