Cellular Phone Service Plans offered by 4 major Wireless Phone Companies

Wireless Phone Company T-Mobile

Cellular Phone Company Cingular

T-Mobile Cellular Phones

Based in Bellevue, Washington, T-Mobile Wireless is one of the fastest growing nationwide wireless carriers. T-Mobile is the first mobile communications company to offer service on both sides of the Atlantic with a single global brand name and a single digital technology standard, GSM (Global System for Mobile Communications).

Ownership: T-Mobile Wireless was acquired by a subsidiary of Deutsche Telekom on May 31, 2001.

Revenues: exceeding $13.6 billion in 2001

Wireless Phone Service Subscribers:

Cellular voice, messaging and high-speed wireless data services to more than 8 million customers

Cellular Phone Service and Technology

T-Mobile Wireless operates the largest all digital, wireless network based exclusively on GSM (Global System for Mobile Communications) technology. GSM is the most widely used digital standard worldwide, accounting for more than 70 percent of the total digital wireless market.

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AT&T Cellular Phones

Following AT&T's merger with BellSouth in December 2006, Cingular Wireless is now solely owned by AT&T. Now that branding is complete, the new AT&T represents the largest wireless company in the United States, with more than 62 million subscribers who use the nation's largest digital voice and data network. Cingular customers can rest assured that they will continue to receive the quality of products and services to which they’ve grown accustomed—exclusive cell phones and mobile devices, cutting-edge technology, and a large selection of rate plans.

AT&T is also dedicated to continue providing customers with wireless technology designed to enrich their lives.

AT&T Advantages Include:

The country's largest and fastest digital voice and data network—the ALLOVER™ Network—which covers the top 100 U.S. markets and more than 273 million people throughout the U.S.

Cellular Phone Company Nextel

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Nextel Communications, based in Reston, VA, is a leading provider of fully integrated, wireless communications services on the largest guaranteed, all-digital, wireless network in the country.
Ownership: Nextel Wireless is traded on the NASDAQ National Market under the symbol NXTL. Nextel Partners is a separate company traded on the NASDAQ National Market.
Revenue on the cellular service
$8.7 billion (2002)
Cellular Phone Service Subscribers:
10.61 million (Q4 2002)
Cellular Phone Service and Technology
Nextel uses a packet-based platform, the integrated Digital Enhanced Network (iDEN™) technology, developed by Motorola. The Nextel 4-in-1 service—Nextel Digital Cellular, Direct ConnectSM, Nextel Mobile Messaging and Nextel Online®—covers thousands of communities across the United States. Nextel and Nextel Partners, Inc., currently serve 197 of the top 200 U.S. markets.

Nextel cellular Phone Plans