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Originally known as Cingular Wireless (a joint venture between SBC Communications and BellSouth) from 2000 to 2007, the company acquired the old AT&T Wireless in 2004; SBC later acquired the original AT&T and adopted its name. Cingular became wholly owned by AT&T in December 2006 as a result of AT&T's acquisition of BellSouth.
The legal entity "AT&T Wireless Services, Inc." was renamed "New Cingular Wireless Services, Inc." [1] In late 2005, SBC (the majority partner in Cingular) acquired the original AT&T, and rebranded as "the new AT&T". Cingular became wholly owned by the new AT&T in December 2006 as a result of the new AT&T's acquisition of BellSouth.
Cellular One logo Cellular One is the trademarked brand name that licenses services (radio frequencies for telecommunications) used by several cellular service providers in the United States . The brand was sold to Trilogy Partners by AT&T in 2008 shortly after AT&T had completed its acquisition of Dobson Communications .
The transitional ads included the Cingular logo with reference to "the new AT&T." This post was written as part of a series on on 2007 departures. Read about more products, companies and people ...
It continued to operate as Southwestern Bell Mobile Systems until 2000, when SBC Communications and BellSouth combined their wireless operations into a single company, Cingular Wireless. Southwestern Bell Mobile Systems' assets were then transferred to a Cingular as a limited liability company named Cingular Southwestern Bell Mobile Systems, LLC .
Pacific Bell Wireless is legally known as Pacific Bell Wireless, LLC d/b/a Cingular Wireless. [ citation needed ] It was founded in the mid-1990s, initially named Pacific Bell Mobile Services, as a means for Pacific Telesis to capitalize on the wireless market it had lost when it spun off AirTouch .
SBC purchased Southern New England Telecommunications in 1998 for $5.01 billion, [13] and Ameritech in 1999 for $61 billion, creating the largest U.S. local phone company at the time. [14] AT&T Corporation , the original parent, was acquired effective November 18, 2005, by SBC, which renamed itself AT&T Inc. and began using the ticker symbol "T ...
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