Cingular Wireless To Invest More Than $71 Million in Arkansas To Enhance Service Quality and Expand Coverage
19 Juillet 2005 - 9:18PM
PR Newswire (US)
Cingular Wireless To Invest More Than $71 Million in Arkansas To
Enhance Service Quality and Expand Coverage Company to Build 99
Cell Sites to Better Serve its ALLOVER(SM) Network Customers LITTLE
ROCK, Ark., July 19 /PRNewswire/ -- Cingular Wireless, the
country's largest wireless provider, announced it will invest more
than $71 million throughout Arkansas in 2005 to install 99 new cell
sites and increase capacity to network systems. So far this year,
the company has activated 31 cell sites throughout the state as
part of this commitment. The construction program is part of a $6.2
billion commitment to enhance and expand its ALLOVER(SM) network*
nationwide. The network improvements will enable Cingular customers
in Arkansas to experience the highest level of voice service
quality and offer some of the most advanced data services to more
customers in more places. "Better coverage is what wireless
consumers want, and better coverage is exactly what Cingular is
delivering," said Bob Franke, Cingular's sales director for
Arkansas. "We continually make improvements to our network so that
our customers have a quality wireless experience." Last year,
Cingular invested more than $33 million and installed 60 new cell
sites to improve service and offer enhanced services throughout
Arkansas. Cingular customers will have access to some 45,000 cell
sites nationally by the end of 2006. The company already offers
customers access to the largest digital voice and data network in
America, and Arkansas is an important part of that network. "This
investment demonstrates our commitment to aggressively continue to
provide better quality service to our customers," said Franke.
"That strong customer focus is one of the reasons Cingular recently
reached 50 million customers - the first wireless carrier to attain
this important milestone. Customers know they can rely on us to
meet their needs. That's why they choose us and why they stay with
us." Cingular's ALLOVER network now covers more than 270 million
people, and provides service throughout the United States including
the top 100 markets. Customers on specific calling plans now have
access to the largest mobile-to- mobile calling community in the
country - with free access to more than 50 million people. As part
of its network build out and enhancement, Cingular has stepped up
efforts to ensure its investments to extend coverage and enhance
quality are realized. The company expects its employees and those
of other third-party companies to drive test its network nearly 30
million miles over the next year - that's the equivalent of more
than 50 round trips to the moon. The company's network growth
relies on advanced GSM/EDGE technology. GSM is the world standard
for wireless communication, used by more than a billion people in
200-plus countries. In fact, more than 70 percent of the world's
total wireless market is GSM. The widespread use of GSM offers
Cingular customers the ability to use a large variety of GSM "world
phones" and devices in more than 125 countries to make calls and
access data services in more than 70 countries. For customers
interested in wireless data services, the company's EDGE network -
the fastest national high-speed data network in America - provides
average data connections of up to 135 kilobits per second in more
than 13,000 cities and towns and in areas along nearly 40,000 miles
of highways. For more information about Cingular, please contact
1-866-CINGULAR or visit http://www.cingular.com/. * Coverage not
available in all areas. About Cingular Wireless Cingular Wireless
is the largest wireless carrier in the United States, serving more
than 50 million customers. Cingular, a joint venture between SBC
Communications Inc. (NYSE:SBC) and BellSouth Corporation
(NYSE:BLS), has the largest digital voice and data network in the
nation and the largest mobile- to-mobile community of any national
wireless carrier. Cingular is the only U.S. wireless carrier to
offer Rollover(SM), the wireless plan that lets customers keep
their unused monthly minutes. Details of the company are available
at http://www.cingular.com/ . Get Cingular Wireless press releases
e- mailed to you automatically. Sign up at
http://www.cingular.com/newsroom . DATASOURCE: Cingular Wireless
CONTACT: Frank Merriman of Cingular Wireless, +1-972-774-4802, or
Web site: http://www.cingular.com/ http://www.cingular.com/newsroom
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