ADVISORY/American Red Cross to Receive Free Wireless Phones to Enhance Disaster Relief Efforts.Business Editors ADVISORY...for Oct. 18 --(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 17, 2000 Nextel (Nextel Communications, Inc., Reston, VA, www.nextel.com) A wireless communications carrier founded in New Jersey in 1987 as Fleet Call, a two-way radio service. Throughout the late 1980s and 1990s, the company acquired a large number of SMR (Specialized Mobile Radio) operators and turned Partners Donates 10 Wireless Phones and Free Service as Part of Launch in Corpus Christi Corpus Christi, in Christianity Corpus Christi [Lat.,=body of Christ], feast of the Western Church, observed on the Thursday after Trinity Sunday (or on the following Sunday). WHAT: To celebrate the October 18 launch of Nextel Partners' (Nasdaq:NXTP) all-digital wireless network in Corpus Christi the company is donating 10 wireless phones and free service for a year to the American Red Cross Coastal Bend - Texas Chapter's Disaster Action Team. The total donation is valued at nearly $13,000. Utilizing the phone's four-in-one service - especially its two-way radio feature - the donation to the American Red Cross will help improve communication and coordination of relief assistance during disasters and emergency situations. The Disaster Action Team is often first at the scene providing assistance at Coastal Bend disasters such as house fires and weather related emergencies. Nextel's technology will be used to provide timely communication between volunteers and Red Cross staff to aid assistance efforts. Nextel's unique service is the first in Corpus Christi to combine digital cellular, wireless Internet, digital two-way radio and text/numeric paging, all in one compact phone. WHO: Participants in the donation event include: - Jim Garde, Disaster Services Director, American Red Cross - Georgiana Winterton, Nextel Partners Direct Sales Manager for Corpus Christi WHEN: 10-10:30 a.m., Wednesday, Oct. 18 WHERE: American Red Cross Costal Bend-Texas Chapter, 1721 South Brownlee Blvd. BACKGROUND Nextel Partners officially launches its all-digital wireless network in the Corpus [Latin, Body, aggregate, or mass.] Corpus might be used to mean a human body, or a body or group of laws. The term is used often in Civil Law to denote a substantial or positive fact, as opposed to one that is ambiguous. Christi-Victoria area on October October: see month. 18, 2000. The launch expands Nextel's regional coverage, which already includes San Antonio San Antonio (săn ăntō`nēō, əntōn`), city (1990 pop. 935,933), seat of Bexar co., S central Tex., at the source of the San Antonio River; inc. 1837. , Houston Houston, city (1990 pop. 1,630,553), seat of Harris co., SE Tex., a deepwater port on the Houston Ship Channel; inc. 1837. Economy The fourth largest city in the nation and the largest in the entire South and Southwest, Houston is a port of entry; , Dallas and Austin, Texas as well as Shreveport, Monroe, Lafayette and Baton Rouge Baton Rouge (băt`ən r  zh) [Fr.,=red stick], city (1990 pop. 219,531), state capital and seat of East Baton Rouge parish, SE La. , La.Nextel Partners expects to employ 15 people in its Corpus Christi office, located at 5541 Bear Land, Suite 240. |
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