1947
Acquired Calhoun City Telephone Company
Animated Timeline
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Praesent aliquam suscipit feugiat. Nullam aliquet laoreet neque, vel fermentum eros ornare porttitor. Donec erat odio, interdum quis augue sed, euismod hendrerit dui.
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
