Cell phone Companies

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  • AT&T

    AT&T

    AT&T is the first cell phone provider.
  • AT&T Breakup

    AT&T Breakup

    AT&T’s old local phone companies become Ameritech, Bell Atlantic, BellSouth, NYNEX, Pacific Telesis, Southwestern Bell, and US West.
  • Nextel

    Nextel

    Wireless phone company Fleet Call is founded. It changes its name to Nextel
  • McCaw Cellular

    McCaw Cellular

    AT&T acquires McCaw Cellular
  • AirTouch/Vodefone

    AirTouch/Vodefone

    AirTouch merges with Vodfone to form Vodafone Airtouch
  • AT&T Wireless

    AT&T Wireless

    AT&T spins off its wireless business to form AT&T Wireless Services
  • Clearwire

    Clearwire

    WiMAX provider Clearwire is founded
  • Sprint Nextel

    Sprint Nextel

    Sprint buys Nextel to form Sprint Nextel.
  • T-Mobile

    T-Mobile

    AT&T agrees to buy T-Mobile

  • AT&T & Directv

    AT&T Agrees to buy DirecTv

  • Unlimited Data

    Verizon started introducing unlimited data.

  • 5G

    5G Is introduced to the public.

  • 2030

    6G could be invented by about this time

  • 2050

    AT&T Buys out other companies like T-Mobile, Sprint, Verizon, etc...

  • 2100

    There will be no need for any cellular data because we will invent 10G that spreads and has world wide coverage.