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Article: Hard cell. (Honolulu Cellular Co.; GTE Mobilnet Inc.)(New on the Top 250)(Company Profile)
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- Hawaii Business
- Article date:
- August 1, 1995
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Despite signs that GTE Mobilnet at last is gaining on Honolulu Cellular, rapid developments in their industry promise new challenges for both. Honolulu Cellular, #135, and GTE Mobilnet, #138. In a climate-controlled room on the 20th floor of the Grosvenor Center is the heart of GTE Mobilnet's cellular communication system. A mammoth switching computer hums constantly, processing thousands of calls a minute. In Mililani, where rival Honolulu Cellular has its main switching office, the quiet scene repeats itself. Neither belies the heated competition that has pushed exponential growth in Oahu's cellular communications market.
Once written off as a big-business tool and ...