swifty11212 Posted January 29, 2007 Posted January 29, 2007 I'm a bit confused, Didn't AT&T buy Cingular, or was it the other way around? The new Cingular commercial said it's the new AT&T? Meh I dunno I haven't been keeping track of stuff lately... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fireonice Posted January 29, 2007 Posted January 29, 2007 AT&T did but i think there keeping the cingular name... who noes Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
GuJuMaN89 Posted January 29, 2007 Posted January 29, 2007 kinda right, AT&T bought cingular, and now got permission to change the name to AT&T. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fireonice Posted January 29, 2007 Posted January 29, 2007 It's acually a name change all together. Back when cingular and AT&T merged it was AT&T who bought cingular not the other way around like alot of people think. I dont even think u can buy a AT&T cell phone anymore. But instead of coming back out with AT&T wireless i guess there just gona turn cingular into the new AT&T... And im pritty sure the'v had permission to change the name they just didnt. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigred Posted January 29, 2007 Posted January 29, 2007 AT&T phone owners were rolled over to cingular contracts at the point of buy out. cingular stayed the wireless arm of AT&T, much like SBC was thier broadband division for a while. now the name shall be AT&T all the way around. 1 bill for local, long distance, broadband, and mobile phones. that's all this is about. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
swifty11212 Posted January 29, 2007 Posted January 29, 2007 AT&T phone owners were rolled over to cingular contracts at the point of buy out. cingular stayed the wireless arm of AT&T, much like SBC was thier broadband division for a while.now the name shall be AT&T all the way around. 1 bill for local, long distance, broadband, and mobile phones. that's all this is about. Thats why I switched to T-mobile shortly after cingular threatened to cancel my service for refusing to upgrade my phone to some new one... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
gotdamojo06 Posted January 29, 2007 Posted January 29, 2007 so what is going to happen to those of us who have cingular cell phones? are they just going to change the name on the bill to att or what? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nemo Posted January 29, 2007 Posted January 29, 2007 AT&T merged with BellSouth. Prior to the merger, SBC, now known as ATT after it bought ATT, owned 60% of Cingular and BellSouth owned 40%. Now AT&T owns it all. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigred Posted January 29, 2007 Posted January 29, 2007 Thats why I switched to T-mobile shortly after cingular threatened to cancel my service for refusing to upgrade my phone to some new one... they all did that to phase out the analog cell phones and non GSM. there was no other option. the nextel iden customers are the ones who are going to get screwed the worst in the very near future. due an fcc regulation they're being forced off iden... with NO option but to replace expensive phones. and the only true difference cingular customers will see is the new logo on thier bills. and a single bill for all AT&T services. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
swifty11212 Posted January 30, 2007 Posted January 30, 2007 The old phone i had was a GPRS/GSM type phone, I dunno but it did work well for a colorless Nokia Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
nan0click Posted January 30, 2007 Posted January 30, 2007 (edited) I thought Cingular bought AT&T's mobile division creating "Blue" customers, and then SBC and Cingular merged, hence the DSL and a Cellphone through SBC Global... Then AT&T bought SBC (which included Cingular) and they're just getting around to changing names back to AT&T... Edited January 30, 2007 by nan0click Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kash Posted January 30, 2007 Posted January 30, 2007 Ah who cares, old Ma Bell is back in town!! Well, sorta, Verizon still has to be bought/merged to get the entire thing back to one piece. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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