My cell phone always says Cingular when I open it up, but I just got a call from a 1-800 number, when I picked up nobody was there, and after I hung up the Cingular logo now said AT&T. Anyone know why?
2007-06-08 05:17:44 · 9 answers · asked by GK Dub 6 in Consumer Electronics ➔ Cell Phones & Plans
ATT and Cingular kind of "merged" previously, and ATT took on the Cingular name for all of it's joint ventures. Now, the ATT name will replace Cingular-- but it's essentially the same company. It's just a branding issue.
2007-06-08 07:54:52 · answer #1 · answered by user 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
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2016-09-28 00:02:30 · answer #2 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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Did AT&T buy Cingular or something?
My cell phone always says Cingular when I open it up, but I just got a call from a 1-800 number, when I picked up nobody was there, and after I hung up the Cingular logo now said AT&T. Anyone know why?
2015-08-20 07:14:16 · answer #3 · answered by Dominica 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes. Sort of.
Cingular was a joint venture between at&t (formerly known as SBC) and BellSouth. When at&t bought BellSouth recently, they took control of the entire Cingular company, and decided to rename it "at&t Wireless". This is not to be confused with the company "AT&T Wireless", which was purchased by Cingular when AT&T was purchased by SBC.
Confused? Yeah. It's confusing. In the beginning there was BellSouth Mobility, Ameritech, Southwestern Bell Mobile Systems, and PacBell Mobile, which "merged" into Cingular. Then there was AT&T Wireless, which was purchased by Cingular, mostly for the customer base. So at that point, AT&T Wireless ceased to exist. Then, SBC bought AT&T and renamed the new company "at&t" (lowercase). And now that at&t bought BellSouth (and BellSouth's share of the joint Cingular venture), they control 100% of the Cingular venture, they've renamed it from Cingular to "at&t wireless."
Bottom line: It's really still the same company. Just a new name reflecting the unified ownership. Same towers, same phones, same service. You'll have to decide if that's good or bad. :)
2007-06-08 05:19:50 · answer #4 · answered by Scotty Doesnt Know 7 · 4⤊ 0⤋
Yes they did. I purchased phones under Cingular and now everything, including the website says at&t.
All Cingular phones will soon say AT&T.
I don't know if thats a good or a bad thing yet....
2007-06-08 05:26:28 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
yeah they bought them out a about 2years ago but now they are finally going to call cingular AT&T
2007-06-08 05:28:15 · answer #6 · answered by so-N-love 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i use cingular too, your new phone will have at&t
2016-03-13 06:34:02 · answer #7 · answered by Eva 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
This has been answered many times before
2016-07-29 07:13:14 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I was on Y Answers for something unrelated, but this question was displayed on the sidebar...
2016-08-24 05:06:41 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2007-06-08 06:21:06 · answer #10 · answered by michdur07 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋