Thursday June 22, 8:03 am Eastern Time
Company Press Release
SOURCE: Sprint PCS
Sprint Launches Advanced Wireless Service -
Including the Sprint PCS Wireless Web - in New
Bern, NC
Residents and Businesses Invited to 'Make A Call on Us' and Experience Dramatic
Improvement Over Cellular and Other Wireless Services
NEW BERN, N.C., June 22 /PRNewswire/ -- Sprint ushered in a new era of wireless communication today,
announcing the launch of Sprint PCS (NYSE: PCS - news), or Personal Communication Services, for consumers and
businesses in New Bern, North Carolina. Sprint PCS is the nation's fastest growing wireless provider, offering the largest
all-digital, all-PCS nationwide network with service in more than 330 metropolitan markets and more than 4,000 cities
nationwide.
``The clear alternative to cellular is here,'' said Chuck Goldfarb, Vice President-Coastal Region for AirGate PCS
(Nasdaq: PCSA - news), a Sprint PCS Network Partner managing local Sprint PCS Service in New Bern. ``We're not
just providing customers with a better phone; we're providing them with a connection that's more clear, more affordable
and more secure than conventional cellular services. Additionally, the Sprint PCS Wireless Web offers customers instant
access to news, weather, shopping, stocks, sports, email and other select Internet information directly on the
minibrowser of their Internet-ready Sprint PCS Phone. We want people to experience that quality for themselves, so
we're inviting them to make a free call on us as well as try the Wireless Web at any of our Sprint PCS retailers such as
Radio Shack.''
To celebrate the launch of Sprint PCS Service in New Bern, North Carolina, Sprint PCS is offering a limited-time offer
to new customers in the area. Customers who select the New Sprint PCS Free & Clear Plan by July 9, 2000, can
receive 700 minutes per month for $39.99 per month. This includes 300 local anytime minutes, 300 night and weekend
minutes, plus 100 anytime minutes if a one-year Sprint PCS Advantage Agreement is signed. This Sprint PCS Free &
Clear Plan is good for as long as they are a customer and includes features like Voicemail and Caller ID that work the
same way anywhere on the Sprint PCS nationwide wireless network.
``Sprint uses the most up-to-date technology to offer the best communications products and services available,'' said
Dennis Doepker, Market Manager. ``We're excited to assist the New Bern community with their communication needs.''
The launch of Sprint PCS wireless service in New Bern, North Carolina is part of Sprint PCS' expansion into the coastal
regions of North Carolina, South Carolina, and Georgia. It also gives citizens of New Bern and their surrounding
communities the opportunity to become acquainted with Sprint PCS Products and Services.
Sprint PCS is feature rich -- most plans include free voicemail, Caller ID and call waiting -- with no hidden charges.
Sprint PCS launched its Sprint PCS Wireless Web service in late September 1999, offering customers a suite of simple,
user-friendly wireless data products and services. By using Internet-ready Sprint PCS Phones, customers can now shop,
trade stocks online, browse select Internet-based content in real time, receive automatic personalized news, features,
weather, stock quotes, and e-mail updates, and connect to the Internet or corporate Intranet by using their Sprint PCS
Phone in place of a modem.
Local Sprint PCS Service throughout markets in North Carolina, South Carolina and eastern Georgia are managed by
AirGate PCS under a management agreement with Sprint PCS. With a territory that includes more than 6.8 million
POPs covering 62,000 contiguous square miles, AirGate PCS is one of the largest Sprint PCS Network Partners based
on the size of the population in its territory. AirGate PCS stock trades on the Nasdaq (NM) under the symbol ``PCSA.''
Sprint PCS operates the largest 100 percent digital, 100 percent PCS nationwide wireless network in the United States,
already serving the majority of the nation's metropolitan areas including more than 4,000 cities and communities across
the country. Sprint PCS has licensed PCS coverage of nearly 270 million people in all 50 states, Puerto Rico and the
U.S. Virgin Islands. For more information, visit the Sprint PCS website at sprintpcs.com. Sprint PCS is a
wholly-owned tracking group of Sprint Corporation trading on the NYSE under the symbol ``PCS.''
Sprint is a global communications company -- at the forefront of integrating long-distance, local and wireless
communications services, and a large carrier of Internet traffic. Sprint built and operates the United States' first
nationwide all-digital, fiber-optic network and is a leader in advanced data communications services. Sprint has $20
billion in annual revenues and serves more than 20 million business and residential customers. |
