Cingular Turns on Eight New Cell Sites in East Kentucky

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Cingular Wireless Turns on Eight New Cell Sites in East Kentucky
Monday October 10, 12:14 pm ET


LEXINGTON, Ky., Oct. 10 /PRNewswire/ -- Cingular Wireless customers in East Kentucky can now enjoy expanded coverage in their communities thanks to the recent addition of eight new GSM cell sites. GSM, or Global System for Mobile communications, is the world standard for wireless communication, used by more than a billion people in 200-plus countries.

Specific areas benefiting from the new cell sites include:
- Asbury College in Wilmore;
- State Highway 36, just east of Carlisle in Nicholas County;
- Historic U.S. Highway 68, just west of Carlisle in Nicholas County;
- Flemingsburg Bypass and the town of Flemingsburg in Fleming County;
- Mount Olivet and along the U.S. Highway 62 travel corridor in Robertson
County;
- U.S. Highway 25 between Barbourville and Pineville in Knox County;
- Interstate 75 between London and Corbin; and
- State Highway 40 and U.S. Highway 460 from Salyersville to
Staffordsville in Magoffin and Johnson counties.

"Cingular is committed to providing the best wireless network in the industry, and the number of new cell sites we are adding to our Kentucky network is proof of that," said Jim Thorpe, vice president and general manager for Cingular's Tennessee and Kentucky markets.

Cingular Wireless plans to invest more than $67 million in its Kentucky network before year's end, integrating the Cingular and AT&T Wireless networks, increasing coverage and capacity, building 40 new cell sites, adding portable generators and back-up batteries, and offering enhanced new features.