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Cingular Prepares To Shut Down Legacy Networks by 2008

Mar 22, 2006, 2:25 PM by (staff)

At TelecomNext Cingular CEO Stan Sigman said the company is prepared to shut down its legacy TDMA and analog networks by 2008. The end of the analog network was expected - the federal government mandated 2008 was the earliest a carrier could shut down analog service, and the carrier has few analog subscribers. The shut down of the TDMA network, while not a surprise, comes earlier than expected as there are still several million TDMA customers. However, a Cingular spokesman added that 95% of its traffic is already on the carrier's GSM network, and legacy subscribers are switching to GSM for advanced phones and less expensive calling plans.

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bones boy

Mar 22, 2006, 4:27 PM

This ought to be fun.

The service providers want to cut the expense of legacy TDMA/Analog networks, but will not provide a working solution for rural users. Great! 😕

pauldg

it's not just the carriers, did u read the article? the government is requiring this, but not requiring or offering a rural solution. i hate to say it, but if you're living in East Bubu F**K,you may have to give up some of the benifits of today's mo...
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Hello Moto

and honestly where tdma was they already have a gsm overlay... and if the only signal you are getting is from analog, no one is going to be supporting that for that much longer...

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draveed

You say that as if rural users have a right to cell phone service. 😕

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