AT&T; Mobility LLC is the wholly owned wireless subsidiary of AT&T; Inc. AT&T; Mobility, headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia, is the second-largest mobile phone company in the United States, in terms of number of subscribers, behind Verizon Wireless. AT&T; Mobility has approximately 81.6 million subscribers as of the third quarter 2009.
Formerly a joint venture between SBC Communications and BellSouth, Cingular Wireless soon acquired the old AT&T; ...
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AT&T; Mobility LLC is the wholly owned wireless subsidiary of AT&T; Inc. AT&T; Mobility, headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia, is the second-largest mobile phone company in the United States, in terms of number of subscribers, behind Verizon Wireless. AT&T; Mobility has approximately 81.6 million subscribers as of the third quarter 2009.
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 re-branded 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.
In January 2007, Cingular confirmed it would rebrand itself under the AT&T; moniker. Although the corporate name change occurred immediately, for regulatory and brand-awareness reasons both brands were used in the wireless unit's signage and advertising during a transition period. The transition concluded in late June, just prior to the rollout of the...
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