Posts Tagged ‘Cellular South’

AT&T versus Verizon in Mississippi (access required)

by Amy McCullough Published: January 18,2010

Tags: 3G, AT&T, cell phone, Cellular South, Verizon

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 best for [...] [...]

Top 40 Under 40 still much-coveted

by Wally Northway Published: January 8,2010

Tags: BancorpSouth, Cellular South, EXPO, Top 40 Under 40

Luncheon will offer a video presentation of each winner, touching on a few of each recipient’s achievements Of the three awards programs offered during the Mississippi Business & Technology EXPO, Top 40 Under 40 is by far the oldest. But, it remains one of the most coveted awards, and a large, enthusiastic crowd is expected at [...] [...]

Hankins’ career began inauspiciously (access required)

by Laura Smith Published: November 16,2009

Tags: Cellular South, Kevin Hankins

Cellular South’s COO says company’s story is ‘really compelling’   Kevin Hankins was pursuing an engineering degree in the 1980s when he received a telephone call one afternoon. A representative from Motorola was on the line and asked if Hankins had ever heard of cellular technology. “I told him, ‘Why, no. I haven’t,” Hankins said. That was the beginning of [...] [...]

Getting 3G to a rural state (access required)

by Laura Smith Published: November 16,2009

Tags: 3G, cell sites, Cellular South

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,” said Dave [...] [...]

Cellular South adds cell sites to 39 counties

by Stephen McDill Published: November 9,2009

Tags: 3G, cell sites, Cellular South

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 data [...] [...]

PHONE WARS (access required)

by Stephen McDill Published: October 30,2009

Tags: Cellular South, Hero

Cellular South launches the latest weapon in the battle for mobile supremacy The global smartphone industry is hoping that Christmas stockings left threadbare last year by the recession will this year include not just the industry’s newest toy but also an innovative operating system that could send the Blackberry and iPhone running for cover. Communications and product [...] [...]

One million potential customers at stake in acquisition of Corr

by Stephen McDill Published: October 18,2009

Tags: Bryan A. Corr, Cellular South, Commerce, Corr, Corr Wireless, telecommunications, wireless provider

Cellular South announced Friday its company’s planned acquisition of a regional Alabama wireless provider. The country’s largest privately owned wireless communications carrier said it plans to take over Corr Wireless, a leading wireless carrier headquartered in Oneonta, Ala. with coverage areas in northeastern Alabama and Georgia. Financial details of the transaction have not been disclosed. With this [...] [...]

Cellular South finishes buildout in the Delta

by MBJ Newswires Published: August 10,2009

Tags: Cellular South, Ridgeland

RIDGELAND — Cellular South is announcing the last phase of its major expansion efforts this year for third generation (3G) high-speed mobile broadband data services in the State of Mississippi with availability in 15 counties and 60 cities in the Mississippi Delta. This is the single largest 3G expansion by any wireless company in the [...] [...]

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