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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 21.49 million consolidated subscribers (as of 6/30/03) by providing an array of exciting, cost-effective wireless communications solutions, including voice, data, internet and text services.

• 1947 – AT&T Bell Laboratories invents wireless (cellular) phone service.
• 1984 – AT&T Corporation (NYSE:T) builds the first cellular systems in Chicago, IL and Washington D.C.
• 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.
• 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.
• 1994 – AT&T Corporation acquires McCaw Cellular Communications for $11.5 billion.
• 1997 – AT&T Wireless introduces first web-based wireless phone for enterprise users.
• 1998 – AT&T Wireless introduces AT&T PocketNet® service for consumers.
• 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 honored with J.D. Power & Associates awards for customer satisfaction in five markets.
• 1999 – AT&T Wireless honored with J.D. Power & Associates awards for customer satisfaction in nine markets.
• 2000 – AT&T Wireless begins trading as a tracking stock under the ticker symbol "AWE," raising $10.6 billion in its Initial Public Offering.
• 2000 – AT&T Wireless named "best wireless network in the United States" by PC Computing Magazine.
• 2000 – AT&T Wireless receives J.D. Power & Associates awards for customer satisfaction in nine markets.
• 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.
• 2001– AT&T Wireless rated tops in customer care service in a Yankee Group survey of wireless customers.
• 2001– AT&T Wireless launches first Next Generation GSM/GPRS Network.
• 2001– AT&T Wireless establishes Mobile Multimedia Services subsidiary.
• 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 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.
• 2001 - AT&T Wireless was the first national wireless carrier to offer cross carrier two-way text messaging to the United States.
• 2002 - AT&T Wireless acquires TeleCorp PCS in an all-stock transaction.
• 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 launches mMode, giving people easy, fast access to the things and people that matter most all using the keypad of their wireless phone.
• AT&T Wireless and Ericsson complete the first live 3G UMTS voice call in the United States.
• 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.

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