Cingular Enhances Wireless Coverage in Western Carolinas with Nine New Cell Sites
28 Août 2006 - 1:00PM
PR Newswire (US)
More Than 200 New Sites Added in the Carolinas Since January
GREENVILLE, S.C., Aug. 28 /PRNewswire/ -- The nation's largest
wireless carrier is growing its network and enhancing coverage in
North and South Carolina. Cingular Wireless has added nine new cell
sites in the western areas of the Carolinas, ensuring customers
stay connected. (Logo:
http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20040930/CINGLOGO ) These new
cell sites are some of the more than 300 new Cingular cell sites
planned for North and South Carolina before the end of 2006. The
company has already added more than 200 new cell sites across the
Carolinas in the last eight months, enhancing wireless service for
those who live, work and play in the region's mountains, Midstate,
and Lowcountry. These new sites bring new or enhanced coverage to
the following areas: * In Marshall County, N.C., new coverage along
Business US 25/70 and for the surrounding residential areas. * In
Transylvania County, N.C., new coverage along U.S. Hwy. 64 around
Lake Toxaway and the surrounding resort and residential areas. * In
Macon County, improved coverage for travelers along U.S. Hwy. 64
between Highlands and Franklin, N.C. * In Madison County, N.C., new
coverage along I-26 between Little Creek and the Tennessee state
line and along U.S. Hwy. 23. * In Cherokee County, N.C., enhanced
coverage for Hwys. 141, 19, 74 and 129, south of Marble and between
Andrews and Murphy. * Enhanced coverage along Hwys. 76, 252 and 178
and the growing residential areas east of the city of Anderson,
S.C. * Southeast of Pacolet, in Spartanburg County, S.C., enhanced
coverage for travelers on Hwy. 150 and the growing residential
areas near Croft State Park. * In Spartanburg County, S.C.,
enhanced coverage along Hwy. 221 and for the new residential areas
south of Chesnee. * Enhanced coverage in Pickens County, S.C.,
along Hwy. 93 and for the west side of the town of Liberty. "These
nine new cell sites will provide both residents and visitors to
this beautiful area with a better network, better coverage, and
better service," said Alison Hall, vice president and general
manager for Cingular's North and South Carolina market. "From
Murphy to Charleston, from Greenville to Raleigh, Cingular wants to
provide our Carolinas customers with the very best possible
wireless network." Cingular Wireless plans to spend more than $385
million on its Carolinas network before year-end, increasing
coverage and capacity, building more than 300 new cell sites,
adding portable generators and back-up batteries, and offering
enhanced new features. Significantly, Cingular recently launched
its third-generation (3G) wireless network technology in 16 major
cities, with more to follow across the country, including the
Carolinas. With 3G, customers will access information and
applications at broadband speeds in the office, on the road or at
home. The service-via laptop data cards or 3G- compatible phones
this year-provides average mobile data connections between 400-700
Kbps (kilobits per second) on the downlink and bursts to more than
a megabit per second. Cingular's local investment is part of a more
than $6 billion commitment to enhance and expand its ALLOVER(R)
network nationwide this year. 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
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Laurie Parker of Cingular Wireless, +1-615-221-3690, or wireless,
+1-615-202-3463, or Web site: http://www.cingular.com/
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