Verizon buys WV GSM Carrier

[Fire14]

Verizon Wireless snaps up West Virginian GSM carrier

Verizon Wireless announced it purchased rural carrier West Virginia Wireless for an undisclosed sum. Verizon Wireless said it will spend the next 15 months converting the rural carrier’s GSM network to CDMA technology.

The spectrum licenses that make up part of West Virginia Wireless’ assets cover 1.2 million people in 22 West Virginia counties, five counties in Kentucky, three in Virginia and two in Ohio. That area includes two interstate corridors as well as the Greenbriar resort in White Sulpher Springs and Marshall University in Huntington, W.V.

Verizon Wireless will serve its new customers under the West Virginia Wireless name for the time being. The national carrier said that it had offered employment to all West Virginia Wireless employees and that all of the company’s stores will remain open during the network conversion. The stores will be re-branded under the Verizon Wireless name once the network transition is complete. Verizon said that it would send a letter to customers in the coming months notifying them of the change and their service, and offering them upgrade options.

Verizon said it will replace the carrier’s GSM network with a high-speed CDMA network, but did not specify whether it would be CDMA 1x, EV-DO or EV-DO Revision A.

Verizon Wireless is in the process of upgrading its CDMA network to Rev. A technology.

According to its Web site, West Virginia Wireless was started in 2002 and has nine retail locations. The carrier also has a partnership with Marshall University in which it provides wireless service to the college’s students, as well as an affinity wireless program for alumni, faculty and staff.

http://www.rcrnews.com/apps/pbcs.dll...4001/1002/FREE

[hf1khal]

I wonder if Cingular was also dependent on this carier for some areas of its operations. And with this, VZW just inched a bit faster to get to the customer numebrs that Cingular has and lets see if Cingular can snach some of those customers once VZW sends them notifications.

[jones]

This is 1900 MHz,
Cing & T-Mob roams on 850 MHz GSM,
plus their own.

[bobolito]

Who has 850 in WV?

[jones]

Originally Posted by bobolito

Who has 850 in WV?

http://www.cell1wv.com/our-network/index.php

Cellular One's decision, years ago, to provide the best, most reliable Cellular Network in central West Virginia has resulted in a superior service for our customers and is part of an on-going commitment that drives how we do business.

We're pulling out all the stops to insure that our network, our service and our people continue to provide you with the kind of high-value cellular experience you have come to expect.



Cell towers providing you coverage

Big Otter
Buckhannon – town
Buckhannon – Rt. 33
Burnsville
Canaan Valley
Clay
Cottle
Cowen
Davis
Droop
Duck
Elkins
Elkins – downtown
Ellamore – Rt. 33
Flatwoods
Frametown
Gabel Knob
Gassaway
Gilboa
Harding
Harman
Kelley Mountain
Kerens
Laurel Fork
Little Birch
Lone Tree
Marlinton
Montrose
Muddlety
Nicholas – Fayette City Line
Parsons
Persinger
Powell Mountain
Rich Mountain
Richwood
Rock Cave
Route 19 & I-79
Schoonover Knob
Snowshoe
Summersville
Sutton
Tate
Thomas
Valley Bend
Webster Springs
Spruce Knob

Up and Coming!
Rockey
Nettie
Summersville - North Side

[Telekom]

Originally Posted by bobolito

Who has 850 in WV?

C'mon Boblolito! This is WA! Just going to www.wirelessadvisor.com the first screen is a ZIP code screen to look for carriers.

Wheeling has cingular, T-Mobile, Nextel, Verizon, Alltel, Ntelos and Sprint. Other WV towns and cities will have different depending on the ZIP you enter.

Cingular is 850 in Wheeling. Alltel is also 800/850 in Wheeling. Other towns and cities will be different.

[agentHibby]

Here is the Cellular 850 Map below
Cellular system A is GSM and system B is CDMA for the state
Cingular covers on the West side. North and South part of the state is covered by Dobson AKA Cellular One
The East side of the state is covered by Easterbrooke Cellular AKA Cellular One East West Virginia




Note Dobson boughtout Highland Cellular last year
Alltel boughtout Virgina Cellular
Verizon now owns the Commnet Wireless market in TN.
US Cellular bot back Eloqui Wireless
Yorkville Telphone is now West Kentucky Networks

XFF needs to update his 850 MAP as well