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Cingular Wireless logo, 2000–2004 Cingular Wireless logo, 2004–2006. Cingular Wireless was founded in 2000 as a joint venture of SBC Communications and BellSouth. [14] The joint venture created the nation's second-largest carrier. Cingular grew out of a conglomeration of more than 100 companies, [15] including 12 well-known regional ...
On December 29, 2006, the FCC gave its final approval to the AT&T and BellSouth merger. With both parent companies merged into one, Cingular Wireless officially became AT&T Mobility in 2007. The rebranding phase was a gradual process but by mid-2007, the Cingular Wireless brand (not the company) was officially discontinued for the AT&T name. [9]
It was created in 1984 as a split-off of Advanced Mobile Phone Service, the original wireless subsidiary of the Bell System. It was a division of Southwestern Bell Corporation . It continued to operate as Southwestern Bell Mobile Systems until 2000, when SBC Communications and BellSouth combined their wireless operations into a single company ...
A graduate of West Texas State University in Canyon, Texas, Sigman began his career with Southwestern Bell Telephone as a stockman in Hereford, Texas, in 1965.. A long-time wireless industry leader, Sigman held leadership positions at SBC Communications, where he helped start SBC's wireless business in the mid-1980s, managed its expansion into one of the largest wireless businesses in the ...
Cingular Wireless was purchased by AT&T, as part of AT&T's acquisition of BellSouth in 2006. The Cingular brand was officially wiped off the face of the earth in 2007 and replaced with the AT&T name.
From the lead: Cingular Wireless LLC was the largest United States mobile phone company, with headquarters in Atlanta, Georgia. Cingular, formed in 2001, was a joint venture of the American landline telephone companies AT&T and BellSouth (formerly known as SBC Communications).
The Sony Ericsson Z500a, released in December 2004, [3] was released through Cingular Wireless [3] and Dobson Cellular. [4] The phone has push-to-talk walkie-talkie functionality, but the handset was released before Cingular had rolled out their Push to Talk service.
The X427m retains the lightweight silver polycarbonate bodies of the X426 and X427, now with an aluminum front jewel sporting the Samsung and Cingular logos. A tri-color LED also previously found on the X426 and X427 used for notifications, service status, alarms, etc is found below the antenna.