Cingular Wireless Network Still Performing Strong in Wake of Katrina
26 Août 2005 - 9:23PM
PR Newswire (US)
BOCA RATON, Fla., Aug. 26 /PRNewswire/ -- The nation's largest
wireless carrier today announced its South Florida network is 85
percent operational in the wake of Hurricane Katrina. More than 100
technicians and engineers are on the ground deploying portable
generators and working closely with local utilities and telephone
company officials to quickly restore impacted sites. Cingular
conducts ongoing readiness drills throughout the year and has a
rigorous emergency preparedness and response process in place for
events like Katrina. In addition to extra work crews, Cingular
brought in dozens of portable generators and approximately 10,000
gallons of fuel, along with portable cells on wheels, for the
recovery process. "Our primary goal is to fully restore the few
sites that are down as soon as humanly possible, " said Rich
Guidotti, vice president and general manager for Cingular's South
Florida region. "Our network folks are working around the clock to
ensure that happens." To prevent network congestion, Cingular is
urging customers to keep non- emergency calls to a minimum and
consider using text messaging as an alternative form of
communication. Most wireless phones today are text messaging
capable, and text messages oftentimes go through quicker than
wireless voice calls during an emergency situation. If customers
receive a fast busy or "your call cannot be completed at this time"
message when trying to make a voice call, please wait 10 seconds
before redialing. This allows the original call data to clear the
network before the customer tries again. 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 releases
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http://cingular.mediaroom.com/. DATASOURCE: Cingular Wireless
CONTACT: Kelly Layne Starling of Cingular Wireless,
+1-561-775-4259, or Web site: http://www.cingular.com/
http://cingular.mediaroom.com/
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