Editing Houston Cellular (section)

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{{Infobox company
| name             = Houston Cellular Telephone Company, L.P.
| logo             = Houstoncell.png
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| type             = Holding of [[AT&T Mobility]]
| genre            = 
| foundation       = 1984
| defunct          = 2000
| founder          = Michael Hunt
| location_city    = Houston, Texas
| location_country = US
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| key_people       = 
| area_served      = Southeast Texas
| industry         = Telecommunications
| products         = 
| revenue          = 
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| num_employees    = 
| parent           = [[AT&T Mobility]]
| subsid           = 
| owner            = 
| homepage         = {{web archive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/19990208225454/http://www.houstoncellular.com/index.html|title=houstoncellular.com}}
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}}

'''Houston Cellular''' was a [[Houston, Texas|Houston]]-based [[cell phone]] company which provided [[Advanced Mobile Phone System|AMPS]] and [[D-AMPS]] (TDMA) service in the Greater [[Houston, Texas|Houston]] area. It was formed in 1983 and was operated as a partnership between [[LIN TV|LIN Broadcasting Corp.]], [[Mobile Communication Corp. of America]] and [[BellSouth|BellSouth Co.]]<ref name='Houston Chronicle Sun 1987-04-19'>{{cite journal|title=Mobile telephones tapping new markets|journal=Houston Chronicle|date=1987-04-19|first=John|last=Barnett|pages=1|url=http://www.chron.com/CDA/archives/archive.mpl?id=1987_456922|access-date=2007-09-03 }}</ref> Its headquarters were located in [[Houston]], [[Texas]].<ref>"[https://web.archive.org/web/19990420204041/http://www.houstoncellular.com/cie/employment.html  Join A Winning Team]." Houston Cellular. April 20, 1999. Retrieved on April 24, 2010. "Houston Cellular, 1001 West Loop South"</ref>

Through a series of acquisitions and mergers, within 10 years, the company consisted of a two-way partnership between [[BellSouth]] and [[AT&T Wireless]]. This partnership was also known as [[BellSouth Mobility|BellSouth Mobility, LLC]]. Houston Cellular began providing service in May 1986.