| ommunication companies provide communication all | | | | •NYNEX Mobile Communications |
| over the world through network. Without them, | | | | •Bell Atlantic Mobile |
| communication from distant places would be | | | | •PrimeCo Communications |
| impossible. Business transactions and personal | | | | •AirTouch Communications and |
| communications would be hampered. The four | | | | •GTE Mobilnet |
| biggest Telecom Companies in the US performed a | | | | In 1995, Bell Atlantic NYNEX Mobile was created. |
| crucial role in the history of providing telecom | | | | NYNEX and Bell Atlantic merged together. It was |
| services. The four influential mobile phone providers in | | | | then named Bell Atlantic Mobile. Vodafone Group |
| the United States includes Verizon Wireless, AT | | | | combined with AirTouch Communications in 1999 and |
| & T, Sprint Nextel and T-Mobile | | | | thus created the Vodafone Air Touch Plc. Later, it |
| The four biggest Telecom Companies in the United | | | | joined Bell Atlantic Corporation which is then called |
| States played a very big part in the history of | | | | Verizon Wireless. It started its operation in April 2000. |
| providing telecom services. Each of them has their | | | | The combining of GTE Wireless with Bell Atlantic |
| own account of beginning. The four influential mobile | | | | formed the Verizon Communication in June 2000. It |
| phone providers in the United States are: | | | | grew to be the biggest wireless communication |
| •Verizon Wireless | | | | provider. In February of 2008, Verizon Wireless gives |
| •AT & T | | | | unlimited minutes of talk plans. |
| •Sprint Nextel | | | | Verizon comes from two words, Veritas meaning |
| •T-Mobile | | | | truth and Horizon. The word created an image of: |
| AT & T | | | | •assurance |
| AT &T Incorporated is Southwestern Bell | | | | •dependability |
| Corporation in 1983. It is the first biggest among the | | | | •limitless possibilities and |
| four leading companies in telecom services and | | | | •direction |
| included in the seven companies of Regional Bell | | | | Sprint Nextel Corporation |
| Operating Companies. The company originated in St. | | | | Sprint Nextel Corporation was then Sprint |
| Louis, Missouri. The name Southwestern Bell | | | | Corporation. It is a telecommunications company that |
| Corporation was changed to SBC Communications, | | | | holds and controls the third largest wireless |
| Inc. in 1995. | | | | communication network. It is headquartered in Kansas |
| AT & T serves: | | | | and founded in 1899. Its founders were George |
| •long distance | | | | Andrew Lita, Rosemarie Casuncad, and Cleyson |
| •local telephone services | | | | Leroy Brown. It was named Brown Telephone |
| •Wireless connections and | | | | Company before in Abilene, Kansas. It was a |
| •DSL Internet connection | | | | challenger of Bell System as Landline Telephone |
| SBC get hold of the following sister companies in | | | | Company. |
| 1997: | | | | The name was changed to: |
| •Pacific Telesis that serves California and | | | | •United Utilities in 1938 and |
| Nevada | | | | •United Telecommunications in 1972 |
| •SNET or Southern New England Telephone | | | | It operated many other businesses and purchased |
| Changes in the organization happened in October | | | | ISACOMM in 1981. By acquiring it, it gained the long |
| 1999 after GTE bought American Wireless. It was | | | | distance voice market. It also purchased U.S. |
| made to convince Federal and State regulators. SBC | | | | Telephone in 1984. The following year, it offers |
| Communication was penalized by FCC for not | | | | wireless service through Sprint PCS. It was the first |
| complying with agreements to get merger approval. | | | | PCS-based wireless network in the U.S. A merger |
| SBC stop marketing their other companies in 2002. It | | | | between MCI World Com and Sprint happened in |
| gives different names on its different companies | | | | 1999 and would have been the largest merger with |
| based on the state where it was located. AT & | | | | its $129 billion agreement. But the deal did not pursue |
| T planned to relocate in Texas and they announced it | | | | because of pressures from U.S. Department of |
| June 2008. | | | | Justice and European Union. New York Stock |
| Verizon Wireless | | | | Exchange absorbed PCS in 2004. |
| The second among the biggest mobile phone service | | | | T-Mobile |
| providers in the U.S. is Verizon Wireless. It has more | | | | The fourth biggest mobile service provider is the |
| than 68 million users with $43.9 billion yearly revenues. | | | | T-Mobile. The company was from Germany and |
| Verizon is also known as Cellco Partnership. It is a | | | | belongs to Deutsche Telekom. T-Mobile created its |
| partnership between Vodafone and Verizon | | | | history in European countries. It has more than a |
| Communications. The company acquired Alltel | | | | hundred million subscribers all over the world. |
| Wireless in June 2008. Verizon Wireless comes from: | | | | |