What is Cingular Wireless?
[[File:Cingular_SIM.png|alt=<nowiki>Cingular [[3G]][[UMTS]][[SIM Card]]</nowiki>|thumb|173x173px|Cingular [[3G]] [[Universal Mobile Telecommunications Service|UMTS]] [[SIM card]].]] '''Cingular Wireless''' was a [[mobile phone]] [[company]] from the [[United States]]. Cingular Wireless was created in 2000 resulting from a joint venture of SBC Communications Inc. and the BellSouth Corporation.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Bloomberg News|date=2000-08-31|title=Justice Dept. Clears SBC and BellSouth Venture|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2000/08/31/business/justice-dept-clears-sbc-and-bellsouth-venture.html|access-date=2023-04-25|website=The New York Times}}</ref> [[AT&T]] Mobility LLC bought Cingular in 2006, subsequently causing Cingular to adopt the AT&T Wireless name. ==References== {{reflist}} {{tech-stub}} [[Category:American telephone companies]] [[Category:Mobile phones]] [[Category:Companies based in Atlanta]] [[Category:2001 establishments in the United States]]