Sprint 'Powers Up' Washington, DC Area Coverage, Capacity to Its Wireless Networks with a Nearly $121 Million Investment.Significant Network Enhancements Made Throughout the DC Area as Part of a $7 Billion Wireless and Wireline Investment Nationwide RESTON, Va. -- Sprint Nextel Sprint Nextel Corporation (NYSE: S) is one of the largest telecommunications companies in the world. With 55 million subscribers, Sprint Nextel operates the third largest wireless telecommunications network in the United States (based on total wireless customers), behind (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange : S) today announced enhancements to both the Sprint PCS (1) (Personal Communications Services) Refers to wireless services that emerged after the U.S. government auctioned commercial licenses in 1994 and 1995. This radio spectrum in the 1. Nationwide Network and the Nextel National Network(SM) in Washington, DC, Northern Virginia Northern Virginia (NoVA) consists of Arlington, Fairfax, Loudoun, and Prince William counties and the independent cities of Alexandria, Falls Church, Fairfax, Manassas, and Manassas Park. and Suburban Maryland with an investment of nearly $121 million through the third quarter of 2006 with more to come before year end. These extensive upgrades are the result of additional wireless cell sites and equipment being added to the networks, delivering additional coverage and network capacity to serve its customers. "The Sprint network team is constantly looking for Looking for In the context of general equities, this describing a buy interest in which a dealer is asked to offer stock, often involving a capital commitment. Antithesis of in touch with. ways to improve the customer experience in the Washington, DC area and throughout the country," said Brian McIntee, area vice president for the Mid-Atlantic Area, Sprint. "We strive to make our wireless service the best where our customers live, work and travel." The following is a list of areas improved by these enhancements in Washington, DC: Burleith Congress Heights Langdon Manor Park Area Meridian Hill Petworth Watts Branch Park White House Area The following is a detailed list of the areas improved by these enhancements in the Northern Virginia area: Aldie < Heritage Hill Alexandria < Lorton Burleith < Manassas Dale City < Reston Fairlee < South Lakes Fairfax < Vienna Ft. Belvoir < Fredericksburg < The following is a detailed list of the areas improved by these enhancements in the Suburban Maryland area: Beltsville < Jefferson Chillum < Largo Town Center Columbia < Merriweather Post Pavilion Gaithersburg < Parkland Gilbert Run Park < Pomfret Glen Burnie < Riverdale Hill Road Park Area < Sligo Creek Park Area Howard Park Area < Suitland Parkway Huntington < Indian Head Highway - FortWashington < "Sprint is committed delivering the highest quality network coverage, and this is just one example of our never-ending efforts to optimize optimize - optimisation our network performance to provide the best customer experience," McIntee said. "Customers in the greater DC area can expect to see expanded network quality as we continue our efforts to enhance and improve their wireless experience with Sprint." Sprint plans to invest $7 billion in its wireless and wireline networks nationwide in 2006. Nextel National Network The Nextel National Network, one of the largest all-digital wireless networks 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. , is based on the integrated digital enhanced network
Integrated Digital Enhanced Network (iDEN) is a mobile telecommunications technology, developed by Motorola, which provides its users the benefits of a trunked radio and a cellular (iDEN) always-on technology, which provides the world's fastest and most efficient walkie-talkie service. More people use the Nextel National Network for walkie-talkie calls than any other such service in the world. In 2005, the Nextel Network carried more than 100 billion direct connect calls. Sprint Expands the Sprint Power Vision Network Sprint offers the most wireless broadband High-speed wireless transmission of data. What is "high" speed is always a changing number. Wireless systems are typically slower than land-based, wireline networks. In the past, wireless broadband started at 250 Kbps, whereas land-based broadband was generally considered to start at T1 coverage of any carrier through its Power Vision(sm) Network (EV-DO (EVolution-Data Only) A 3G high-speed digital data service provided by cellular carriers worldwide that use the CDMA technology, including Verizon and Sprint in the U.S. EV-DO works on EV-DO cellphones as well as laptops and portable devices that have EV-DO modems. ), which reaches more than 170 million people nationwide, covering over 219 communities with at least a 100,000 population as well as 486 airports nationwide. The Power Vision network allows users to access audio, video and data applications with handheld and connection card devices. Sprint is the only carrier to begin rolling out an EV-DO Revision A network and expects to cover 21 markets where more than 40 million people live and work by the end of 2006 and upgrade its entire Power Vision Network to the faster EV-DO Revision A technology by Q3 2007. The faster data rates provided by EV-DO Revision A can enable richer applications and services, such as high-speed video telephony See videophone. , music on demand, video messaging, large file uploads Transmitting a file from your computer to another computer. "File upload" is essentially the same term as "upload," because most of the time data are transmitted as a structural unit known as a "file." and high performance push-to-talk capability. Power Network Coverage Tool Provides Unique View In October, Sprint launched its Power Network Coverage Tool to help customers view detailed coverage maps down to the street address level. By entering an address or zip code zip code System of postal-zone codes (zip stands for “zone improvement plan”) introduced in the U.S. in 1963 to improve mail delivery and exploit electronic reading and sorting capabilities. , customers can see the availability of wireless coverage and the network signal strength on the Nextel National Network, Nationwide Sprint PCS Network(SM) or Sprint Power Vision Network. Customers can also view the location of recently added cell sites in many areas. The tool, available at www.sprint.com/coverage and at self-service touch-screen kiosks at hundreds of Sprint Nextel retail stores, is simple to use and helps set network coverage expectations for customers before signing up for wireless service. About Sprint Nextel Sprint Nextel offers a comprehensive range of wireless and wireline communications services bringing the freedom of mobility to consumers, businesses and government users. Sprint Nextel is widely recognized for developing, engineering and deploying innovative technologies, including two robust wireless networks serving more than 51 million customers at the end of third quarter 2006; industry-leading mobile data services; instant national and international walkie-talkie capabilities; and an award-winning and global Tier 1 Internet backbone (communications, networking) Internet backbone - High-speed networks that carry Internet traffic. These communications networks are provided by companies such as AT&T, GTE, IBM, MCI, Netcom, Sprint, UUNET and consist of high-speed links in the T1, T3, OC1 and OC3 ranges. . For more information, visit www.sprint.com. |
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