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California??

rexyblue

Oct 26, 2004, 7:40 PM
I'm reading that market(s)in CA are on the list for divestiture or non-merger. Anyone know which market(s)?
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lulyluawsrep

Oct 26, 2004, 8:15 PM
i am not sure about which market your talking about in ca i havent heard anything but were every att has service so will cingular they will be some market overlay..but not any market not in the merger
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rexyblue

Oct 27, 2004, 4:15 AM
I'm not sure which market either. The D.o.J. did not require any divestments in CA at all, but the FCC however did. Maybe it refers to the spectrum limitation in any market. Perhaps Cingular must divest some of its CA spectrum.

I'd just like to get an idea whether I should be putting aside bucks for an early termination fee. My wireless phone is my only phone, and AT&T Wireless GSM works flawlessly in every room of my condo, plus the elevator, garage and stairwell. Cingular GSM works on the back balcony only, with the handset extended two feet over the railing. (It's that bad!) I'll hope for the best and start saving.
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coldsteel

Oct 27, 2004, 11:06 AM
if it's that bad, you should be GTG. Whoever takes that spectrum will have roam agreements with us anyway, or we should. 🙂
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Rich Brome

Oct 29, 2004, 11:31 AM
Where did you read that? I don't think there is any significant requirements like that for California.
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rexyblue

Oct 29, 2004, 11:59 AM
California was not mentioned in the D.O.J. ruling, but was added by the FCC. I read this in online bsiness news at Cranes and CNN, I believe. However, the articles were very non-specific about what was required in CA.
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leopard

Oct 31, 2004, 8:58 AM
Cingular unwound its network sharing agreement with T-Mobile earlier in the summer. T-Mobile purchased Cingular's California/Nevada network for somewhere around $2.1 Billion. Cingular will then lease the network capacity from T-Mobile temporarily, until they have moved their customers onto the AT&T Network.

None of the customer accounts were sold - just the network.
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zinfyx939

Oct 31, 2004, 10:38 AM
so does that mean t-mobile customers can connect onto the Cingular/AT&T network as roaming customers if they do not receive signal in their location?
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leopard

Nov 3, 2004, 10:19 PM
Currently, it's only if there's a roaming agreement for that part of the network. California and Nevada was part of a joint sharing agreement, so T-Mobile treats that like their own network.

Some Places that T-Mobile currently has roaming agreements with Cingular/ATT are the Carolinas, east TN, Rural SE Ohio, and I-25 between Denver and Albuquerque...

Supposedly, this is being replaced by a Nationwide roaming agreement. When that will be finalized and available to customers, I have no idea.
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Me2

Nov 3, 2004, 1:31 AM
Hey Yall,
I work in the industry and the Current cingular California/Nevada network is to be sold to T-mobile. Cingular and T-Mobile a while back entered into a Joint Network Venutre to build it up in the first place so it's not too much of a surprise. Cingular will continue to have access to the 1900Mhz band network for four years down the road while they build up the current ATT 850 GSM network in cali/nevada. Got my info from cingular.com in the news section and from my cingular rep. This was set to happen at the close of the merger, so I think it already happened!

Me2
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