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About AT&T Mobility

AT&T; Mobility LLC (usually branded AT&T;, and formerly named Cingular Wireless LLC) is the wholly owned wireless subsidiary of AT&T; Inc. AT&T; Mobility is the largest mobile phone company in the United States and it also operates in Puerto Rico and the United States Virgin Islands. AT&T; Mobility has approximately 70.1 million subscribers as of the year ending 2007, and claims to operate the largest digital voice and data network in the United States.

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Formerly a joint venture between SBC Communications and BellSouth, Cingular Wireless soon acquired the old AT&T; Wireless; SBC later 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 AT&T;'s acquisition of BellSouth.

The service is now branded as simply AT&T.; Renaming on a corporate level occurred immediately, and consumer branding changed to "AT&T;", or a variant thereof. Until all regulatory filings were approved, and public awareness was fostered, the "Cingular" brand was used in store signage and media advertisements during a dual-branded transition. This process began on January 15, 2007. It completed in late June, just prior to the rollout of the Apple iPhone.

Among the services that AT&T; aggressively promotes is its "Rollover" service, allowing customers to keep unused minutes from month to month on a twelve-month rolling cycle on its popular "Nation" nationwide plans. Beginning in July 2007, AT&T; now allows its AT&T; Unity plan users to have "Rollover", a service which was exclusive to the "Nation" plans. AT&T; also launched video share in 2007, in which a mobile caller can stream live video from one phone to another over the 3g network with video share capable phones. This allows one mobile phone user to view anothers view through the mobile phone in real time.

A large number of AT&T; Mobility employees are unionized, belonging to the Communication Workers of America. The CWA represented roughly 15,000 of the previous 20,000 formerly AT&T; Wireless employees as of early 2006. As of the end of 2007, the CWA website claims roughly 40,000 workers of AT&T; Mobility are represented by the union.

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  5. NSN to ramp up US operations in wake of $7 billion LTE deal

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    ...ve to procure cell-sites and backhaul while operators like Verizon Wireless (NYSE:VZ, NYSE:VOD) and AT&T (NYSE:T) can re-use much of their 2G and 3G network investments. Most significantly though, NSN is ... (Read Full Article)

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  6. Cisco's Kevin Shatzkamer Discusses the Future of Mobile Video

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    Comment on Article Mentions:   Cisco   AT&T Mobility   Verizon

  7. AT&T Plans Akron Data Center

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  8. Reality Check: Business applications, you are clear to land

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  9. Is Huawei bidding on an LTE contract with Sprint?

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    ..., illustrated the huge advantage the US-based (and Sprint-owned) CLEAR network has over competitors AT&T and Verizon with 120-150MHz of spectrum at 2.5GHz compared to 12-46MHz at 700MHz on Verizon’s LTE. ... (Read Full Article)

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  14. Everything you need to know about 4G

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    Everything you need to know about 4G ...eless carriers are working on upgrading their systems to 4G -- though we would prefer if some, like AT&T, got their 3G networks working properly in the meantime. So what goodness will 4G bring to the worl... (Read Full Article)

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  15. AT&T Femtocell Reaches More Markets

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    AT&T has expanded the footprint of its 3G femtocell product 3G MicroCell as the US telecom ace has repor... (Read Full Article)

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