Company Milestones
- Founded in 1988 on the Mississippi Gulf Coast
- One of the largest privately held wireless providers in the nation
- Launched digital network in 1999
- Expanded footprint to Coastal Alabama and the Florida Panhandle to Destin in 2000
- Again expanded footprint to Southwest Tennessee, including Memphis, in 2001
- Upgraded entire network to CDMA 1x in 2001
- For many, Cellular South was the first and only means of communication during and immediately following Hurricane Katrina
- Launched EvDO high-speed wireless broadband to parts of its region in 2006
- Opened new Technical Operations Center in downtown Jackson in 2007
- Constructed new corporate headquarters to Ridgeland, MS in 2007
- First wireless carrier to launched Obopay data service and WirelessWallet consumer m-commerce trial in 2007.
- Celebrating 20th Anniversary in February 2008
