Cingular Wireless to Invest $128 Million Across Las Vegas to Enhance Service Quality and Expand Coverage
28 Juillet 2005 - 10:53PM
PR Newswire (US)
Cingular Wireless to Invest $128 Million Across Las Vegas to
Enhance Service Quality and Expand Coverage Company to Build 95
Cell Sites to Better Serve its ALLOVER(SM) Network Customers LAS
VEGAS, July 28 /PRNewswire/ -- Cingular Wireless, the country's
largest wireless provider, announced it will invest about $128
million throughout Las Vegas in 2005 to install 95 new cell sites
as part of a $6.2 billion commitment to enhance and expand its
ALLOVER(SM) network* nationwide. Already this year, Cingular has
put 13 new sites into service in locations such as the Las Vegas
Convention Center and Summerlin area. The network improvements will
enable Cingular customers in Las Vegas 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 Tammi Terrell, vice president and
general manager, Las Vegas/San Diego/Hawaii. "We continually make
improvements to our network so that our customers in Las Vegas have
a high quality wireless experience." 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 Las Vegas is an important
part of that network. "This investment demonstrates our commitment
to aggressively continue to provide better quality service to our
customers," said Terrell. "That strong customer focus is one of the
reasons Cingular serves more than 51 million customers - the first
wireless carrier to attain this important growth milestone. Our
valued customers in Las Vegas know they can rely on us to meet
their needs." 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 rate plans offering unlimited access to more
than 51 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. Last but not least, Cingular also offers faster network
speeds through its UMTS (Universal Mobile Telecommunications
System) data network, to be available to customers in Las Vegas
November 2005. UMTS offers average data connection speeds between
220 and 320kbps. As part of its 2005 investment, Cingular will
deploy high-speed, third- generation (3G) UMTS/HSDPA (Universal
Mobile Telecommunications System /High Speed Downlink Packet
Access) service to customers in 15-20 major markets this year. The
company expects to offer its 3G services in most major markets by
the end of 2006. The 3G service will offer average data speeds
between 400-700 kbps and bursts to several megabits per second.
Customers using the 3G service will be able use a wireless handset
to make a voice call and simultaneously check e- mail, browse the
Internet at speeds similar to broadband wired services, or even
access a variety of video services. * Coverage not available in all
areas. About Cingular Wireless Cingular Wireless is the largest
wireless carrier in the United States, serving 51.6 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 -- the
ALLOVER(SM) network - and the largest mobile-to-mobile community of
any national wireless carrier. Cingular is the only U.S. wireless
carrier to offer Rollover(R), 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
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http://cingular.mediaroom.com/. DATASOURCE: Cingular Wireless
CONTACT: Art Navarro of Cingular Wireless, +1-562-468-6520, or
+1-949-300-1329 Web site: http://www.cingular.com/
http://cingular.mediaroom.com/
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