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  1. #1
    neilson
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    Hello, I'm new to the posts. I'm just wondering what the abbrivation
    DCS ment for those former Bellsouth(Now Cingular) markets in the
    Carolinas that sold only GSM. Did the letters DCS stand for anything?
    I know this is a moot point since Cingular took over, but I hear
    about it enough times on the forums that I have to ask. Thanks



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  2. #2
    Jer
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    Re: What did DCS stand for anyway?

    neilson wrote:
    > Hello, I'm new to the posts. I'm just wondering what the abbrivation
    > DCS ment for those former Bellsouth(Now Cingular) markets in the
    > Carolinas that sold only GSM. Did the letters DCS stand for anything?
    > I know this is a moot point since Cingular took over, but I hear
    > about it enough times on the forums that I have to ask. Thanks



    Do you have an example of what context you heard this acronym?

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  3. #3
    JRW
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    Re: What did DCS stand for anyway?

    Jer wrote:

    > neilson wrote:
    >
    >> Hello, I'm new to the posts. I'm just wondering what the abbrivation
    >> DCS ment for those former Bellsouth(Now Cingular) markets in the
    >> Carolinas that sold only GSM. Did the letters DCS stand for anything?


    DCS (Digital Cellular Systems) served the Kentucky, Tennessee, North
    Carolina and South Carline markets. It was taken over by BellSouth
    Mobility and called it BellSouth Mobility DCS (not to be confused with
    BellSouth Mobility), which later became Cingular Wireless East.




  4. #4
    neilson
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    Re: What did DCS stand for anyway?

    JRW <no_addy@no_.com> wrote in message news:<[email protected]>...
    > Jer wrote:
    >
    > > neilson wrote:
    > >
    > >> Hello, I'm new to the posts. I'm just wondering what the abbrivation
    > >> DCS ment for those former Bellsouth(Now Cingular) markets in the
    > >> Carolinas that sold only GSM. Did the letters DCS stand for anything?

    >
    > DCS (Digital Cellular Systems) served the Kentucky, Tennessee, North
    > Carolina and South Carline markets. It was taken over by BellSouth
    > Mobility and called it BellSouth Mobility DCS (not to be confused with
    > BellSouth Mobility), which later became Cingular Wireless East.


    Thanks for the info.



  5. #5
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    Re: What did DCS stand for anyway?

    On Thu, 30 Oct 2003 21:57:51 -0600, Jer <[email protected]> wrote:

    >> Hello, I'm new to the posts. I'm just wondering what the abbrivation
    >> DCS ment for those former Bellsouth(Now Cingular) markets in the
    >> Carolinas that sold only GSM. Did the letters DCS stand for anything?
    >> I know this is a moot point since Cingular took over, but I hear
    >> about it enough times on the forums that I have to ask. Thanks

    >
    >
    >Do you have an example of what context you heard this acronym?


    DCS stands for digital cellular system. as in BellSouth Mobility DCS
    the name of the GSM carrier in the Carolinas and eastern Tennessee
    prior to becoming cingular when Southwestern Bell Mobility and
    BellSouth Mobility and Bell South Mobility DCS combined to form
    cingular wireless.

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  6. #6
    Mark W. Oots
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    Re: What did DCS stand for anyway?

    >
    > DCS stands for digital cellular system. as in BellSouth Mobility DCS
    > the name of the GSM carrier in the Carolinas and eastern Tennessee
    > prior to becoming cingular when Southwestern Bell Mobility and
    > BellSouth Mobility and Bell South Mobility DCS combined to form
    > cingular wireless.
    >

    I think you forgot the SBC systems.....Which happens to be the majority of
    Cingular. Just thought I'd mention it.

    BTW, in 2-way radio parlance, DCS stands for Digitally Coded Squelch.

    Mark




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    Re: What did DCS stand for anyway?

    On Fri, 31 Oct 2003 19:04:22 GMT, "Mark W. Oots" <mark_ctc@(delete
    this)ameritech.net> wrote:

    >>
    >> DCS stands for digital cellular system. as in BellSouth Mobility DCS
    >> the name of the GSM carrier in the Carolinas and eastern Tennessee
    >> prior to becoming cingular when Southwestern Bell Mobility and
    >> BellSouth Mobility and Bell South Mobility DCS combined to form
    >> cingular wireless.
    >>

    >I think you forgot the SBC systems.....Which happens to be the majority of
    >Cingular. Just thought I'd mention it.


    And what do you think Southwestern Bell Mobility is??? SBC originally
    stood for Southwestern Bell Corporation in case you were unaware.

    >BTW, in 2-way radio parlance, DCS stands for Digitally Coded Squelch.


    That's great, but we're not talking about 2-way radio we're talking
    about digital cellular.
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  8. #8
    JRW
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    Re: What did DCS stand for anyway?

    Mark W. Oots wrote:
    >>DCS stands for digital cellular system. as in BellSouth Mobility DCS
    >>the name of the GSM carrier in the Carolinas and eastern Tennessee
    >>prior to becoming cingular when Southwestern Bell Mobility and
    >>BellSouth Mobility and Bell South Mobility DCS combined to form
    >>cingular wireless.
    >>

    >
    > I think you forgot the SBC systems.....Which happens to be the majority of
    > Cingular. Just thought I'd mention it.


    Just didn't see the need to list all eleven of them.




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