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Wireless carriers plan for Super Bowl Sunday

Stephen McDill — Fri, 01 Feb 2013 16:58:30 +0000

A dropped call from your smartphone can leave you with a sinking feeling equivalent to witnessing a dropped pass by your favorite NFL receiver: shock, disbelief and maybe some frustration and anger mixed in for good measure. Whether its a dropped call, a text fail or a buffering browser, two of the country’s leading wireless [...]

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Landmark Center, South Pointe top candidates in DOR search

Ted Carter — Mon, 15 Oct 2012 06:01:56 +0000

A tug-of-war between two major office properties could occur in the 2013 legislative session as the Landmark Center and South Pointe vie to become the new headquarters of the Mississippi Department of Revenue. Both buildings will lose major tenants in the next few months and look to rebound by securing a long-term lease for several [...]

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Wireless technology 10 times faster with new 4G LTE

Lynn Lofton — Mon, 15 Oct 2012 06:01:09 +0000

Wireless technology is getting faster for many Mississippians with the launching of the latest generation of wireless network technology by the area’s largest cellular providers. With the fourth generation (4G) Long Term Evolution (LTE) services introduced in the Jackson area by C Spire Wireless and AT&T, customers will experience the speed and advanced capabilities offered [...]

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Landmark closing pushing Central business district office vacancy to historic level

Ted Carter — Mon, 15 Oct 2012 06:01:08 +0000

Downtown Jackson’s office vacancy rate will head toward 40 percent with the shutdown of the Landmark Center once master tenant AT&T vacates at the end of the year, says John Barton, a Parkway Properties senior vice president and senior asset manager who participated in the Parkway’s quarterly office market surveys until the company ceased doing [...]

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Read September 17 issue of the MBJ

MBJ Staff — Fri, 14 Sep 2012 06:01:43 +0000

>> BASEL III Mississippi bankers brace for change— by Ted Carter Also in this week’s paper: >> MBJ FOCUS/LIST: Insurance & Employee Benefits >> LEGAL Supreme court sides with Department of Revenue in AT&T tax dispute— by Clay Chandler >> BANKING Trustmark, Hancock head lengthy list of state’s 5-star banks— by Ted Carter >> KEMPER UPDATE [...]

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Presley to challenge law derived from ‘AT&T Bill’

Clay Chandler — Sun, 08 Jul 2012 06:01:30 +0000

Northern District Public Service Commissioner Brandon Presley intends to challenge the constitutionality of a new law that removes the “carrier of last resort” mandate from AT&T and other layers of oversight from phone companies operating in Mississippi. House Bill 825 – known as the “AT&T Bill” — became law July 1. Before it cleared the [...]

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Anti-trust suit filed against competitors by C Spire

Associated Press — Fri, 01 Jun 2012 12:43:02 +0000

ABERDEEN — C Spire Wireless has filed an anti-trust complaint against some its competitors in federal court in north Mississippi, claiming AT&T, Qualcomm and Motorola conspired to keep it out of the 4G LTE marketplace. >> POLL QUESTION: Which is the best mobile phone carrier? The defendants have filed motions — the most recent on [...]

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Cell tower plan dropped by AT&T

Associated Press — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 14:23:19 +0000

HERNANDO — Plans for a controversial AT&T cell tower south of Hernando have been dropped. AT&T, facing static from neighbors fearing harm to health and safety and from history buffs noting a nearby Civil War clash in 1863, has retreated. The site of the proposed tower was off Robertson Gin Road south of Hernando. DeSoto [...]

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Good year for C Spire

Stephen McDill — Sun, 25 Dec 2011 06:00:03 +0000

It was a double-barrel of news with a kick that stunned the U.S. telecommunications industry. Cellular South, the Ridgeland-based company billed as the nation’s largest private wireless provider, announced in September that it was undergoing a massive corporate makeover. The end result was C Spire Wireless. Analysts saw the name change as signs that the [...]

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UPDATE: C Spire to offer iPhone 4S; fourth company to do so and ahead of T-Mobile

MBJ Staff — Wed, 19 Oct 2011 13:11:04 +0000

PRE-REGISTRATION BEGINS TODAY; DEVICE WILL LAUNCH IN COMING WEEKS RIDGELAND — As the Mississippi Business Journal reported several weeks ago, C Spire, the regional wireless carrier previously known as Cellular South, will have the newest iPhone from Apple to offer its customers. C Spire announced today that it will launch iPhone 4S in the U.S. [...]

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