Sprint Enhances Networks, Expands Coverage Throughout Massachusetts

Sprint Enhances Networks, Expands Coverage Throughout Massachusetts
From Cape Cod to North Adams, Lowell to Springfield, Sprin Customers Reap the Benefits of 159 New Cell Sites Statewide

BOSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 3, 2008--Sprint (NYSE:S) customers in Boston and throughout Massachusetts can now do more with wireless and enjoy the benefits of speed in more places than ever. During 2007, Sprint added 159 new cell sites to its Nationwide Sprint Network and Nextel National Network in Massachusetts.

"Sprint is constantly working to enhance and expand its networks throughout Boston, the state of Massachusetts and all across the country," said John Diefenbach, area vice president for Sprint. "Sprint offers customers the largest voice calling area, the nation's largest mobile broadband network and the world's largest and fastest push-to-talk network, giving our customers the ability and tools they need to stay in touch with their family, friends and business associates on the go."

Sprint customers in Massachusetts can take advantage of the recent enhancements in the following locations:


Abington
Andover
Arlington
Assonet
Attleboro
Avon
Barnstable
Barrington
Bedford
Bellingham
Beverly
Billerica
Boston
Braintree
Brockton
Burlington
Buzzards Bay
Centerville
Charlestown
Chelmsford
Chelsea
Dartmouth
Dennis
Dorchester
Dracut
East Boston
East Bridgewater
Everett
Fairhaven
Fall River
Falmouth
Framingham
Franklin
Grafton
Great Barrington
Groveland
Halifax
Haverhill
Hyannis
Hyde Park
Kingston
Lawrence
Leominster
Lexington
Lowell
Lynnfield
Malden
Mansfield
Marblehead
Marlborough
Mattapan
Medford
Medway
Merrimac
Methuen
Middleborough
Middleton
Milford
Milton
Nantucket
Natick
Newbury
Newburyport
Newton
North Attleboro
North Billerica
North Reading
Norwood
Orange
Peabody
Pembroke
Plymouth
Quincy
Revere
Roxbury
Salem
Saugus
Seekonk
Sherborn
Somerset
Taunton
Tewksbury
Upton
Uxbridge
Vineyard Haven
Waltham
Wareham
Wayland
West Bridgewater
West Roxbury
Westford
Westport
Westwood
Winthrop
Woburn
Worcester
Wrentham
Yarmouth Port

"Sprint continues to make great strides in network performance, and nationally, Sprint's wireless networks are performing at best-ever levels," Diefenbach said. "We continue to invest in Massachusetts and work aggressively to ensure Sprint customers have the enhanced networks they want and need."

Nationally during 2007, Sprint added more than 4,000 cell sites to the Nationwide Sprint Network and Nextel National Network. Internal performance metrics show double-digit percent improvement year-over-year for dropped and blocked calls on both the Nationwide Sprint Network and Nextel National Network. For the Nextel National Network, customer issues related to dropped and blocked calls, and voice quality, have decreased more than 60 percent since December 2006 to December 2007.

Additionally, Sprint offers the nation's largest mobile broadband network. And, the vast majority of the Sprint Mobile Broadband Network has been upgraded to faster EV-DO Rev. A technology.