PROVIDENCE, R.I., Jan. 17 /PRNewswire/ -- Residents and visitors to the
greater Providence area no longer need to rely on wired connections for
broadband access to information, as Cingular transforms the heart of the
Ocean State into a wireless speedway.
"We're giving customers the ability to securely access information and
applications at broadband speeds in the office, on the road or at home.
With our 3G service, almost any spot in northern Rhode Island is a hot
spot," said Steve Krom, vice president and general manager for Cingular in
New England.
Cingular's 3G coverage area in the state spans from Pawtucket to North
Smithfield in the north and from Barrington, Warwick and East Coventry in
the south. It also covers all of Routes 295, 10 and 146.
Specific towns of coverage include North Smithfield, Woonsocket,
Cumberland, Smithfield, Lincoln, Central Falls, Pawtucket, Gloucester,
Scituate, Johnston, North Providence, Providence, East Providence,
Cranston, Warwick, Barrington, Coventry, and West Warwick.
Cingular 3G not only offers advanced wireless services, such as viewing
video clips through CingularVideo, it also enhances existing services by
making them run faster. Customers can now download a game or ringtone or
access mobile email quicker than ever. Business users will also appreciate
Cingular's LaptopConnect, which allows the company's customers to use their
laptops to access the Internet or email, download large files and
attachments, or run business applications at average data speeds between
400-700 bps (kilobits per second) on the downlink, with bursts to more than
a megabit per second.
Cingular's 3G network is the first widely available service in the
world to use HSDPA (High Speed Downlink Packet Access) technology. HSDPA is
the high-speed evolution of GSM/EDGE (Global System for Mobile
Communication/Enhanced Data Rates for Global Evolution), which shares a
common core network. GSM is the world's most popular wireless technology,
which is used by more than one billion people in 210 countries.
About AT&T
AT&T's Cingular network in New England covers more than 13.6 million
people and extends across 62,000 square miles. Cingular employs more than
700 people in the region. With 80 company-owned stores in addition to
authorized local and national retailers, including RadioShack, New England
customers have approximately 800 outlets to buy Cingular's products and
services.
AT&T Inc. is a premier communications holding company in the United
States and around the world, with operating subsidiaries providing services
under the AT&T brand. AT&T is the recognized world leader in providing
IP-based communications services to business and the U.S. leader in
providing wireless, high speed Internet access, local and long distance
voice, and directory publishing and advertising services. As part of its
"three screen" integration strategy, AT&T is expanding video entertainment
offerings to include such next-generation television services as AT&T
U-verse(SM) TV. Additional information about AT&T Inc. and the products and
services provided by AT&T subsidiaries and affiliates is available at
http://www.att.com.
AT&T is a registered trademark of AT&T Knowledge Ventures. Subsidiaries
and affiliates of AT&T Inc. provide products and services under the AT&T
brand. For more information, please review this announcement in the AT&T
newsroom at http://www.att.com/newsroom.
SOURCE Cingular Wireless
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CONTACT:
Kate MacKinnon of Cingular Wireless,
+1-781-690-5057, or wireless, +1-508-498-5547, or
kate.mackinnon@cingular.com
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