Cingular Wireless Completes $150 Million Network Enhancement Plan in Alabama/Northwest Florida, Prepares to Accelerate Growth in
04 Janvier 2005 - 3:00PM
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Cingular Wireless Completes $150 Million Network Enhancement Plan
in Alabama/Northwest Florida, Prepares to Accelerate Growth in 2005
Additional sites, combined with AT&T Wireless sites, give
Alabama and Northwest Florida customers outstanding wireless
coverage BIRMINGHAM, Ala., Jan. 4 /PRNewswire/ -- Cingular
Wireless, the nation's largest wireless provider, today announced
the completion of its Alabama/Northwest Florida network build-out
for 2004, which included a network investment in excess of $150
million. The network expansion includes the addition of more than
130 new cell sites across the area as well as enhancements to
existing sites and has resulted in greater coverage and enhanced
service for Cingular's growing Alabama/Northwest Florida customer
base. Joe Larussa, Vice President and General Manager for Cingular
Wireless - Alabama/Northwest Florida/Mississippi/Louisiana, said
Cingular's network covers more than 268 million people and is
growing, providing the largest high-speed data network in America.
Cingular also offers the largest mobile- to-mobile calling
community with more than 46 million people. Since the beginning of
2004, Larussa said Cingular added cell sites in the following
areas: North Alabama -- DeKalb, Madison, Lawrence, Jefferson,
Walker; Central Alabama -- Winston, Fayette, Marion, Sumter,
Calhoun; South Alabama/Northwest Florida -- Chambers, Elmore, Lee,
Marengo, Montgomery, Houston, Pike, Dale, Coffee, Escambia,
Okaloosa, FL, Walton, FL. "We recognize that superior call quality
and coverage are two of the most critical factors that determine
customer satisfaction. We are moving aggressively to continue what
we began earlier this year to ensure we have 'more bars in more
places.' Our ALLOVER(SM) network* is the largest digital voice and
data network in America, and Alabama and Northwest Florida are an
important part of that network," added Larussa. "The completion of
our 2004 network investment campaign sets the stage for more
network enhancements in 2005." In 2005, Cingular is not only
planning to build additional sites across Alabama and Northwest
Florida to further enhance the local networks, but also to "cherry
pick" sites from the existing AT&T Wireless network that will
quickly add coverage to areas of need. Cingular's 2004 investment
comes on the heels of a two-year effort implementing a GSM/EDGE
voice and data network throughout Alabama and Northwest Florida.
GSM is the Global System for Mobile Communications, the world
standard for wireless communication, used by more than a billion
people in 200-plus countries. In fact, more than 70 percent of the
world's total wireless market is GSM. What GSM delivers for voice,
EDGE technology delivers for data. EDGE is a high-speed wireless
data service which gives customers "third generation" (3G) wireless
data services with speeds typically three times faster than what
was available on GPRS. "Over the last couple of years, we
successfully completed our transition to an advanced voice and data
network. This year we also focused our resources on increasing
coverage, particularly in residential areas and in- building
locations across the two states," said Larussa. "While we are
pleased with our progress, we will not stop here." With the
acquisition of AT&T Wireless, Cingular offers even faster
network speeds with AT&T Wireless' UMTS (Universal Mobile
Telecommunications System) data network, which was implemented
earlier this year in selected cities. Cingular will build on that
deployment, and in November, announced plans to deploy the nation's
fastest high-speed wireless data network based on international
standards. Called UMTS with HSDPA (High-Speed Downlink Packet
Access), this 3G technology will offer average data speeds between
400-700 kilobits per second and bursts to several megabits per
second on capable devices. For more information about Cingular,
please contact 1-866-CINGULAR or visit http://www.cingular.com/ . *
Coverage not available in all areas. 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 and the largest mobile-to-mobile community of any national
wireless carrier. 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 cell, +1-615-319-5599, or Web site: http://www.cingular.com/
http://www.cingular.com/newsroom
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