RIDGELAND- Verizon Wireless opened its doors early Thursday as customers braved remnants of a winter storm to get their hands on a new iPhone 4. [...]
Company says iPhone sales in state are up since last 3G expansion AT&T expanded its 3G market in Mississippi in the late fall of 2009 and early winter of 2010, and areas of the state will continue to see expansion in coverage this year, company officials said. In an area that spans north of Clarksdale, [...] [...]

Who is really winning the battle of cell phones; and what about Cellular South? AT&T is currently airing a number of entertaining commercials featuring actor Luke Wilson promoting the company as the nation’s best wireless carrier and downplaying Verizon, its main competitor. Which company in the rapidly changing world of cellular phone service is the [...] [...]

Cellular South adds 324 new cell sites to ‘bridge the digital divide’ in sprawling Mississippi With the addition of 324 new cell sites in Mississippi this year, Cellular South is “bridging the digital divide” in this rural state. “If the question is whether residents need 3G coverage or connectivity, the answer is they need both,” [...] [...]

Cellular South announced on Monday a multi-million dollar investment that will bring an additional 166 cell sites into the wireless provider’s footprint, sites that are sprinkled throughout 39 Mississippi counties in the northern and coastal regions of the state. Representatives claim the current build-out, which affects more than 300 cell sites, will make 3G high-speed [...] [...]