Since 1999, C Spire has invested more than US$700 million in its wireless network, including constructing 1,403 cell sites, a high-speed wireless broadband network and a permanent microwave ring for redundancy across the Gulf Coast region.
Ĭ Spire Business offers VoIP business phone systems, cloud services, network solutions, as well as IT hardware and software platforms for businesses.Ĭ Spire is owned by the holding company Telapex, Inc., which also owns Telepak Networks, Inc., and several smaller Mississippi telecoms.
C Spire sells plans and devices for prepaid and postpaid customers and was the first wireless carrier to offer free incoming calls to those customers.Ĭ Spire Home Fiber, which launched one of the nation's first Gigabit speed Fiber to the Home efforts in 2013, provides 1,000 Megabits per second residential fiber internet access for thousands of consumers in Mississippi and Alabama. C Spire has customers in Mississippi, the Memphis Metropolitan Area, the Florida Panhandle, and parts of Alabama including Mobile. The unit offers 4G LTE mobile services and is investing for 5G, the next generation of cellular service. C Spire owns and has access to low, mid and high-band wireless spectrum in its primary service areas. C Spire operates more than 1,200 cell sites with 9,000 route miles of buried fiber optic cable. The company consists of three business divisions – C Spire Wireless, C Spire Home Fiber, and C Spire Business.Ĭ Spire Wireless is the seventh-largest wireless carrier in the United States and the largest privately held mobile communications company.
The company is headquartered in Troy but also has regional offices in Elba, Enterprise, Luverne and Ozark.Wireless voice and data, Fiber to the Home, Cloud Services, Managed IT ServicesĬ Spire, formerly known as Cellular South, Inc., is a privately owned technology company headquartered in Ridgeland, Mississippi. founded in 1985, provides cable TV, internet, fiber broadband, and other services to business and residential customers in Pike, Coffee, Crenshaw, and Dale counties. The high quality, fiber optic-based infrastructure positions us very effectively to deliver broadband fiber services throughout the state." "It also shows our commitment to our Alabama expansion by positioning us to leverage the relationship between the talented, dedicated team and their many long-term customers. "Following up on our previously announced commitment to invest approximately $500 million in fiber based network deployment and enhancements throughout Alabama, we are extremely excited to deepen our Alabama roots with this transaction by providing services to the Wiregrass," Meena said. This move accelerates C Spire's fiber-based expansion throughout Alabama to provide ultra-fast broadband internet access and related services.Ĭ Spire CEO, Hu Meena, said his firm intends to make a seamless transition for Troy Cablevision customers and noted the acquisition is not expected to result in any layoffs, given C Spire's goal of growing within the region. and is subject to customary regulatory approvals. The transaction includes Union Springs Telephone Company, Inc. – C Spire has executed a definitive agreement to acquire Troy Cablevision, Inc., which will enable C Spire to meet the growing broadband access and information technology needs of consumers and businesses in Alabama's Wiregrass.