When the MBJ talked recently with Kevin Hankins, chief operating officer for C Spire, he stressed that from his and the company’s perspective, it’s all personal. “Our key focus is on providing our customers with an integrated communications experience that gives them the content and support they’re looking for,” he said. “For us, it’s all [...] [...]
by Stephen McDill Published: February 8,2013
Tags: C Spire Wireless, Cellular South, duopoly, Hu Meena, iPhone 5, Jim Richmond, Jimmy Creekmore, personalized wireless, telecommunication, Trent Lott, Wade Creekmore
It was 1988 —the year of denim jackets, Rick Astley, “Roseanne” and a new telephone company on the Mississippi Gulf Coast. While C Spire Wireless founders Jimmy and Wade Creekmore had been in the telephone business since the 1940s, the company then known as Cellular South began on Feb. 4, 1988 as a player in [...] [...]
by Stephen McDill Published: December 25,2011
Tags: Apple, AT&T, C Spire CEO Hu Meena, C Spire Wireless, cease fire, Cellular South, corporate makeover, iPhone, iPhone 4S, MBJ’s Top 5 stories of the year, Metro PCS, personalized wireless, Rural Cellular Association, telecommunications, U.S. Cellular, Verizon Wireless
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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