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Nextel Communications Announces Sponsorship of National League of Cities 2000
December 04, 2000 08:00:00 AM ET
Nextel Named "Official Wireless Communications Sponsor"
BEDFORD, Mass., Dec. 4 /PRNewswire/ -- Nextel Communications NXTL announced today that it has been chosen as the "Official Wireless Sponsor" of the National League of Cities Conference to be held in Boston December 5-9, 2000.
The City of Boston will be hosting the National League of Cities (NLC) Congress of Cities and Exposition and expects approximately 9,000 elected officials, national leaders and their families to attend this prestigious gathering. Boston last hosted this event in 1988; last year's event in Los Angeles drew more than 7,500 attendees.
Established in 1924, the NLC is the country's oldest and largest national organization representing municipal governments throughout the United States. With a membership of more than 1,700 cities and towns, as well as 49-state association of cities, NLC serves as a resource and advocate for 18,000 U.S. cities.
This five-day event will include leadership training seminars, workshops, policy committee meetings and a two-day exposition at The Hynes Auditorium. The conference sessions will delve into ways that municipal workers are working to strengthen and promote cities as centers of opportunity, leadership and governance.
"The City of Boston and the NLC are delighted to have Nextel provide the wireless communications for this very important event" said Howard Leibowitz, Director of Intergovernmental Relations for the City of Boston. "Using Nextel phones with the Nextel Direct Connect (R) feature provides us with a private and secure connection instantly," he added. "Nextel's technology is tailor- made for events such as our conference."
"Nextel is proud to provide our wireless technology to the City of Boston and the NLC to ensure this event runs as smoothly and efficiently as possible," said Keith Schneider, Area President, Nextel New England. "We're honored to be a part of this prestigious event. Our advanced technology will help the organizers run this event more effectively with an enhanced level of communications."
Nextel Communications, Inc., based in Reston, VA, is the leading provider of fully integrated wireless communications services and has built the largest guaranteed all-digital wireless network in the United States covering thousands of communities across the United States. Nextel and Nextel Partners, Inc., currently serve 178 of the top 200 U.S. markets. Through recent market launches, Nextel and Nextel Partners' service is available today in areas of the U.S. where approximately 200 million people live or work. The Nextel National Network offers a fully integrated wireless communications tool with digital cellular, text/numeric paging, wireless Internet access and Nextel Direct Connect(R) -- a digital two-way radio feature. In addition, through Nextel International, Inc., Nextel has wireless operations and investments in Canada, Mexico, Argentina, Brazil, the Philippines, Peru, Chile and Japan. Please visit our website at nextel.com.
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