Cingular Wireless Reports Improved Coverage in Areas Hit Hard by Hurricane Katrina
05 Septembre 2005 - 10:30PM
PR Newswire (US)
- Service Fully Restored in Many Areas ATLANTA, Sept. 5
/PRNewswire/ -- Cingular Wireless, a joint venture between SBC
Communications Inc. (NYSE:SBC) and BellSouth Corporation
(NYSE:BLS), today reported cell phone coverage continues to improve
in those areas hit hard by Hurricane Katrina. Service in Mobile,
Ala. and Jackson, Miss. is fully restored, and the majority of
coverage capacity has been reestablished in and around Biloxi,
Miss. Cingular crews are on the ground in New Orleans. Some calls
are going through in the city and surrounding areas, including
Hammond and Houma, La., but at reduced levels. New Orleans remains
the company's top priority, and more than 800 network technicians
are deployed across the Gulf States to support full service
restoration as soon as possible. Cingular also is using microwave
and satellite connections to restore service in parts of New
Orleans, and is re-rerouting calls outside of New Orleans as
needed. The company also continues to make substantial progress in
restoring service in Meridian, Hattiesburg, and Gulfport, Miss.
Customers can send and receive calls in those cities, but at
reduced levels. Since many of the remaining service outages are
primarily due to power and T1 lines, we are working closely with
power and wireline companies and have deployed generators where
possible in affected areas. Supporting Cingular's service
restoration efforts are more than 500 generators and 240,000
gallons of fuel and more than 30 COWs (cell sites on wheels).
Cingular continues to offer free phone calls at its retail stores
throughout Alabama, Mississippi and Louisiana for any customer
needing to get in touch with family or friends. The company has
also provided more than 1,000 phones to emergency agencies
throughout the Gulf States. In addition, Cingular has created
initiatives to raise millions of dollars for Katrina victims and to
assist its own employees who have been affected by the disaster.
These include: -- The Cingular Cares Initiative, which will provide
immediate relief to victims of Hurricane Katrina and will also
establish a sustainable fund for providing assistance in future
natural disasters. Cingular Cares is a multi-million dollar effort
to be funded through the company's employees, with a focus on
providing assistance to them and others affected by disasters. -- A
text messaging campaign by which Cingular customers will receive
messages on their phones and other wireless devices asking if they
would be interested in making a contribution to the American Red
Cross's hurricane relief efforts. -- Use of the company's more than
2,300 retail stores nationwide as collection points for donations
to the American Red Cross. The stores will be able to accept cash,
checks, credit cards, or debit cards. Please visit
http://www.cingularhurricaneupdates.com/ for regular updates. 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. and BellSouth
Corporation, 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: Mark Siegel, +1-404-236-6312, or wireless,
+1-646-256-1277, or Caroline Crowe, +1-678-867-4330, or wireless,
+1-404-808-8254, both of Cingular Wireless Web site:
http://www.cingular.com/
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