Southern Communications Services, Inc. (
d/b/a
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as Southern Linc, and formerly as SouthernLINC Wireless) is a regional
LTE
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** LTE Advanced, an enhancement
** LTE Advanced Pro, a further enhancement
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carrier providing coverage in areas of the southeast United States including
Mississippi
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,
Alabama
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, and
Georgia
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* Georgia (U.S. state), a state in the southeastern United States
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.
The company has been recognized for its robust performance during severe weather including
Hurricane Katrina
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, wherein SouthernLINC had recovered to 100% system availability within 72 hours of landfall.
History
Roy Barron, long time
Southern Company
Southern Company is an American gas and electric utility holding company based in the Southern United States. It is headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia, with executive offices located in Birmingham, Alabama. As of 2021 it is the second largest ut ...
veteran, was the company's first president. His team including long time Southern Company veteran Danny Moore as CFO, Harold Gwinn from Alabama Power as VP of Engineering, and Jeffrey Brooks, previously with Vanguard Cellular Systems, as SVP Sales Marketing and Service. Southern Communications had its corporate headquarters in Atlanta, while billing and switching facilities were concentrated in Birmingham.
Southern Linc started as
Motorola
Motorola, Inc. () was an American multinational telecommunications company based in Schaumburg, Illinois. It was founded by brothers Paul and Joseph Galvin in 1928 and had been named Motorola since 1947. Many of Motorola's products had been ...
iDEN
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network with a broad dealer base. In 2015, Southern Linc began construction of a new 4G
LTE network
In telecommunications, long-term evolution (LTE) is a standard for wireless broadband communication for cellular mobile devices and data terminals. It is considered to be a "transitional" 4G technology, and is therefore also referred to as 3.9 ...
, which was expected initially to become operational in mid-2016 in Birmingham, Atlanta and Tuscaloosa. The iDEN network was retired in March 2019, increasing LTE bandwidth to 3MHz, from 1.4MHz during the transition.
In 2025, Southern Linc partnered with OneLayer to enhance the management and security of its private CriticalLinc LTE network.
References
External links
Official website
Southern Company
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