Centennial Communications

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Centennial Communications Corp
Type Public
NASDAQCYCL
Founded 1988 in Wall, New Jersey
Headquarters Wall, New Jersey, USA
Key people Michael Small, CEO
Industry Wireless Communications
Products Cellular Telephone Service, Communication Systems
Revenue Image:green up.png $ 911.90 million (2006)[1]
Employees 3,400 (2007)
Website Centennial Wireless, Centennial Puerto Rico

Centennial Communications (NASDAQCYCL) and its subsidiaries (Centennial Wireless, Centennial Dominicana and Centennial de Puerto Rico) provide wireless and broadband telecommunications services to wireless telephone subscribers in the United States, Puerto Rico, the Dominican Republic, 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.[2]

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Centennial Communications Corp. and its subsidiaries provide wireless and broadband telecommunications services. The company provides wireless network access and other services to wireless telephone subscribers in Puerto Rico and the United States Virgin Islands. It provides 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 provides 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 1.1 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.


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  1. ^ Centennial Communications Corp (Webpage). www.finance.yahoo.com (January 2007). Retrieved on 31 July 2006.
  2. ^ Centennial Communications Corp (Webpage). www.ir.centennialwireless.com (March 13 2007). Retrieved on 23 March 2008.

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