Thanks Stan! Businessweek Interview Nov 7, 2005
Getting Cingular Up to Speed
CEO Stanley Sigman talks about the challenges of the AT&T Wireless merger and how he plans to catch up with Verizon Wireless
Cingular Wireless CEO Stanley Sigman has little appetite for taking the megaphone and blasting the good word about his company right now. There's simply too much work to do. Since taking the reins at the joint venture owned by SBC Communications (SBC ) and BellSouth (BLS ) in 2002, he has been, well, singularly devoted to turning a good wireless company into a top-notch one. But Cingular isn't there yet. In metrics like customer service, it's still lagging behind Verizon Wireless, a fact that gnaws at the Cingular chief.
Sigman knows Cingular's parent companies are in serious ne...
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CEO Stanley Sigman talks about the challenges of the AT&T Wireless merger and how he plans to catch up with Verizon Wireless
Cingular Wireless CEO Stanley Sigman has little appetite for taking the megaphone and blasting the good word about his company right now. There's simply too much work to do. Since taking the reins at the joint venture owned by SBC Communications (SBC ) and BellSouth (BLS ) in 2002, he has been, well, singularly devoted to turning a good wireless company into a top-notch one. But Cingular isn't there yet. In metrics like customer service, it's still lagging behind Verizon Wireless, a fact that gnaws at the Cingular chief.
Sigman knows Cingular's parent companies are in serious ne...
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I beleive that when Cingular was first formed Stan said that if he could not beat VZW he would be a failure, or something to that effect. I sure wish I could find that quote.
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