1947
Acquired Calhoun City Telephone Company.
Our History
Our History
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1959
Acquired Delta Telephone Company.
1959
Acquired Franklin Telephone Company.
1986
Acquired first wireless licenses
1988
Cellular South launched with 1G wireless service on Mississippi Gulf Coast.
1992
Company vision statement adopted.
1996
Expanded wireless service to 42 Mississippi counties.
1996
Telecommunications Act of 1996 opened competition.
1999
Became first U.S. wireless carrier to make incoming calls free to customers.
1999
Launched digital TDMA 2G wireless network statewide in Mississippi.
2000
Expanded wireless footprint to include Mobile, Ala., and the Florida Panhandle.
2001
Expanded wireless footprint to include Memphis, Tenn., Jackson, Tenn., and North Mississippi.
2004
Launched CDMA 3G wireless network across the company footprint.
2005
First carrier to provide wireless coverage following Hurricane Katrina.
2005
Microwave Ring built for redundancy, South Mississippi
2005
Launched Cellular South Foundation.
2006
Technical Operations Center opens in downtown Jackson, Miss., built to withstand an F4 tornado.
2007
Relocated corporate headquarters to Ridgeland, Miss.
2007
Began providing broadband fiber to cell sites.
2011
Cellular South rebranded as C Spire, shorthand for "Customer Inspired."
2011
Became the only regional carrier to offer the iPhone 4.
2012
Began to roll out 4G LTE wireless network across the company footprint.
2012
Established C Spire Business division.
2013
Fiber to the Home announced.
2014
Fiber to the Home initiative begins to connect homes with broadband, Gigabit fiber.
2014
Acquired MegaGate to expand business services in South Mississippi.
2014
Acquired Callis Communications to expand business services in South Alabama.
2014
Opened first Tier III data center in Starkville, Miss.
2015
Launched Telehealth Services.
2017
Established Tech MVMT Initiative.
2017
Launched C Spire TV 2.0.
2018
MissiON network expanded to all public universities in Mississippi, and later to all community colleges in the state.
2018
Began major broadband expansion in Mississippi and Alabama.
2018
C Spire Software Development Pathway expanded computer science opportunities for community college students.
2018
Acquired TekLinks based in Birmingham, Ala.
2019
Formed Rural Broadband Consortium.
2020
Acquired Harbor Communications in Mobile, Ala.
2020
Initiated the C Spire Cares Covid-19 response.
2020
Began building a 5G wireless network across Mississippi.
2020
Created Mississippi's Future Can't Wait, a STEM campaign to require computer science education in public schools.
2021
Announced a $1 billion broadband fiber network and 5G expansion.
2021
Mississippi legislature passed the Computer Science Education Bill in response to C Spire campaign.
2021
Completed 225-mile fiber optic cable route along the Mississippi Gulf Coast.
2021
C Spire Foundation donates $1 million to computer science education in Mississippi.
2021
Began 243-mile fiber optic cable route from Meridian, Miss. to Birmingham, Ala.
2021
Acquired Troy Cablevision based in Troy, Ala.
2022
C Spire Foundation donated $1 million to Children's of Mississippi Hospital.
