Subsidiary of AT&T | |
Industry | Wireless Communications |
Founded | 1988 in Wall, New Jersey |
Key people
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Michael Small, CEO |
Products | Cellular Telephone Service, Communication Systems |
Revenue | $ 1,001 million (2008) |
Number of employees
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3,400 (2008) |
Website | Centennial Wireless, Centennial Puerto Rico |
Centennial Communications and its subsidiaries (Centennial Wireless and Centennial de Puerto Rico) provide wireless and broadband telecommunications services to wireless telephone subscribers in the United States, Puerto Rico, and the U.S. Virgin Islands. On March 13, 2007 Centennial Communications completed the sale of Centennial Dominicana to Trilogy International Partners for approximately $80 million in cash.
Centennial Communications Corp. and its subsidiaries were a wireless and broadband telecommunications services company. The company provided wireless network access and other services to wireless telephone subscribers in Puerto Rico and the United States Virgin Islands. It provided various custom calling features, such as voice mail, caller ID, call forwarding, call waiting, and conference calling, as well as messaging services, including text messaging, picture messaging, and multimedia messaging services. Centennial Communications also offers its customers with Internet access directly from their handsets as well as aircards for laptops and computers and the ability to download games, ring tones, and other applications. It provided various handsets employing TDMA and GSM/GPRS technology in the United States; and CDMA technology in the Caribbean. In addition, the company offers a range of communications services, including asynchronous transfer mode, frame relay, Wi-Fi, gigabit Ethernet dedicated access, dedicated Internet ports, international long distance, switched access, High Speed Internet Access, dial-up Internet access, and private line services over its own fiber-optic and microwave network in Puerto Rico. Further, it offers various types of data center services, such as server and storage collocation, Web hosting, and managed services. As of March 14, 2007, Centennial Communications provides wireless and integrated communications services in the United States and Puerto Rico with approximately 7.1 million wireless subscribers, and 387,500 access lines and equivalents. The company was founded in 1988. It was formerly known as Centennial Cellular Corp. and changed its name to Centennial Communications Corp. in 2000. Centennial Communications is headquartered in Wall, New Jersey.