Cingular Wireless facts for kids
AT&T Mobility headquarters in the Lenox Park district of Brookhaven, Georgia, adjacent to Atlanta
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Formerly
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Cingular Wireless LLC |
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Subsidiary | |
Industry | Telecommunications |
Founded | April 2000 | (as Cingular Wireless)
Headquarters |
Brookhaven, Georgia
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Number of locations
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2,900 stores |
Area served
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U.S. Puerto Rico U.S. Virgin Islands |
Key people
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John Donovan (CEO, AT&T Communications) Melissa Arnodi (SEVP, Technology & Operations) |
Products | Mobile telephony Wireless broadband |
Revenue | $73 billion (2016) |
Number of employees
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75,000 (2015) |
Parent | AT&T Communications (AT&T) |
Cingular Wireless was a mobile phone company from United States. Cingular is now owned by AT&T. AT&T Mobility LLC (usually called AT&T) is fully owned by AT&T and provides wireless service to more than 120 million users in the United States, Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands. AT&T Mobility is the second largest mobile phone company in the United States behind Verizon Wireless, which has more than 130 million users.
Network coverage
As a result of its formation through mergers and acquisitions, as well as the rapid technological change in the wireless industry, AT&T Mobility operates the second largest digital voice and data network within its United States footprint, reaching over 310 million people or 99.99999% established coverage using different wireless communication standards.
Slogans
- "Your World. Close At Hand." (1999)
- "What do you have to say?" (2000–2002)
- "Fits you best" (2002–2004)
- "Raising the bar" (2004–2006)
- "More bars, In More places" (2006–2007)
- "Your world. Delivered" (2007–2010)
- "Rethink possible" (2010–2014)
- "Mobilizing Your World" (2014–present)
Images for kids
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Cellular One logo used by Dobson until acquisition by AT&T in November 2007