Cingular Enhances Wireless Network With Seven New Cell Sites in Eastern North Carolina
27 Septembre 2006 - 1:00PM
PR Newswire (US)
More Than 200 New Sites Added in the Carolinas Since January
RALEIGH, N.C., Sept. 27 /PRNewswire/ -- The nation's largest
wireless carrier has enhanced coverage in Eastern North Carolina
with the addition of seven new cell sites to its network, helping
its customers stay connected. 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 nine
months, enhancing wireless service for those who live, work and
play in the region. These new sites enhance Cingular's network
coverage in the following areas: * In Brunswick County, southwest
of Wilmington, improving coverage along Hwy. 87 and for the
residents of Boiling Springs. * In Duplin County, along I-40 near
the town of Magnolia. * In Johnston and Wake Counties, enhancing
coverage west of Hwy. 39 between Zebulon and Smithfield. * In Vance
County north of Raleigh, enhancing coverage for the residential
areas east of Henderson. The new sites also provide new coverage
for these areas: * In Columbus County, providing new coverage for
residential areas south of Whiteville. * In Scotland County,
providing new coverage along U.S. Hwy. 501 between Laurinburg and
Rowland. * In Harnett County, southwest of Raleigh, providing new
coverage for residential areas along Hwy. 27 between Lillington and
Olivia. "These seven new cell sites will provide both residents and
visitors to the Eastern part of our state 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. "Cingular is adding new cell sites in the
Carolinas almost daily, and these new sites are part of that effort
to bring our Carolinas customers the best wireless service
possible." 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 launches
coming soon in Charlotte, Raleigh, Columbia and Greensboro. 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 releases
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http://cingular.mediaroom.com/. DATASOURCE: Cingular Wireless
CONTACT: Laurie Parker of Cingular Wireless, +1-615-221-3690,
Wireless, +1-615-202-3463, or Web site: http://www.cingular.com/
http://cingular.mediaroom.com/
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