AT&T Wireless Services Expands to the Big Island of Hawaii.Business Editors NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 26, 2001 AT&T Wireless Services (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange : AWE) today begins offering service to customers on the Big Island of Hawaii, further expanding its coverage in the state of Hawaii. The company purchased the wireless system from U.S. Cellular U.S. Cellular (NYSE: USM) is a super-regional cellular telephone provider, serving 5.8 million customers in 189 markets in 26 U.S. states. The company was created in 1983 as a subsidiary of Telephone and Data Systems, Inc. Since April 2000, John E. in August 2000. It was just last May when AT&T Wireless Services launched service on the island of Oahu. The AT&T Wireless Services name will be prominently displayed at the six retail locations on the Big Island. Customers will have access to AT&T's nation-wide network and rate plans like AT&T Digital One Rate, the flat-rate pricing plan that revolutionized the wireless industry. AT&T Wireless Services will also offer additional services on the Big Island such as Free2Go Prepaid Wireless and AT&T Wireless Text Messaging Sending short messages to a smartphone, pager, PDA or other handheld device. Text messaging implies sending short messages generally no more than a couple of hundred characters in length. , a two-way messaging service "We are excited to be expanding our service to the Big Island. We said we'd expand our footprint to reach new markets quickly and that's what we're doing in Hawaii today," said Mohan Gyani, president and chief executive officer of AT&T Wireless Services. "We purchased, branded, and are now selling products and services as AT&T Wireless in a market where they weren't previously available." AT&T Wireless Services is committed to bringing its products and services to more customers across the nation. During the last year alone, the company has acquired wireless systems in a number of major markets, including San Francisco San Francisco (săn frănsĭs`kō), city (1990 pop. 723,959), coextensive with San Francisco co., W Calif., on the tip of a peninsula between the Pacific Ocean and San Francisco Bay, which are connected by the strait known as the Golden , San Diego San Diego (săn dēā`gō), city (1990 pop. 1,110,549), seat of San Diego co., S Calif., on San Diego Bay; inc. 1850. San Diego includes the unincorporated communities of La Jolla and Spring Valley. Coronado is across the bay. , Houston and Indianapolis. The company now provides wireless service in 49 of the top 50 markets in the United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. . About AT&T Wireless Services AT&T Wireless (NYSE: AWE) operates one of the largest digital wireless networks in North America North America, third largest continent (1990 est. pop. 365,000,000), c.9,400,000 sq mi (24,346,000 sq km), the northern of the two continents of the Western Hemisphere. . With more than 15 million subscribers, including partnerships and affiliates, and revenue exceeding $10 billion, AT&T Wireless is committed to being among the first to deliver the next generation of wireless products and services. Today, AT&T Wireless offers customers high-quality wireless communications services, whether mobile or fixed, voice or data, to businesses or consumers, in the U.S. and internationally. For more information, please visit www.attwireless.com. |
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