BellSouth Expands Wireless Broadband Service Into Five New Markets
28 Juin 2006 - 3:00PM
PR Newswire (US)
-- Service will be Available Soon in Select Parts of Melbourne,
Fla.; Chattanooga, Tenn.; Greenville, Miss.; Charleston, S.C.; and
Albany, Ga. -- ATLANTA, June 28 /PRNewswire/ -- In a move to extend
broadband access to more customers, BellSouth (NYSE:BLS) announced
today the expansion of BellSouth(R) Wireless Broadband Service into
five new markets in its service territory. The company will deploy
the service in the third of quarter of 2006 to select parts of
Melbourne, Fla.; Chattanooga, Tenn.; Greenville, Miss.; Charleston,
S.C.; and Albany, Ga. BellSouth's wireless broadband service offers
residential and business customers high-speed Internet access, with
downstream speeds up to 1.5Mbps and no phone line needed. The
system transmits signals between local radio towers and a small
non-line-of-sight desktop subscriber modem and utilizes BellSouth
licensed WCS 2.3GHz spectrum. "With BellSouth Wireless Broadband
Service, we can reach even more of our customers with high-speed
Internet access," said Randy Roberts, vice president, wireless and
CPE management - BellSouth. "One of our primary focuses in these
latest deployments has been on our rural customers, some whose only
opportunity to experience high-speed Internet is with our wireless
broadband service." BellSouth wireless broadband customers have the
option to use the service at a discount as backup access to the
Internet in the event of a wireline network outage. Customers can
also choose to bundle a Wi-fi service into their BellSouth Wireless
Broadband service. BellSouth was the first major telecom provider
to commercially launch wireless broadband using pre-WiMAX
technology. The company initially deployed the service in August
2005 in Athens, Ga. In addition, BellSouth offers wireless
broadband service in Palatka, Fla.; New Orleans, La.; Gulfport,
Miss.; and DeLand, Fla. BellSouth plans to expand the service to
additional cities throughout 2006. In addition, BellSouth announced
yesterday that it would begin lab trials of WiMAX next quarter
using Alcatel's Evolium(R) WiMAX solution. For more information or
to subscribe for wireless broadband, visit
http://www.bellsouth.net/wirelessbb or call 1-877-241-5490. About
BellSouth Corporation BellSouth Corporation is a Fortune 500
communications company headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia. BellSouth
has joint control and 40 percent ownership of Cingular Wireless,
the nation's largest wireless voice and data provider with 55.8
million customers. Backed by award-winning customer service,
BellSouth offers the most comprehensive and innovative package of
voice and data services available in the market. Through BellSouth
Answers(R), residential and small business customers can bundle
their local and long distance service with dial-up and high-speed
DSL Internet access, satellite television and Cingular(R) Wireless
service. For businesses, BellSouth provides secure, reliable local
and long distance voice and data networking solutions. BellSouth
also offers print and online directory advertising through The Real
Yellow Pages(R) and YELLOWPAGES.COM(TM) from BellSouth. BellSouth
believes that diversity and fostering an inclusive environment are
critical in maintaining a competitive advantage in today's global
marketplace. More information about BellSouth can be found at
http://www.bellsouth.com/. DATASOURCE: BellSouth Corporation
CONTACT: Nadine Randall of BellSouth, +1-404-829-8724, or Web site:
http://www.bellsouth.com/ Company News On-Call:
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