Cingular Continues to Expand Its South Florida Network

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Source: Cingular Wireless

Cingular Wireless Continues to Expand Its South Florida Network
Friday May 6, 1:38 pm ET
Plans to Invest More Than $200 Million in 2005


BOCA RATON, Fla., May 6 /PRNewswire/ -- The nation's largest wireless voice and data network is getting larger in Florida. Cingular Wireless plans to invest more than $200 million in its South Florida network integrating the Cingular and AT&T Wireless networks; increasing coverage and capacity; building new sites; adding portable generators and back-up batteries; and offering enhanced new features.
"High-quality coverage wherever you go - that's our goal," said Rich Guidotti, vice president and general manager of Cingular Wireless South Florida. "In 2005, we are continuing to make a huge investment in technology in Florida delivering a network that is growing bigger and more powerful every day."

Of the approximately 50 cell sites to be added statewide in 2005, 16 are being turned on in Cingular's South Florida market, which covers Key West to Vero Beach.

Year-to-date, Cingular has turned on three new cell sites in the South Florida market improving coverage in Palm Beach and Miami-Dade counties. Specific enhancements include:


-- A new site on Hypoluxo Road in Lantana is providing enhanced coverage
along Hypoluxo Road at I-95.
-- Coverage in the northern part of downtown Miami along I-395 is being
boosted by a new site located on Northeast 1st Avenue.
-- A new site on the Rickenbacker Causeway in Miami is improving coverage
along the causeway and in Virginia Key.

Since Cingular's merger with AT&T Wireless last year, the company has focused on "raising the bar" in terms of high-quality coverage, reliability and reach. With the integration of the two networks underway and slated to be completed in South Florida in mid-2006, many customers are already reaping the benefits.

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God! did I miss those press releases!

Now it's Verizon's turn.