Nine New Cell Sites Enhance Network in Kent, New Castle and Sussex Counties
WILMINGTON, Del., Nov. 28 /PRNewswire/ -- Cingular Wireless, the
nation's largest wireless carrier, has turned on nine new cell sites
providing enhanced coverage in Kent, New Castle and Sussex Counties. The
company is spending $225 million this year on many network improvements
including the addition of 100 new cell sites, as well as back-up generators
and batteries throughout Delaware, southern New Jersey, and eastern
Pennsylvania.
"We are absolutely committed to providing our customers in Delaware
with the best network coverage and the highest quality wireless service,"
said Dan Lafond, Cingular Wireless vice president and general manager,
Greater Philadelphia. "Over the last two years we have invested $400
million and turned on 200 new cell sites for our customers in Delaware,
Pennsylvania and New Jersey."
Cell Sites
The company's newest sites in Delaware have improved wireless coverage
in many areas including:
* Kent County:
* Dover Downs Racetrack south of Dover
* Greenville
* New Castle County:
* Linden Hill
* Sussex County:
* Williamsville
* Bunting
* Jacobs Crossroads
* Pepperbox
* Ralphs
* Concord
Additionally Cingular has an interactive mapping tool designed to
answer customers' specific coverage questions based on their address,
street intersection, zip code or even a landmark. It enables customers to
view their Cingular wireless coverage all the way down to the neighborhood
street level while depicting the likelihood of coverage in various
scenarios -- such as inside a building. This interactive information is
available at all company retail locations, online at
http://www.cingular.com/coverageviewer or by calling 1-866-CINGULAR.
The company's network growth relies on advanced GSM/EDGE/UMTS
technology. GSM is the world standard for wireless communication, used by
more than 2 billion people in 200-plus countries. Cingular customers can
make calls in nearly 190 countries and access data services in more than
115 countries.
About Cingular Wireless
Cingular's network in the Greater Philadelphia region covers more than
11 million people and 13,000-square miles, extending outward from greater
metropolitan Philadelphia to include areas of northeastern Pennsylvania
including Scranton, Wilkes-Barre; central Pennsylvania, including
Harrisburg and State College, as well as southern New Jersey and Delaware.
Cingular Wireless is the largest wireless carrier in the United States,
serving 58.7 million customers. Cingular, a joint venture of 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
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SOURCE Cingular Wireless
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Related links:
http://www.cingular.com
http://www.cingular.com/coverageviewer
http://cingular.mediaroom.com/
CONTACT:
Ellen Webner of Cingular Wireless,
+1-973-637-9357, or wireless, +1-201-532-7292, or
ellen.webner@cingular.com
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