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'''C Spire Wireless''' is the largest privately held wireless provider in the United States.<ref name="deltabusinessjournal.com">[http://www.deltabusinessjournal.com/2003_Archives/04_April/APR-Cellular.php Delta Business Journal: Cellular South celebrates 15th anniversary]</ref> Based in [[Ridgeland, Mississippi]], it has approximately 900,000 customers in [[Mississippi]], the [[Memphis, Tennessee|Memphis]] Metropolitan Area, the [[Florida Panhandle]], parts of [[Alabama]] including [[Mobile, Alabama|Mobile]], and [[Rome, Georgia]].<ref name="www.fiercewireless.com">[http://www.fiercewireless.com/story/cellular-south-we-wont-participate-verizons-rural-lte-licensing-program/2010-11-15 Cellular South: We won't participate in Verizon's rural LTE licensing program]</ref> The company also holds 700&nbsp;MHz and AWS licenses covering most of Tennessee and Alabama, though it has not yet extended service to these areas. C Spire Wireless is owned by the holding company Telapex, Inc., which also owns Telepak Networks, Inc., a provider of broadband internet and phone service, as well as several smaller Mississippi telecoms. On September 22, 2011, the company announced that it would change its name from Cellular South to C Spire Wireless effective September 26, 2011.
C Spire personalizes wireless, just for you.
Personalized wireless is a combination of a number of different services, systems and programs that combine to offer an unmatched wireless experience that directly reflects and serves each customer’s unique needs.
It’s apps that fit who you are, services that anticipate your needs, and rewards you’ll get just for using your phone in new ways. All with seamless ease and at amazingly fast speed.
C Spire’s industry-leading personalization capabilities are powered by Pulse, our proprietary system that enables us to understand and develop a closer relationship with our customers. In turn, we provide a customized selection of technology tailored for each customer – giving them unmatched wireless personalization.
C Spire is a multi-media and mobile computing business where data, tablets, applications, converged services and devices and social networking platforms create significant growth and expansion opportunities.


Today’s smartphones and wireless tablets have the computing power of yesterday’s laptops. With hundreds of thousands of apps and vast amounts of content now at our customers’ fingertips, a company that can personalize the customer experience is sorely needed in today’s rapidly changing and evolving wireless world. C Spire is that company.


==Beginnings==
C Spire provides a unique wireless experience for each customer that is designed and tailored especially for them. It’s the first and only wireless communications provider offering personalized wireless services that adapt to you, understand you and are designed just for you.


C Spire Wireless began its wireless service as Cellular South on the [[Mississippi Gulf Coast]] on February 4, 1988, using [[Advanced Mobile Phone System|AMPS]] technology. Mississippi football legend and [[Drew, Mississippi|Drew]] native [[Archie Manning]] made the company’s inaugural call from [[Gulfport, Mississippi]] to then U.S. Representative [[Trent Lott]] in Washington, D.C..<ref name="deltabusinessjournal.com"/><ref>[http://www.cellularsouth.com/aboutus/CompanyProfile.html CellularSouth.com: History/Timeline (including transcript of the first call made between Manning and Lott]</ref>
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C Spire also holds corporate sponsorships for:

==Growth==
The company has grown steadily year after year and began an even more aggressive expansion in 1999. Since then, C Spire Wireless has invested more than US$700 million in its wireless network, including constructing 1,403 cell sites, a high-speed wireless broadband network and a permanent microwave ring for redundancy across the Gulf Coast region. Cellular South provides flat-rate, unlimited voice and data plans, nationwide digital coverage, a 3G voice and data network and Discover Centers to teach wireless users how to use wireless features and applications on their smartphones. Cellular South celebrated its 20th Anniversary in February 2008. In 2009, the company purchased Alabama-based Corr Wireless, which expanded its coverage in Alabama and moved it into Georgia for the first time.

The company announced on September 22, 2011 it planned on changing its name to C Spire Wireless effective on September 26.

==Community involvement==
C Spire Wireless also sponsors the Cellular South Charitable Foundation, a 501(c)(3) foundation with a focus on higher education.<ref><http://dynamodata.fdncenter.org/990s/990search/ffindershow.cgi?id=CELL004 Foundation Center: Foundation Finder Results></ref> The foundation's stated mission is to provide grants to Mississippi Institutions of Higher Learning in order to help advance college education opportunities at these universities. They also consider supporting 501(c)(3) tax exempt organizations which are committed to improving the quality of life in the markets they serve with special prioritization given to those entities that do so with a motivation to serve Christ through their respective endeavors.

Additionally, the foundation provides academic scholarships to Mississippi's eight public universities and financial assistance to community organizations that include the [[Boys & Girls Clubs of America]], [[Habitat for Humanity International|Habitat for Humanity]], Stewpot Community Services, Blair E. Batson Hospital for Children, [[St. Jude Children's Research Hospital (Memphis, Tennessee)|St. Jude Children's Research Hospital]], [[Make-a-Wish Foundation]], [[March of Dimes]], The Mustard Seed, [[The Salvation Army]], [[Special Olympics]] and the [[YMCA]].

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Cellular South also holds corporate sponsorships for:

*The [[Regions Morgan Keegan Championships and the Cellular South Cup|Cellular South Cup]] professional tennis tournament in Memphis
*The [[University of Mississippi]], [[Mississippi State University]], [[University of Southern Mississippi]] and [[University of Memphis]] athletic programs
*The [[University of Mississippi]], [[Mississippi State University]], [[University of Southern Mississippi]] and [[University of Memphis]] athletic programs
*The [[Memphis Redbirds]] and [[Mississippi Braves]] minor league baseball teams
*The [[Memphis Redbirds]] and [[Mississippi Braves]] minor league baseball teams

Revision as of 20:12, 10 October 2011

C Spire Wireless
Company typePrivate
IndustryWireless voice and data services
Founded1988
FounderWade H. Creekmore, Jr. and James H. "Jimmy" Creekmore, Sr.Oxford, Mississippi
Headquarters
Ridgeland, Mississippi
,
United States
Number of locations
85 stores
Area served
Memphis metropolitan area
Mississippi
Alabama
Florida Panhandle
Rome, Georgia
Key people
Hu Meena – President;
Kevin Hankins – Chief Operating Officer;
Suzy Hays – Senior Vice President, Marketing;
Tony Kent – Chief Technology Officer;
Greg Latour – Senior Vice President, Strategic Development;
Sherry Stegall – Senior Vice President, Sales and Customer Operations
ProductsSMS (text messaging), MMS (picture messaging), BREW, Push to Talk, Mobile banking, E-mail, BlackBerry, Windows Phone, Android, Netbook
ServicesCDMA2000 1xRTT
EV-DO (wireless voice and data services)
ParentTelapex, Inc.
Websitewww.cspire.com

C Spire Wireless is the largest privately held wireless provider in the United States.[1] Based in Ridgeland, Mississippi, it has approximately 900,000 customers in Mississippi, the Memphis Metropolitan Area, the Florida Panhandle, parts of Alabama including Mobile, and Rome, Georgia.[2] The company also holds 700 MHz and AWS licenses covering most of Tennessee and Alabama, though it has not yet extended service to these areas. C Spire Wireless is owned by the holding company Telapex, Inc., which also owns Telepak Networks, Inc., a provider of broadband internet and phone service, as well as several smaller Mississippi telecoms. On September 22, 2011, the company announced that it would change its name from Cellular South to C Spire Wireless effective September 26, 2011.


Beginnings

C Spire Wireless began its wireless service as Cellular South on the Mississippi Gulf Coast on February 4, 1988, using AMPS technology. Mississippi football legend and Drew native Archie Manning made the company’s inaugural call from Gulfport, Mississippi to then U.S. Representative Trent Lott in Washington, D.C..[1][3]

Growth

The company has grown steadily year after year and began an even more aggressive expansion in 1999. Since then, C Spire Wireless has invested more than US$700 million in its wireless network, including constructing 1,403 cell sites, a high-speed wireless broadband network and a permanent microwave ring for redundancy across the Gulf Coast region. Cellular South provides flat-rate, unlimited voice and data plans, nationwide digital coverage, a 3G voice and data network and Discover Centers to teach wireless users how to use wireless features and applications on their smartphones. Cellular South celebrated its 20th Anniversary in February 2008. In 2009, the company purchased Alabama-based Corr Wireless, which expanded its coverage in Alabama and moved it into Georgia for the first time.

The company announced on September 22, 2011 it planned on changing its name to C Spire Wireless effective on September 26.

Community involvement

C Spire Wireless also sponsors the Cellular South Charitable Foundation, a 501(c)(3) foundation with a focus on higher education.[4] The foundation's stated mission is to provide grants to Mississippi Institutions of Higher Learning in order to help advance college education opportunities at these universities. They also consider supporting 501(c)(3) tax exempt organizations which are committed to improving the quality of life in the markets they serve with special prioritization given to those entities that do so with a motivation to serve Christ through their respective endeavors.

Additionally, the foundation provides academic scholarships to Mississippi's eight public universities and financial assistance to community organizations that include the Boys & Girls Clubs of America, Habitat for Humanity, Stewpot Community Services, Blair E. Batson Hospital for Children, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Make-a-Wish Foundation, March of Dimes, The Mustard Seed, The Salvation Army, Special Olympics and the YMCA.

Cellular South also holds corporate sponsorships for:

References

  1. ^ a b Delta Business Journal: Cellular South celebrates 15th anniversary
  2. ^ Cellular South: We won't participate in Verizon's rural LTE licensing program
  3. ^ CellularSouth.com: History/Timeline (including transcript of the first call made between Manning and Lott
  4. ^ <http://dynamodata.fdncenter.org/990s/990search/ffindershow.cgi?id=CELL004 Foundation Center: Foundation Finder Results>
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