Re: AT&T Steps up Cingular Rebranding Ahead of iPhone

John Mayson <john@xxxxxxxxx> Thu, 24 May 2007 10:52:52 -0500 wrote:

[el snippo]

I was more curious
about Cincinnati Bell Wireless. How could a cell phone provider that
only offers service in one metropolitan area survive? They are GSM
and have roaming agreements with Cingular/AT&T Wireless.

Does this mean people in the Cincinnati area are out of luck with the
upcoming iPhone? It seems only Cingular/AT&T Wireless customers
can get them.

I know this is a weird question, but I'm an Apple and telecom geek.
:-)

Cincinnati Bell remains an independent ILEC and even though there are
roaming agreements with AT&T (fka Cingular Wireless) it's not part of
AT&T. As far as I know AT&T will be the exclusive agent for the
iPhone for an exclusive period and no other US wireless operator will
have it during this exclusive period.

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