Cingular Wireless Announces New Executive Director-Network Operations for Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana and Northwest Florida
20 Avril 2006 - 4:07PM
PR Newswire (US)
Proven Experience in Network Operations and Disaster Preparedness
BIRMINGHAM, Ala., April 20 /PRNewswire/ -- Cingular Wireless has
named Will Schutts as executive director of network operations for
the company's Gulf States region, which includes Alabama,
Mississippi, Louisiana and Northwest Florida (from Pensacola to
Destin/Sandestin). In his new role with the nation's largest
wireless carrier, Schutts is responsible for the implementation and
performance of the network throughout the three states, including
the integration of the AT&T Wireless and Cingular Wireless
networks which is scheduled to be completed this summer. Schutts
also is overseeing the roll out of Cingular's 3G high-speed
broadband wireless network in select markets while managing a
talented team of more than 180 network technicians and engineers.
"Will is a proven leader with years of telecommunications and
wireless, network operations, hurricane/disaster preparation and
recovery experience, which makes him a perfect fit for this
market," said Joe Larussa, Vice President and General Manager for
Cingular's AL/MS/LA/NW FL markets. "We are thrilled to have him on
our leadership team, as we continue our focus on building the best
network in his region." Schutts has more than 10 years of
experience in the telecommunications industry and seven years of
experience in network operations. During his career with SBC, now
AT&T Inc., and Cingular Wireless, Schutts has held a variety of
positions in technology operations and management, most recently as
executive director of network operations for South Florida. Schutts
also played an instrumental role in the deployment of GSM/EDGE in
South Florida and Puerto Rico. About Cingular Wireless Cingular
Wireless is the largest wireless carrier in the United States,
serving 55.8 million customers. Cingular, a joint venture between
AT&T Inc. (NYSE:T) and BellSouth Corporation (NYSE:BLS), has
the largest digital voice and data network in the nation -- the
ALLOVER(TM) network -- and the largest mobile-to-mobile community
of any national wireless carrier. Cingular is a leader in third
generation wireless technology. Its 3G network is the first widely
available service in the world to use HSDPA (High Speed Downlink
Packet Access) technology. 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: Dawn Benton of Cingular, +1-404-236-5305 (office), or
+1-404- 202-6335 (wireless), or Web site:
http://cingular.mediaroom.com/ http://www.cingular.com/
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