CASTRIES, St. Lucia (AP):
CINGULAR, THE United States-based corporation that acquired AT&T Wireless, last month announced it would expand operations into eight Caribbean islands next year.
Cingular said it would offer services in Curacao, St. Kitts, Anguilla, Jamaica, Martinique, Guadeloupe, St. Martin and St. Barth's. The company also said Tuesday that it would acquire licences to operate in Trinidad and Turks and Caicos.
As a result of its US$41 billion (J$250 billion) acquisition of AT&T Wireless, Cingular currently operates in Antigua, Barbados, Bermuda, the Cayman Islands, Dominica, Grenada, St. Lucia and St. Vincent.
Cingular is a joint venture between BellSouth Corp. and SBC Communications Inc. Its merger with AT&T Wireless created the largest cell phone company in the United States, with more than 46 million customers.
