citations for verification . please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources . unsourced material may be challenged and removed . february 2013 learn how and when to remove this template message cellcom type private industry telecommunications founded 1987 ; 29 years ago 1987 headquarters de pere wisconsin usa products 4g lte cdma evdo sms text messaging mms picture messaging iphone android parent nsight website official website cellcom officially called new cell inc. dba cellcom is a regional wireless service provider based in de pere wisconsin with roots that date back to 1910 . cellcom began providing service from its office in green bay in 1987 when its parent company nsight entered the wireless industry . 1 cellcom offers a variety of wireless communication devices including feature handsets smartphones home phones tablets residential and mobile broadband . outside of its own regional network the company partners with other regional and national carriers to provide nationwide voice and data service . cellcom uses cdma and 4g lte technology . cellcom s retail area includes northeast and central wisconsin and michigan s upper peninsula . contents 1 history 2 green cell sites 3 femtocells 4 network 5 other awards 6 spokespeople 7 references 8 external links history edit cellcom s parent company nsight was founded on march 10 1910 when a group of pulaski business people met at the local drug store to discuss providing telephone service to their growing community . from that meeting the pulaski merchants and farmers telephone company formed . 2 in 1968 the company s name changed to northeast telephone company . northeast communications inc. was formed as a holding company in 1982 and northeast telephone company became a subsidiary . in 1999 northeast communications of wisconsin inc. began doing business as nsight . today nsight s subsidiaries include cellcom nsight telservices and nsight tower . 3 nsight has been a family run business since 1923 . 3 green cell sites edit the first alternative energy cell site in the upper midwest built in ackley wis. and activated on april 22 2008 delivers wireless service to an area that previously had many dead zones . 4 equipment for the green cell site underwent rigorous testing prior to installation and features multiple backups to ensure continuity of service . the primary source of energy for this site is sunlight collected using a 6.3 kilowatt solar panel array . the energy gathered from the sun is converted into electricity and stored in batteries . the cell site draws energy for operation from these batteries . on dark or cloudy days energy generated by a wind mill supplements the solar power to maintain operation . a hydrogen fuel cell serves as a backup for both of these energy producers . the final backup is a diesel generator that can be hooked up to maintain service if all other power sources fail . in 2010 cellcom converted the ackley site to a grid tie location and it now feeds the extra energy produced from the solar panels and wind turbine back to the power company and in turn became even more efficient . a second green cell site was activated in 2009 on chambers island in door county . the cliffs lining door county s rugged shoreline were blocking the signals from mainland towers leaving many area residents with limited cellular service as well as leaving emergency personnel with limited radio coverage . the green cell site runs on batteries charged by solar panels at the base of the tower and a wind turbine installed on tower . a propane generator is available as a back up source of power if there is inadequate wind or sun to charge the batteries . 5 femtocells edit cellcom was the first cdma carrier in the u.s. to be a member of the non profit organization founded in 2007 to promote worldwide femtocell deployment . femto technology offers a low cost and highly effective solution to dead zones particularly in small areas such as a home . in addition a femtocell offers higher data rates better voice quality and improved multi media experiences . 6 in 2009 cellcom received the first femtocell industry award for significant progress or commercial launch by a small carrier at the femtocells world summit in london . 7 network edit 700 5 5 ; mhz lte 850 5 5 ; mhz cdma pcs 10 10 ; mhz lte cdma aws 1 5 5 ; mhz certain markets include 10 10 ; mhz lte aws 3 5 5 mhz 8 cellcom is a verizon lte in rural america lra partner . through this partnership customers of both carriers will benefit from the high speed fourth generation long term evolution lte services . 9 cellcom has access to verizon wireless s extensive 700 ; mhz and aws 1 spectrum holdings for use on their network . 10 cellcom has made plans to extend its 4g lte infrastructure into almost all of its existing 3g cdma network during 2016 . other awards edit cellcom and its parent company nsight were recognized in 2009 as the business recipient of the brown county ethics in business awards . 11 spokespeople edit cellcom has a long history of regional nonentities celebrated in their advertising . mike holmgren former coach of the green bay packers was the company s first advertising spokesperson and was featured in advertising from 1996 1999 . ron wolf former general manager for the green bay packers was featured in advertising in 2000 . mike sherman former head coach and general manager was featured from 2002 2005 . in 2009 and 2010 america s got talent runner up and door county native eli mattson served as the company s spokesperson . in 2011 cellcom began featuring mike mccarthy current head coach of the green bay packers in their advertising . 12 references edit 1 dead link nsight . nsight.com . a b created htmlgraphic designs . bandwidth brothers . insightonbusiness.com . antigo daily journal news stories . antigodailyjournal.com . 2 archived september 22 2011 at the wayback machine . membership listing small cell forum . small cell forum . 3 archived february 11 2013 at the wayback machine . radio on the computer . sequence omega.net . http www.nsightnews.com press releases cellcom on track for 4g lte launch.html http www.fiercewireless.com story verizon give rural lte partners access its aws spectrum xlte network 2014 08 07 ethics in business award winners 2009 ethics in business luncheon green bay . americanfoundationonline.com . 4 dead link external links edit official website v t e united states wireless communications service providers national at & t mobility sprint corporation t mobile us verizon wireless public regional atlantic tele network gci u.s. cellular private regional c spire wireless cellcom cellular one claro puerto rico gta teleguam iconnect indigo wireless iwireless open mobile united wireless west central wireless mvnos virtual list of united states mobile virtual network operators defunct defunct virtual operators advanced mobile phone service airtouch alaska communications alltel at & t wireless services cincinnati bell dobson cellular edge wireless element mobile first cellular of southern illinois houston cellular midwest wireless nep wireless nextel communications northcoast pcs ntelos pocket communications powertel primeco revol wireless rural cellular suncom unicel upoc networks western wireless corporation retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title cellcom united states & oldid 734396457 categories telecommunications companies of the united statescompanies based in wisconsinmobile phone companies of the united stateshidden categories all articles with dead external linksarticles with dead external links from july 2015articles with wayback machine linksarticles needing additional references from february 2013all articles needing additional references navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 14 august 2016 at 01 29 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; 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