Centennial Communications Consummates Purchase Of Lake Charles, Louisiana Cellular Property.Business & Technology Editors NEPTUNE Neptune, in Roman religion and mythology Neptune, in Roman religion and mythology, god of water. He was presumably an indigenous god of fertility, but in later times he was identified with the Greek Poseidon, god of the sea. , N.J.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--July 14, 2000 (NASDAQ NASDAQ in full National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations U.S. market for over-the-counter securities. Established in 1971 by the National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD), NASDAQ is an automated quotation system that reports on : CYCL) Centennial Communications Corp. has closed the previously announced agreement to purchase the remaining 74.9% of the non-wireline (A-side) cellular license and wireless telephone system serving Lake Charles, Louisiana
Lake Charles can also refer to Lake Charles, Nova Scotia a lake in the Halifax Regional Municipality, Nova Scotia Lake Charles MSA (Metropolitan Service Area) An urban area with at least 50,000 people plus surrounding counties. There are 306 MSAs and 428 RSAs (rural service areas) in the U.S. MSAs and RSAs are used to allocate cellular licenses. No.192 that it did not own. Centennial previously owned 25.1% of the Lake Charles license and system and now owns 100%. The Lake Charles market has a population of approximately 180,000 and connects Centennial's existing Louisiana and Texas service areas. Centennial is one of the largest independent wireless telecommunications service providers in the United States and the Caribbean with approximately 18.7 million Net Pops and over 585,500 wireless subscribers. Centennial's domestic operations have approximately 6.1 million Net Pops in small cities and rural areas. Centennial's Caribbean integrated communications operation owns and operates wireless licenses for 11.4 million Net POPs in Puerto Rico, the Dominican Republic, Jamaica and the U.S. Virgin Islands, and provides voice, data and Internet services on wireline networks in the region. Centennial also holds minority shares representing approximately 1.2 million Net Pops in U.S. cellular operations controlled and managed by other operators. Welsh, Carson, Anderson & Stowe (WCAS WCAS Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences WCAS Warfighter Communication Assessment System (US DoD) ) and an affiliate of The Blackstone Group are controlling shareholders of Centennial. |
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