Yikes...cingular is releasing all thier assets in the west?
"With Cingular Wireless about to be the proud owner of AT&T Wireless, questions have been surfacing as to what will happen to its existing network infrastructure pact with T-Mobile USA. Well, a decision has been made: T-Mobile USA's parent Deutsche Telekom will snap up the California and Nevada network assets in a $2.5 billion deal, which will unwind the joint venture".
Does this mean in Nevada will be stuck with ATT's poor GSM coverage? I read this and it seems Cingular is releasing all their west coast assets becasue they will have ATT's which are not uite built out as well. ATT was late to the GSM game and does not appear to have the coverge on GSM as even T Mobile.
Does this mean in Nevada will be stuck with ATT's poor GSM coverage? I read this and it seems Cingular is releasing all their west coast assets becasue they will have ATT's which are not uite built out as well. ATT was late to the GSM game and does not appear to have the coverge on GSM as even T Mobile.
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Kingfrog-
Once the deal goes through, Cingular will still have use of that network for 4 years. This will give CW plenty of time to expand the network with newer and better equipment. All of this hinges on the ATTWS/CW deal getting final approval. No customers will be effected by the change of network ownership.
Once the deal goes through, Cingular will still have use of that network for 4 years. This will give CW plenty of time to expand the network with newer and better equipment. All of this hinges on the ATTWS/CW deal getting final approval. No customers will be effected by the change of network ownership.
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Actually Cingular will be giving up nothing... the deal is to let TMobile use cingulars towers in cali for 2.5 billion dollars.... Currentlt there is an even exchange cingular uses tmobile in new york city in exchange for cali... when the aquisition of attws goes thru cingular no longer needs tmobiles towers and tmobile will have to pay cingular for the use of its cali towers. bottom line.... cingular's coverage will only get better.
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kingfrog77 said:
ATT was late to the GSM game and does not appear to have the coverge on GSM as even T Mobile.
Although AT&T Wireless was late in releasing GSM nationwide, it has the largest GSM network in the United States. Larger even than Cingular or T-Mobile's networks. You can find this information clearly stated on page seven of a slide show compiled by Cingular at this address.
http://www.cingular.com/about/new_leadership.pdf »
Notice that the number of cell sites and markets that service is available in are both larger on AT&Ts part. So I beg to differ when you say that AT&T does not appear to have the coverage of even T-Mobile. AT&T Wireless definitely has the GSM "game" under control.
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Those maps indicate solid coverage area in the SW with no holes in service. In fact mostly solid across the bottom half of the USA...
They cannot be that accurate at all. Especially when on another page it was indicated that only 57% of Cingular's calls were on the GSM network last year.....That is a pretty huge jump form 57% to solid nation wide GSM coverage with just the acquisition of ATT GSM which in Las Vegas anyway is abysmal as compared to Cingular even now!
They cannot be that accurate at all. Especially when on another page it was indicated that only 57% of Cingular's calls were on the GSM network last year.....That is a pretty huge jump form 57% to solid nation wide GSM coverage with just the acquisition of ATT GSM which in Las Vegas anyway is abysmal as compared to Cingular even now!
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