Katya said:
*giggle*

decidedly uninformed, just like me.

But you're not an arrogant jerk. 😉

Thank you for the vote of confidence 🙂

Now...if I could only de-escalate the felines, I'd be #1 at my job.

😎 hey all

hey did we merge yet or what??

Not yet......

At least that's what i've heard.

do you know the time line atleast?? i got alot of ppl askin

Phonescoop had posted an article about the merge earlier this week. It was from reuters.com and stated that Cingular hopes to the merger to be finalized in October.

ok thanks. 😁

Here is the article:

http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=topNew ... »

This is stated in the 5th paragraph starting "Cingular Wireless plans..."

Cingular, and most analysts, expect by end of October. Realistically, by year's end it should be completed, and the two networks can begin combining. Bear in mind that all of the integration involved will take quite some time due to the sheer magnitude of the two companies. IT issues, billing, the virtual SIM, crosstraining, melding the networks... just to name a few of the challenges. I believe Cingular is up to the task, even though until the deal finalizes they are pretty much in the dark. We have to remain competitors until then, and that means we don't get to peek at ATTWS until after closing. Many of our plans are based simply on public knowledge. It will take 30 days or more after the merger is approved to finaize our strategy going f...
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Marcus from Cingular customer care. From what I know based on what we have been told by corporate is their will be no cross training. And that once the deal coses Cingular has the right to use the AT&T brand and the same price plans and the T&C's for customers will not change at all. Both companies will just stop competing that is the only immediate change. The best part about both these companies are GSM and thats all the have to do is sent IRDB updates with the current network information. Even though the deal will be final in October this is going to be a long process.