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On July 9, 2001, AT&T Wireless (NYSE: AWE) split off from AT&T, to become the largest independently owned and operated wireless company in North America and one of the most widely held stocks in the United States. Now entirely dedicated to wireless communications, AT&T Wireless serves 21.692 million subscribers (as of March 31, 2004) by providing an array of exciting, cost-effective wireless communications solutions, including voice, data, Internet and text services.
2004 - AT&T Wireless began offering customers in Detroit, Phoenix, San Francisco, Seattle, Dallas and San Diego broadband mobile wireless services with its launch of the first commercially-available true 3G UMTS (Universal Mobile Telecommunications System) network in the United States.
2003 - AT&T Wireless launches EDGE, the fastest national wireless data network in the United States.
2003 - AT&T Wireless forms system integrator program with leading firms to help business customers design and implement end-to-end wireless data solutions.
2003 - AT&T Wireless and "American Idol" set global record for the most successful text messaging event in history. AT&T Wireless widely credited for bringing awareness of text messaging to North American consumers.
2003 - AT&T Wireless enters the Wi-FI business through company owned-facilities and roaming agreements.
2003 - AT&T Wireless forms strategic relationship with HP and offers wireless data solutions for corporate customers.
2003 - AT&T Wireless forms strategic relationship with IBM and offers wireless data solutions for corporate customers.
2003 - The first multimedia messaging service in the US (including pictures, text, and sound) is introduced by AT&T Wireless.
2003 - AT&T Wireless forms strategic relationship with Dell and begins supplying mobile computing solutions to customers.
2002 - AT&T Wireless forms strategic relationship with Microsoft and begins offering wireless data solutions to corporate customers.
2002 - AT&T Wireless launches Blackberry service integrating voice calling and wireless email on the same device.
2002 - AT&T Wireless launches AOL and Yahoo Instant Messaging for wireless phones.
2002 - AT&T Wireless introduces the first picture messaging service and camera phone in the US.
2002 - As part of AT&T Wireless' mMode® service, the company introduces the first location based application, "Find Friends," from a national wireless carrier in the US.
2002 - AT&T Wireless offers world's first combined GSM/TDMA mobile phone. Manufactured by Siemens, the S46 mobile phone gives customers the freedom of domestic and international roaming, high-speed wireless data access and Internet browsing.
2002 - AT&T Wireless launches mMode, giving people easy, fast access to the things and people that matter most using the keypad of their wireless phone.
2002 - AT&T Wireless introduces mLife, a major brand and advertising campaign that breaks away from the industry's obsession with plans, pricing and promotions and reaffirms the real power of wireless communication.
2002 - AT&T Wireless acquires TeleCorp PCS in an all-stock transaction.
2001 - AT&T Wireless was the first national wireless carrier to offer cross carrier two-way text messaging to the United States.
2001 - AT&T Wireless honored with several quality awards including J.D Power & Associates awards for customer satisfaction in 13 markets; Forbes Magazine ranks AT&T Wireless as "Best Carrier for Nationwide Coverage"; ON Magazine ranks AT&T Wireless "Best Performance by National Wireless Carrier."
July 9, 2001 - AT&T Wireless becomes an independent company publicly traded on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE: AWE) and listed on the Standard & Poor's 500 Index.
2001 - AT&T Wireless establishes Mobile Multimedia Services subsidiary.
2001 - AT&T Wireless launches first Next Generation GSM/GPRS Network.
2001 - AT&T Wireless rated tops in customer care service in a Yankee Group survey of wireless customers. .
2000 - AT&T Corp. announces it will split the company into four independent businesses. AT&T Wireless will be split off as an asset-backed corporation in 2001.
2000 - AT&T Wireless receives J.D. Power & Associates awards for customer satisfaction in nine markets.
2000 - AT&T Wireless named "Best Wireless Network in the United States" by PC Computing Magazine.
2000 - AT&T Wireless begins trading as a tracking stock under the ticker symbol "AWE," raising $10.6 billion in its Initial Public Offering.
1999 - AT&T Wireless honored with J.D. Power & Associates awards for customer satisfaction in nine markets.
1998 - AT&T Wireless honored with J.D. Power & Associates awards for customer satisfaction in five markets.
1998 - AT&T Wireless transforms the industry with its groundbreaking AT&T Digital One Rate nationwide calling plans that let customers pay a flat fee for service that includes roaming and long distance.
1998 - AT&T Wireless introduces AT&T PocketNet® service for consumers.
1997 - AT&T Wireless introduces first Web-based wireless phone for enterprise users.
1994 - AT&T Corporation acquires McCaw Cellular Communications for $11.5 billion.
1993 - AT&T Wireless (McCaw Cellular) develops the nation's first digital packet data technology allowing for wireless connectivity for personal computer users. The first market to demonstrate this technology was Las Vegas, Nevada.
1990 - AT&T Wireless, then McCaw Cellular Communications, introduces wireless SS7 signaling, allowing the creation of the North American Cellular Network and making national automatic roaming possible for wireless customers.
1984 - AT&T Corporation (NYSE:T) builds the first cellular systems in Chicago, IL and Washington D.C.
1947 - AT&T Bell Laboratories invents wireless (cellular) phone service.
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