Pacific Bell Wireless, LLC is a wireless operating division of AT&T Mobility. Pacific Bell Wireless is legally known as Pacific Bell Wireless, LLC d/b/a Cingular Wireless. It was founded in the mid-1990s, initially named Pacific Bell Mobile Services, as a means for

Pacific Telesis Pacific Telesis Group was one of the seven Regional Bell Operating Companies, sometimes also referred to as "RBOCs" or "Baby Bells", created in 1983 in preparation of the breakup of AT&T as a holding company for Pacific Bell and Nevada Bell, Pa ...

to capitalize on the wireless market it had lost when it spun off

AirTouch AirTouch Communications was an American wireless telephone service provider, created as a spin-off on Pacific Telesis on April 1, 1994. Its headquarters were in One California in the Financial District, San Francisco, California. After a series ...

. Pacific Bell Wireless should not be confused with PacTel Mobile Access, which was spun off as

in 1994, and was later acquired by

Vodafone Vodafone Group plc () is a British multinational telecommunications company. Its registered office and global headquarters are in Newbury, Berkshire, England. It predominantly operates services in Asia, Africa, Europe, and Oceania. , Vod ...

. It was placed in its joint venture with

Verizon Verizon Communications Inc., commonly known as Verizon, is an American multinational telecommunications conglomerate and a corporate component of the Dow Jones Industrial Average. The company is headquartered at 1095 Avenue of the Americas ...

Verizon Wireless Verizon is an American wireless network operator that previously operated as a separate division of Verizon Communications under the name Verizon Wireless. In a 2019 reorganization, Verizon moved the wireless products and services into the div ...

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