Bob Goudreau
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 Posted:
Sat Dec 03, 2005 9:22 am Post subject:
T-Mobile, was: Verizon, GTE, etc, etc |
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Danny Burstein wrote:
[PAT, please anonymize my email address as always.]
| Quote: | Voicestream changed into T-Mobile. I understand that there was even a
name used prior to being called Voicestream but I can't remember what
it was.
There was also Western Wireless in the Pacific Northwest.
Western merged/bought up Omnipoint as well as a few small facilities
here and there.
Soon afterwards, Deutche [sic] Telecom [sic] (German based) bought
up Western and added more licenses.
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The real story is a bit more convoluted than that. Various sources on
the web, such as
http://www.businessweek.com/it100/2005/company/WWCA.htm and
http://www.publicintegrity.org/telecom/analysis/CompanyProfile.aspx?HOID=911
shed more light on it.
In brief, Voicestream was spun off from Western Wireless in 1999. Deutsche
Telekom later purchased Voicestream and rebranded it as T-Mobile.
Meanwhile, Western Wireless itself continued to exist as a regional carrier
until being acquired earlier this year by Alltel.
Bob Goudreau
Cary, NC |
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