Rumor Mill
AT&T going CDMA?
as you know Cingular bought the AT&T client list and name for 7 years the actual cash transaction was this past October and this coming October I believe AT&T gets the use of its name again, from clients who have come here I heard that AT&T will reenter the wireless market but as a CDMA provider not GSM does anyone have anymore information?
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I heard while AT&T was their own company (before SBC bought out the AT&T long distance service & Cingular buying the wireless service) that they were going to re-enter the wireless service business again, using Sprint's network. Now that SBC bought AT&T (both the wireless & long-distance service) and renamed themselves AT&T (corporate only, not the wireless portion), they will more than likely re-enter the wireless business on their own network. Possibly in some markets, drop the Cingular name in favor of the AT&T name. Now how that'll play out with Bell South having a small stake in Cingular Wireless is unknown yet, but I see the Cingular name being dropped in some markets, and I believe markets like Detriot, Chicago, Milwaukee, Indianap...
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The Cingular name won't be dropped, unless the customer buys bundled service(home, cell, etc) It works the same way with Bellsouth. It's always been like this... one bill, one name. Cingular still gets credit for the activations, revenue, etc. It's basically to simplify billing for att and bellsouth's home users.
Bottom line, business as usual at all Cingular stores. No name changes.
Bottom line, business as usual at all Cingular stores. No name changes.
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Hmmm things have changed, and it seems since SBC bought ATT, and now they are buying Bellsouth, Cingy stores will adapt the ATT Wireless name...
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I have an idea.
Throw all the names you can on one building. The AT+T Cingular BellSouth store! Then the employees can choose from one of three uniforms! 🙂
Throw all the names you can on one building. The AT+T Cingular BellSouth store! Then the employees can choose from one of three uniforms! 🙂
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That was the plan. AT&T (the landline company, not to be confused with the former AT&T Wireless) was going to re-enter the market as an MVNO after AT&T Wireless was fully absorbed by Cingular.
Then SBC (60% owner of Cingular) bought AT&T and renamed themselves AT&T. Now that the new AT&T is a parent company of Cingular, there's no sense in starting a new MVNO to compete with themselves, so that CDMA MVNO plan is dead as can be.
Then SBC (60% owner of Cingular) bought AT&T and renamed themselves AT&T. Now that the new AT&T is a parent company of Cingular, there's no sense in starting a new MVNO to compete with themselves, so that CDMA MVNO plan is dead as can be.
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If you change names often enough, then the customers won't know what they have....
Then when they get mad/tired/want new service, you can sell them the same service with a different name.....
Or maybe this is a good thing.
Then when they get mad/tired/want new service, you can sell them the same service with a different name.....
Or maybe this is a good thing.
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Well the word we got direct from good ole' Stan, my boss ultimately is that end of the year -the merger att buying out Bellsouth, will all be renamed under the ATT banner.Now my guess since it was not quite a good thing going back to att wireless after 15 months of drilling into the customers "no you are are not att wireless you are cingular" for them to go back to att wireless.
I personally think till they announce it either way think it will be "ATT mobile",or "att pcs" a division of att corp.I know cingular hates when you say cingular wireless, just cingular, so it stands to reason.
I personally think till they announce it either way think it will be "ATT mobile",or "att pcs" a division of att corp.I know cingular hates when you say cingular wireless, just cingular, so it stands to reason.
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I don't know about you but the name AT&T doesn't exactly instill a sense of confidence. I would be less inclined to buy a cigular phone, if they changed names. At&T stirs up thoughts of a big bloated company thats wants to be involved in every aspect of communications, but excels in none.
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You think that's crazy Bellsouth will be merging with the new AT&T by the end of this year. And yes, Cingular, AT&T, SBC and Bellsouth will all be one company-AT&T
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I don't know how many phone companies are out there that would make AT&T a true monopoly, but AT&T would still have to buy Verizon (formed by Bell Atlantic & GTE), Embarq (formerly Sprint), NITCO (serves Newton & Jasper Counties, plus Lake of the Four Seasons & Hebron communities in Indiana, Qwest, & Cincinnati Bell to name a few. Since NITCO is a rural phone company, there's a chance they might get bought out by either Verizon or at&t eventually. I see it possible because in Benton County Indiana, AT&T serves that county, and their population is even less than Jasper County in Indiana. Rensselaer & Demotte are growing in population, and more than likely, at&t will want to serve that area.
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