AT&T Wireless, Cingular Tout Network Improvements
Closing the deal.
From day one, I expect they will allow all customers to access both networks as if they were one. So from a consumer's point of view, there should be nearly instant coverage gains.
On the back end, it will take them a while to fully integrate. They need to eliminate duplication, fill in certain minor gaps, and do a whole lot of spectrum shuffling and optimization.
More importantly, they will eventually need to integrate the core network stuff - switching, etc. That could be a quite intricate process, but I think they'll be able to make everything seamless for the customers long before the back-end integration is complete.
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