Ameritech Cellular

Ameritech Cellular

Infobox_Company
company_name = Ameritech Mobile Communications, LLC
company_
company_type = Holding of AT&T Mobility
foundation = 1984
location = Chicago, IL, USA
key_people =
industry = Wireless Services
company_slogan =
products = AMPS
revenue =
parent = Ameritech (1984-1999)
SBC (1999-2000)
AT&T Mobility (2000-present)
num_employees =
homepage = [http://www.att.com/wireless att.com/wireless]

Ameritech Mobile Communications, LLC was the first company in the United States to provide cellular mobile phone service to the general public. Cell service became publicly available in Chicago on October 13, 1983. The company was a division of Ameritech which, as of January 1, 1984, was the holding company of Illinois Bell, Michigan Bell, Wisconsin Bell, Ohio Bell, and Indiana Bell, who provides landline service to the Great Lakes region. Originally named Ameritech Mobile Communications, it later became known as Ameritech Cellular.

Following the SBC merger, Ameritech's wireless network was integrated and added to SBC's Wireless network. Originally Ameritech used CDMA as its network technology choice, but then converted to TDMA to be compatible with SBC's other wireless networks that were mostly using TDMA. During the SBC Communications merger its First and Original network in Chicago was sold to GTE (which later became Verizon Wireless).

Ameritech Mobile Communications exists today as Ameritech Mobile Communications, LLC d/b/a AT&T Mobility..


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