Cingular Continues to Enhance Nebraska Network
22 Août 2006 - 12:45PM
PR Newswire (US)
Company to Spend Over $12 Million in 2006 to Provide Most Reliable
Service OMAHA, Neb., Aug. 22 /PRNewswire/ -- Cingular Wireless
today said it will spend $12 million this year to extend coverage
and enhance the quality of service for customers in Nebraska. The
company expects to add approximately 31 cell sites in the state
this year. Last year, Cingular invested over $6 million on its
network in Nebraska, adding coverage and capacity via new cell
sites, new switching complexes, portable generators and back-up
batteries, and by rolling out new data features. This local
investment was part of Cingular's estimated $6.2 billion national
network capital expenditure program during 2005. As a result,
Cingular's ALLOVER network* -- the largest digital voice and data
network -- has grown bigger, better and more powerful in Nebraska.
* The ALLOVER network covers more than 270 million people. Coverage
not available in all areas. "Cingular Wireless is committed to
making a significant investment to enhance and expand its network
in Nebraska. Quality and coverage are everything in our business
and our customers can be assured they're receiving the most
reliable service in the state," said Jeff Harkman, vice president
and general manager for Nebraska. "We've improved capacity and
in-building wireless coverage by adding numerous new cell sites
over the last two years." Cell Sites To date 8 new cell sites have
been added in Nebraska this year. This enabled the company to add
new service or enhance existing service through many areas. Recent
cell site additions include the following locations: Omaha, NE HWY
38 & S 55th St. Lincoln, NE Pine Lake Rd & S 84th St. Elk
City, NE HWY 36 & Elk City Dr. Wahoo, NE HWY 92 & E 6th St.
Omaha, NE Ames and N 52nd Street Lincoln, NE Fletcher and N 70th
Springfield, NE Plattview Rd & S 132nd St. Fremont, NE BUS 30
& CR 48 "It's great to see that the investments we're making in
our network are paying off, especially for customers. Quality and
coverage are everything in our business and our customers can be
assured that we're working to provide them with the most reliable
wireless service in the industry," said Harkman. "We've improved
capacity and in-building wireless coverage by adding new cell
sites. We're going to take the national reliability claim back from
competitors one market at a time." Cingular network engineers
constantly monitor the network, driving throughout Nebraska.
Nationally, Cingular uses a variety of companies, as well as its
own technicians, to drive test its network. The company expects
this army of testers to drive nearly 30 million miles -- the
equivalent of 50 round trips to the moon -- to measure the quality
and coverage of its network. Additionally the company offers an
interactive mapping tool at all retail locations and by calling
1-866-CINGULAR. The tool provides customers with up-to-date
wireless coverage information and is designed to answer a
customer's specific wireless coverage questions based on an
address, street intersection, zip code or even a landmark. It
enables the customer to view their Cingular wireless coverage all
the way down to the neighborhood street level while depicting the
likelihood of coverage in various scenarios -- such as inside a
building. The company's network growth relies on advanced GSM/EDGE
technology. EDGE is the fastest national wireless data network in
the country. Globally, GSM is used by more than 1.5 billion people
in 200-plus countries. Cingular customers can use a single handset
to make calls in more than 170 countries and access data services
in more than 95 countries. For more information about Cingular,
please contact 1-866-CINGULAR or visit http://www.cingular.com/ .
About Cingular Wireless Cingular Wireless is the largest wireless
carrier in the United States, serving 57.3 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(R) 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 releases
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http://cingular.mediaroom.com/. DATASOURCE: Cingular Wireless
CONTACT: Chris Comes of Cingular Wireless, +1-847-765-3602, or
wireless, +1-312-282-0539, Web site: http://www.cingular.com/
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