Edge Wireless LLC was a

mobile phone A mobile phone, cellular phone, cell phone, cellphone, handphone, hand phone or pocket phone, sometimes shortened to simply mobile, cell, or just phone, is a portable telephone that can make and receive calls over a radio frequency link whi ...

provider founded in 1999 by Wayne Perry, Cal Cannon and Donnie Castleman, serving southern Oregon, northern California, southeastern Idaho and Jackson, Wyoming. Edge Wireless's network, currently owned by AT&T, is a 1900 MHz (

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)

GSM The Global System for Mobile Communications (GSM) is a standard developed by the European Telecommunications Standards Institute (ETSI) to describe the protocols for second-generation ( 2G) digital cellular networks used by mobile devices such ...

network. The company partnered with

AT&T Mobility AT&T Mobility LLC, also known as AT&T Wireless and marketed as simply AT&T, is an American telecommunications company. It is a wholly owned subsidiary of AT&T Inc. and provides wireless services in the United States. AT&T Mobility is the th ...

so users of either service could roam onto the other's network. The acquisition by AT&T was completed in April 2008.

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District Court opinion on case versus U.S. Cellular
Defunct mobile phone companies of the United States Companies based in Bend, Oregon Retail companies established in 1999 Telecommunications companies established in 1999 Retail companies disestablished in 2008 Defunct companies based in Oregon 1999 establishments in Oregon 2008 disestablishments in Oregon

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