Dobson Cellular Systems, Inc. now part of AT&T Mobility, was a wireless telecommunications provider in several regions of the United States, including Alaska, Arizona, California, Kansas, Kentucky, Maryland, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, New York, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Texas, Virginia, West Virginia and Wisconsin. Dobson Cellular Systems was a wholly owned subsidiary of Dobson Communications Corporation based in Oklahoma City. It was the provider of Cellular One-branded services in the United States. Dobson operated under the brand name of Cellular One, and provided service on a D-AMPS and GSM network. The company purchased the rights to the Cellular One name from Alltel in December 2005.
Formed in the 1920s, Dobson Communications originally operated a small wireline telephone network in Oklahoma. In 70 years, Dobson had evolved to become the nation's largest independent rural wireless provider. Dobson's operations in 60 markets were acquired through several purchases within the last 10 years.
On June 29, 2007 AT&T Inc. announced that they had reached an agreement to purchase Dobson Cellular division. The closing price was $2.8B USD or $13 per share. AT&T also agreed to assume the outstanding debt of $2.3B USD.
The sale completed on November 15, 2007, with market transition beginning December 9, 2007. The Cellular One brand name was sold to Trilogy Partners in February 2008.
The Federal government prevented AT&T from taking certain Dobson markets In Texas, Oklahoma, and Kentucky along the Ohio border and the I-75 corridor, due to the potential monopoly this would create in this area. After placing these markets in a trust for one year, the Kentucky markets were sold to Verizon Wireless in November 2008 with market transition to be completed by November 2009, and the others, TX-10 and OK-5, were sold to affiliates of MTPCS, LLC, which concurrently adopted the Cellular One brand under a license agreement with Trilogy Partners.
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Dobson was, for the most part, a rural provider. It claimed to be the largest provider of cellular services in Alaska as well as in Michigan. It was also the exclusive provider of GSM technology in many of its markets and has a few resellers such as TracFone and smaller MVNOs in particular states. It also provided voice and data roaming capability for many AT&T and T-Mobile customers. Dobson had recently upgraded a majority of its GSM/GPRS towers with an EDGE overlay, providing an even faster data rate for their customers.
dobson, cellular, this, article, does, cite, sources, please, help, improve, this, article, adding, citations, reliable, sources, unsourced, material, challenged, removed, find, sources, news, newspapers, books, scholar, jstor, march, 2016, learn, when, remove. This article does not cite any sources Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources Unsourced material may be challenged and removed Find sources Dobson Cellular news newspapers books scholar JSTOR March 2016 Learn how and when to remove this template message Dobson Cellular Systems Inc now part of AT amp T Mobility was a wireless telecommunications provider in several regions of the United States including Alaska Arizona California Kansas Kentucky Maryland Michigan Minnesota Missouri New York Ohio Oklahoma Pennsylvania Texas Virginia West Virginia and Wisconsin Dobson Cellular Systems was a wholly owned subsidiary of Dobson Communications Corporation based in Oklahoma City It was the provider of Cellular One branded services in the United States Dobson operated under the brand name of Cellular One and provided service on a D AMPS and GSM network The company purchased the rights to the Cellular One name from Alltel in December 2005 Dobson Cellular Systems Inc TypeDivisionIndustryTelecommunicationsFounded1920 1920 DefunctNovember 15 2007 2007 11 15 FateAcquiredSuccessorAT amp T Mobility LLC HeadquartersOklahoma City Oklahoma USAKey peopleEverett R Dobson ChairmanSteven P Dussek CEO amp presidentProductsAMPS D AMPS GSM GPRS EDGE SMS MMSServicesWireless ServicesParentDobson Communications 1920 2007 AT amp T Mobility 2007 present Contents 1 Corporate history 2 Network 3 References 4 External linksCorporate history editFormed in the 1920s Dobson Communications originally operated a small wireline telephone network in Oklahoma In 70 years Dobson had evolved to become the nation s largest independent rural wireless provider Dobson s operations in 60 markets were acquired through several purchases within the last 10 years On June 29 2007 AT amp T Inc announced that they had reached an agreement to purchase Dobson Cellular division The closing price was 2 8B USD or 13 per share AT amp T also agreed to assume the outstanding debt of 2 3B USD The sale completed on November 15 2007 with market transition beginning December 9 2007 The Cellular One brand name was sold to Trilogy Partners in February 2008 The Federal government prevented AT amp T from taking certain Dobson markets In Texas Oklahoma and Kentucky along the Ohio border and the I 75 corridor due to the potential monopoly this would create in this area After placing these markets in a trust for one year the Kentucky markets were sold to Verizon Wireless in November 2008 with market transition to be completed by November 2009 and the others TX 10 and OK 5 were sold to affiliates of MTPCS LLC which concurrently adopted the Cellular One brand under a license agreement with Trilogy Partners Network editDobson was for the most part a rural provider It claimed to be the largest provider of cellular services in Alaska as well as in Michigan It was also the exclusive provider of GSM technology in many of its markets and has a few resellers such as TracFone and smaller MVNOs in particular states It also provided voice and data roaming capability for many AT amp T and T Mobile customers Dobson had recently upgraded a majority of its GSM GPRS towers with an EDGE overlay providing an even faster data rate for their customers References editExternal links editDobson Communications Corporation corporate homepage AT amp T Mobility homepage Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Dobson Cellular amp oldid 952373503, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
