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C Spire launches new WiFi On app for Android-powered phones

MBJ Staff — Tue, 18 Jun 2013 15:19:50 +0000

RIDGELAND — C Spire Wireless has launched WiFi On, a free app that gives users a connection to a Wi-Fi network with over 12 million global hotspots. C Spire is partnering with Devicescape, a San Bruno, Calif.-based Wi-Fi connection services company, to provide the new, always-on client-based app. The service allows customers with Android touchscreen [...]

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Telepak strikes another branding deal with C Spire

MBJ Staff — Tue, 18 Jun 2013 11:50:23 +0000

RIDGELAND — Telepak Networks Inc., a broadband networking company, plans to sell fiber-based digital broadband services under the C Spire Fiber brand. According to Gregg Logan, Telepak vice president and general manager, the firm already has a strong reputation in the telecommunications industry as one of the leading independent providers of Internet, telecommunications and network [...]

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C Spire signs contract extension with NBA’s Grizzlies

MBJ Staff — Fri, 14 Jun 2013 14:04:35 +0000

RIDGELAND — The Memphis Grizzlies and C Spire Wireless have entered into a multi-year extension of an agreement involving the NBA Western Conference team and FedExForum. Terms were not disclosed. As part of the agreement, the Memphis Grizzlies will continue its relationship with C Spire Wireless as the official wireless partner of the professional basketball [...]

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C Spire unveiled new retail store prototype on Coast

MBJ Staff — Thu, 13 Jun 2013 15:35:05 +0000

GULFPORT — Ridgeland-based C Spire Wireless has opened its new 3,800-square-foot prototype retail store in Gulfport. The new store, located at 9277 Highway 49, features C Spire’s latest open floor plan design, wireless devices, feature and smart phones and accessories, as well as the company’s personalization program. The Gulfport store has a hands-on design to [...]

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AT&T brings 4G LTE network in to more of Central Miss.

MBJ Staff — Wed, 12 Jun 2013 16:27:40 +0000

CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI — AT&T has expanded its 4G LTE network in Central Mississippi. AT&T 4G LTE coverage now includes parts of Philadelphia, Carthage, Kosciusko, Lena, Camden, Choctaw and Edinburg. “As we focus on bringing more businesses to our community, it is crucial that we have advanced technologies in place to accommodate the needs of companies [...]

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Investigastors looking into cause of fall that killed two workers

Associated Press — Wed, 29 May 2013 12:29:17 +0000

COPIAH COUNTY — Federal and local investigators are trying to determine the cause of an accident in which two workers fell to their deaths from a cellphone tower in Copiah County. The accident happened yesterday afternoon at a tower on Mississippi Highway 27. The Copiah County coroner says the men were climbing up the 300-foot [...]

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Telecom adding workers on heels of Project VIP

MBJ Staff — Wed, 29 May 2013 12:04:58 +0000

PEARL — AT&T is hiring. That was the telecommunication company’s message at Gov. Phil Bryant ‘s Job Fair Network. It is currently looking to fill more than 250 job openings in Mississippi, including more than 225 new jobs. The majority of new jobs are in the Network and Call Center organizations. Many of the new [...]

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Economic developer: 4G network will boost county

MBJ Staff — Wed, 24 Apr 2013 12:18:03 +0000

NORTH MISSISSIPPI — AT&T has expanded it 4G LTE network in Northwest Mississippi. AT&T 4G LTE coverage now includes parts of Batesville along Highway 6, Sardis and South Oxford. AT&T launched 4G LTE in Oxford Dec. 18, 2012, and the expanded coverage is part of its ongoing rollout across the market. “The addition of a [...]

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Telecom rolling out upgrades to eight cities this summer

MBJ Staff — Thu, 11 Apr 2013 17:22:15 +0000

ACROSS MISSISSIPPI — AT&T plans to roll out 4G LTE to eight communities this summer, The cities are Biloxi, Cleveland, Corinth, Greenwood, Gulfport, Meridian, New Albany and Philadelphia. C.D. Smith, regional director, AT&T Mississippi said that “teams will be working hard across these cities toward our upcoming 4G LTE launch.”

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Federal court panel denies telecom’s appeal

Associated Press — Fri, 22 Mar 2013 11:59:05 +0000

RIPLEY — A federal court panel has ruled against Dixie-Net Communications Inc. in its appeal of an adverse ruling over in-state fees. A three-judge panel of the 5th U.S. Court of Appeals upheld a ruling by a Mississippi federal judge against Ripley-based Dixie-Net, a telecom business. At issue was whether calls made under AT&T’s Area [...]

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