iPCS, Inc., a Sprint PCS Affiliate, Begins Trading on the Pink Sheets under Trading Symbol `IPCX'.SCHAUMBURG, Ill. -- Announces Addition of Mackinac Island, Michigan This article is about a city in Michigan. For the island of the same name, see Mackinac Island. Mackinac Island is a city located on Mackinac Island and Round Island in Mackinac County in the U.S. state of Michigan. BTAs to Its Markets iPCS, Inc., the 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. Affiliate of Sprint that owns and operates the Sprint Nationwide PCS Network in four Midwestern states and serves more than 227,400 customers, announced that its newly issued common stock will begin trading on the Pink Sheets under the trading symbol Trading symbol See: Ticker symbol "IPCX." Quotations may be found at www.pinksheets.com. In addition, iPCS announced that it has added the Sault Ste. Marie Sault Sainte Marie — pronounced "Soo Saint Marie" (IPA /su seɪnt məˈɹi/) — is the name of two cities on the Saint Marys River, which forms part of the boundary between the United States and Canada. and Petoskey, Michigan This article is about the town; for the type of rock, see Petoskey Stone. Petoskey is a city in the U.S. state of Michigan. As of the 2000 census, the city population was 6,080. It is the county seat of Emmet County6. BTAs, together the "Mackinac BTAs," to its markets through an amendment to its affiliation agreement with Sprint. These BTAs include the summer vacation Summer vacation (also called summer holidays or summer break) is a vacation in the summertime between school years in which students are off for 3 months, depending on the country and district. communities of Mackinac Island and Mackinaw City, Michigan Mackinaw City is a village in Emmet and Cheboygan counties in the U.S. state of Michigan. At the 2000 census the population was 859. The population greatly increases during the tourist season with seasonal workers for the large number of hotels and other recreational facilities . Timothy Yager, iPCS' president and chief executive officer, said, "We are thrilled to be adding one of the premier vacation destinations in the Midwest to our territory. The area is heavily traveled during the summer and this new coverage on Mackinac Island and in the surrounding area will allow vacationing Sprint PCS customers to use all the features of Sprint PCS' enhanced digital network." iPCS is the PCS Affiliate of Sprint with the exclusive right to sell wireless mobility communications, network products and services under the Sprint brand in 40 markets in Illinois, Michigan, Iowa and eastern Nebraska with approximately 7.8 million residents. The territory includes key markets such as Grand Rapids, Michigan “Grand Rapids” redirects here. For other uses, see Grand Rapids (disambiguation). Grand Rapids is a city in the U.S. state of Michigan. As of the 2000 census, the city population was 197,800. , Champaign-Urbana and Springfield, Illinois, and the Quad Cities of Illinois and Iowa. iPCS is headquartered in Schaumburg, Illinois. Safe Harbor Safe Harbor 1. A legal provision to reduce or eliminate liability as long as good faith is demonstrated. 2. A form of shark repellent implemented by a target company acquiring a business that is so poorly regulated that the target itself is less attractive. Statement under the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act The Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 (PSLRA) implemented several significant substantive changes affecting certain cases brought under the federal securities laws, including changes related to pleading, discovery, liability, class representation and awards fees and of 1995 This news release contains forward-looking statements that are based on current expectations, estimates, forecasts and projections about iPCS, the wireless industry, our beliefs and our management's assumptions. Words such as expects, anticipates, targets, goals, projects, intends, plans, believes, seeks, estimates and variations of such words and similar expressions are intended to identify such forward-looking statements. These statements are not guarantees of future performance and involve certain risks, uncertainties and assumptions that are difficult to predict. Therefore, actual outcomes and results may differ materially from what is expressed or forecast in such forward-looking statements. Factors that could cause actual results to differ include: the liquidity of iPCS; the unsettled nature of the wireless market; the potential to experience a high rate of customer turnover; our ability to predict future customer growth, as well as other key operating metrics; the competitiveness and impact of Sprint PCS pricing plans, products and services; the ability to successfully leverage 3G products and services; customer credit quality; the ability of Sprint PCS to provide back office, customer care and other services; consumer purchasing patterns; potential fluctuations in quarterly results; an adequate supply of subscriber equipment; risks related to our ability to compete with larger, more established businesses; rapid technological and market change; risks related to future growth and expansion; rates of penetration in the wireless industry; and adequacy of bad debt and other reserves. Except as otherwise required under federal securities laws and the rules and regulations of the SEC, we do not have any intention or obligation to update or revise any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events, changes in assumptions or otherwise. |
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