Dobson Comm / CellularOne

[KevinJames]

I had read about a year ago that Mr. Everett Dobson, founder of Dobson Cellular and Dobson Communications, was initially an ATT employee. However, attempting to find this again, I was unable to substantiate it. Here is what I did find:

From: http://www.joenemechek.com/html/spon...llularone.html
"Cellular One is a licensed trade name of Dobson Cellular Systems, an affiliate of Dobson Communications Corporation (NASDAQ: DCEL), a total telecommunications provider operating in 17 states."

From: http://www.hoovers.com/co/capsule/7/...,99147,00.html
"With some help from a Ma Bell offpsring, Dobson Communications provides cellular phone service to more than 1 million proportionate subscribers in rural and suburban areas of 17 states. One of the company's major operations is its American Cellular joint venture with AT&T Wireless, managed by Dobson. Dobson has upgraded its networks to digital, employing both TDMA (time division multiple access) and CDMA (code division multiple access) wireless standards. CEO Everett Dobson, whose family founded the company in 1936, owns a controlling interest; AT&T Wireless owns 26%. Dobson has sold licenses and assets in four states to Verizon Wireless, but it has dropped plans to sell a controlling interest in itself."