Cingular Wireless Awarded Contract to Provide Wireless Priority Service for Improved Emergency Communications in Mississippi
10 Novembre 2004 - 6:59PM
PR Newswire (US)
Cingular Wireless Awarded Contract to Provide Wireless Priority
Service for Improved Emergency Communications in Mississippi Local
emergency response personnel and community leaders to benefit from
new service JACKSON, Miss., Nov. 10 /PRNewswire/ -- The state of
Mississippi is now among the states in the nation to benefit from a
program that will provide improved communications to emergency
response personnel and community leaders. Cingular Wireless has
been awarded a contract by the National Communications System (NCS)
to provide Wireless Priority Service (WPS) to the country's
authorized emergency response personnel. As part of that contract,
Cingular has launched WPS throughout Mississippi, as well as other
select regions of the United States. The initial phase of WPS
deployment (covering the top 25 markets in the U.S.) is complete
for 2004. Total network deployment will be complete by the summer
of 2005. WPS provides authorized Federal, State, and local
government leaders and critical private sector leaders and decision
makers with priority wireless service during times of emergency. In
concert with the Government Emergency Telecommunications Service
(GETS), WPS dramatically improves cellular call completion rates.
In times of congestion, authorized users are moved to the front of
the queue, greatly increasing their chances of call completion. At
the same time, WPS is designed to have a negligible impact on
everyday cellular users, providing priority service to vital
decision makers without restricting the public's ability to gain
access to those same networks. WPS does not enable users to preempt
existing calls or to monopolize cellular services. "WPS is an
extremely important tool to provide to key national security and
emergency preparedness personnel during disaster and emergency
situations," said Ron Cates, Cingular Wireless Executive Director
of Network Operations -- Alabama/Mississippi/Louisiana. "Cingular
recognizes how vitally important WPS is to those who must direct
well-coordinated emergency responses. Cingular's commitment is to
improve homeland security through our deployment of WPS." Computer
Sciences Corporation, the NCS's integration contractor for the
Government Emergency Telecommunications Service and the Wireless
Priority Service, was responsible for the acquisition of Cingular
as a participating WPS provider. The National Communications
System, part of the Department of Homeland Security's Information
Analysis and Infrastructure Protection Directorate, consists of 23
Federal member departments and agencies and is responsible for
ensuring the availability of a viable national security and
emergency preparedness (NS/EP) communications infrastructure. In
addition to enhancing the Mississippi network with WPS, Cingular
recently announced that it has nearly completed its $100 million
2004 network enhancement plan for the state. More than 75 percent
of the 95 new cell sites scheduled for activation in 2004 have been
turned up and are enhancing call quality, multiplying capacity and
extending the network's reach across the state. Additional
information regarding the NCS WPS program can be obtained on the
NCS website at http://wps.ncs.gov/ . About Cingular Wireless
Cingular Wireless is the largest wireless carrier in the United
States, serving more than 46 million customers. Cingular, a joint
venture between SBC Communications (NYSE:SBC) and BellSouth
(NYSE:BLS), has the largest digital voice and data network in the
nation. Cingular is the only U.S. wireless carrier to offer
Rollover(SM), 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://www.cingular.com/newsroom . DATASOURCE: Cingular Wireless
CONTACT: Calie Shackleford of Cingular Wireless, +1-615-221-3690,
or mobile, +1-615-319-5599, or Web site: http://www.cingular.com/
http://www.cingular.com/newsroom
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