Animated Timeline

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1947

Acquired Calhoun City Telephone Company

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, TN, Jackson, TN, 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 MS

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