Cingular Wireless Enhances Coverage in the Greenville-Spartanburg Area5 July 2006
The nation's largest wireless carrier is meeting the need for enhanced coverage by continuing to grow its Carolinas network. Cingular Wireless today said it recently added 19 new cell sites in the Greenville and Spartanburg areas, ensuring Carolinas customers stay connected. These 19 new sites are some of the more than 300 new Cingular cell sites planned for the Carolinas before the end of the year. The company has already added 170 new cell sites across the Carolinas in the last six months, enhancing wireless service for those who live, work and play in the region.
The new sites bring enhanced or additional coverage in and around the following areas:
* North along Hwys. 8 and 186 from Pickens, GA
* Two sites enhancing coverage along Hwy. 135 North from Easley and along
Hwy. 186 near Dacusville
* Along Hwy. 186 Southwest from Marietta to Dacusville
* Dacusville and the surrounding residential areas
* Along SR-93 and in residential areas of Central
* Along I-385, the intersection of Haywood and Pelham Road and
surrounding areas
* Residential areas west of Greenville in the Powdersville area
* Downtown Greenville
* Along Hwys. 101 and 418 and west Woodruff
* Along Hwy. 101, the BMW plant and the surrounding commercial and
residential areas south of Greer
* Along US Hwys. 29 and 290 and the residential areas between Greer and
Duncan
* Along Hwys. 14 and 101 and the surrounding residential areas in Greer
* The commercial and residential areas of Boiling Springs, north of
Spartanburg
* Along US Hwy. 176 and surrounding areas
The new sites also bring new coverage to these areas:
* The residential and commercial areas north of Hwy. 93 and eastern
Easley
* Along US Hwy. 123 east of Easley and the surrounding commercial and
residential areas
* Along State Hwy. 417 east of Simpsonville and the surrounding
residential areas
* Along State Road 23-565 in the Fork Shoals residential areas south of
Greenville
"We want to provide the best cellular service possible for not only the year-round residents of our area, but also for the many Cingular customers from across the country who come to vacation in the Carolinas," said Alison Hall, vice president and general manager for Cingular's North and South Carolina market. "These new cell sites, as well as the new sites we continue to build throughout the year, will help us provide that coverage to those living, working, and vacationing in the Carolinas."
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 400-700Kbps (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(TM) Network nationwide this year.
About Cingular Wireless
Cingular Wireless is the largest wireless carrier in the United States, serving 55.8 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(TM) 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 emailed to you automatically. Sign up at http://cingular.mediaroom.com/.
Source: prnewswire
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