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SouthernLINC Wireless

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SouthernLINC Wireless
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Type
Private
Industry Wireless Services
Founded 1996; 21 years ago
Headquarters Atlanta, Georgia, USA
Products iDEN, Two way messaging, Push to Talk
Parent Southern Company
Website http://www.southernlinc.com
Southern Communications Services, Inc (d/b/a as Southern Linc, and formerly as
SouthernLINC Wireless) is a regional iDEN carrier providing coverage in areas of
the south east United States including Mississippi, Alabama, Georgia, and Florida.
Roy Barron, long time Southern Company veteran, was the company's first president.
His team including long time Southern Company veteran Danny Moore as CFO, Harold
Gwinn from Alabama Power as VP of Engineering, and Jeffrey Brooks, previously with
Vanguard Cellular Systems, as SVP Sales Marketing and Service. Southern
Communications had its corporate headquarters in Atlanta, while billing and
switching facilities were concentrated in Birmingham.
The company has been recognized for its robust performance during severe weather
including Hurricane Katrina, wherein SouthernLINC had recovered to 100% system
availability within 72 hours of landfall.[citation needed]
Southern Linc is also a Motorola iDEN network with a broad dealer base and is a
subsidiary of Southern Company. Other Southern Company subsidiaries include:
Alabama Power, Georgia Power, Mississippi Power, Gulf Power, and Southern Nuclear
(among others).
In 2015, Southern Linc began construction of a new 4G LTE network, which was
expected initially to become operational in mid-2016 in Birmingham, Atlanta and
Tuscaloosa.[1]

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