HOFFMAN ESTATES, Ill.-The Wireless Data Division of AT&T Wireless Services and Ameritech Cellular Services have signed an intercarrier agreement that allows each carrier’s Cellular Digital Packet Data customers to use CDPD within the other’s cellular network.
The carriers’ customers will be able to use CDPD service in Chicago, Cincinnati, Columbus and Dayton, Ohio, Dallas/Fort Worth, Detroit, Fort Lauderdale, Fla., Las Vegas, Miami, Minneapolis/St. Paul, New York, Oklahoma City, Pittsburgh, Portland, Ore., Seattle, Salt Lake City, St. Louis and Tulsa, Okla.
Ameritech said it and AT&T have begun to physically link the two networks. Once the linking process is completed, the carriers will perform tests to confirm interoperability.
