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r <br />US V/EST Cellular <br />us WEST Cellular is a division of US WEST NewVector Group, a subsidiary of US WEST <br />Inc., one of the seven regional companies created by the divestiture of AT&T in 1984. <br />US WEST NewVector Group offers a full range of mobile communications, including cellular <br />phone systems, as well as a ccmprehe.nsive line of communications sen ices for other cellular <br />operators. US WEST NewVector Group is licensed to provide cellular telephone service to a <br />market area that includes the fourteen western states illustrated below, plus some additional <br />local markets, such as the San Dieuo Metropolitan .Area, that lie outside this area. The <br />corporate headquarters for US WESt NewVector Group is located in Bellevue, Washington <br />US n^EST Sc'-vVcctor <br />1 4-State .\far<et Area <br />T . . ^ ^ n . 1 . „ -r* , ,1. . » .liui i.'uuuiiutl lu j <br />In the pa.>t, moi^ile telephones 'Aere oniy avail.ible lo .i privileged tew who were willing to <br />tt'ierate tne consiueraoie iimiiaiipn.s of ,i s\sie:n ’.Ii.i; i.illizeu v>niy cnannels .inJ otten <br />had poor voice quaiity and spotty eo'.erage. These -.y-'ier.is operated W;th one centrally loctiled <br />hich-powered transmitter to oomnvirioate with all o: the mooile units in tne service area. This <br />leeitnoiouv did not make !.trge-«v.ile seiAiee piawt.e.i*. ’'wCause each ot to.e system channels <br />could handle only one call afa lime. Channels eould not be reused because the transmitted <br />signals were strong enough to interfere with <me another. <br />innennotuil S'.Mem <br />The current cellular telephone technology wa • developed by Bell L.iboratories to respond to <br />lhe.se problems. This system consists of many low-ptnvered antenn.is erected in a honeycomb <br />pattern of "cell.s” that invisibly blanket the sen ice area.