Sprint Nextel 'Powers Up' Chicagoland Wireless Coverage with More Than $93 Million in Network Investments.Upgrades Are Part of a $7 Billion Nationwide Investment by 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 to Further Enhance Wireline and Wireless Network Performance CHICAGO Chicago, city, United States Chicago (shĭkä`gō, shĭkô`gō), city (1990 pop. 2,783,726), seat of Cook co., NE Ill., on Lake Michigan; inc. 1837. -- Sprint Nextel (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange :S) today announced investments of more than $93 million 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(SM) and the 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 National Network(SM) through the third quarter of 2006. These extensive upgrades are the result of adding additional wireless cell sites and equipment, delivering expanded coverage and network capacity to better serve customers throughout Chicagoland. "Providing an excellent customer experience is Sprint's number one priority in Chicagoland and wherever we offer our wide range of wireless phones, plans and features," said J. W. Penland, Sprint area vice president of Sales. "It's it's 1. Contraction of it is. 2. Contraction of it has. See Usage Note at its. it's it is or it has it's be ~have especially important to the Sprint network team in this region that we do all we can to ensure our customers are highly satisfied with their Sprint Nextel services." The following is a detailed list of cities benefiting from enhancements to the Sprint PCS Network: < Bartlett Hammond, Ind. < Berwyn Kouts, Ind. < Chicago LaPorte, Ind. < East Chicago Lemont < Frankfort Libertyville < Freeport McHenry < Gary, Ind. Michigan City < North Schiller Park < Orangeville Shorewood < Plainfield St. Charles < Riverdale West Chicago The following is a detailed list of the areas improved from enhancements to the Nextel Network: < Arlington Heights Hoffman Estates < Aurora Joliet < Batavia Kingsbury < Bannockburn Lake Forest < Bedford Park Lake in the Hills < Calumet McHenry < Chicago Midlothian < Crown Point, Ind. Northbrook < Des Plaines Oakbrook Terrace < Dyer Orland Hills < East Chicago Palatine < Elgin/Wasco Schaumburg < Elk Grove Village Schiller Park < Geneva Shorewood < Glen Ellyn Villa Park < Gary, Ind. Warrenville < Hobart/Portage Wheaton < Hodgkins "Sprint is proud of its unwavering dedication to optimize optimize - optimisation its network performance," said Penland. "Chicagoland customers can expect to see expanded network quality as we continue our efforts to enhance and improve their wireless experience with Sprint." 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 handheld: see personal digital assistant. and connection card devices. 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(SM), Nationwide Sprint PCS Network 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 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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