-ot Sprint PCS(SM) Launches Next Generation of
Wireless Phone Service in Chicago
National 100 Percent Digital Footprint and National Pricing Change Wireless Landscape
CHICAGO, Jan. 15 /PRNewswire/ -- The nation's fastest-growing wireless communications operator, Sprint PCS (NYSE:
PCS - news), ushered in a new era of wireless communication in Chicagoland today.
Sprint PCS, the country's first and largest 100 percent digital, 100 percent PCS nationwide wireless network, opened its doors
for business in the Chicago market providing seamless coverage to Milwaukee, Wis., to the north, Rockford, Ill., to the
northwest, Joliet, Ill., to the southwest and Gary, Ind., to the southeast.
''Our Chicagoland customers can now join more than 1.75 million customers in more than 4,000 cities and communities across
the country who are enjoying our digital wireless service,'' said Rus Zitny, Sprint PCS area vice president. ''While other
wireless companies offer partial digital service, Sprint PCS is the first to build an all-digital network from the ground up -- and
our customers across the country are enjoying the difference in terms of better connections, better service and better value.''
Sprint PCS offers consumers and businesses affordable, feature-rich service packages:
-- Sprint PCS national pricing plans include free long distance calls from
anywhere on its nationwide network to anywhere in the U.S.
-- Sprint PCS 100 percent digital, 100 percent PCS nationwide wireless
network offers superior clarity comparable to your home or office
phone.
-- Sprint PCS offers simple, affordable plans for every budget --
value-packed plans for consumer and business customers.
-- Unlike traditional cellular service, Sprint PCS calls are virtually
secure from eavesdropping and cloning.
-- Sprint PCS phones have longer battery life than traditional cellular.
-- Sprint PCS does not require a long-term signed contract.
Many of the Sprint PCS service packages include at no additional charge:
* first incoming minute free
* voicemail
* caller ID
* call waiting
* text messaging
* three-way calling
* detailed billing and more.
In addition, there is no service activation fee or separate interconnection charges.
''For the first time, as part of an established all-digital nationwide PCS network, Chicagoland customers will be able to enjoy
the clarity and convenience of all-digital communications virtually anywhere they travel in the United States,'' said Phillip
Maxwell, district director of direct sales. ''For business people and consumers alike, the benefits of national pricing and service
will fundamentally change how Chicagoland customers communicate.''
Sprint PCS service is available through numerous Chicago area retail outlets, including: six Sprint PCS Centers, The Sprint
Store at Radio Shack, Best Buy, Office Depot, Office Max, Ritz Camera, as well as local Chicago-based distributors. ''Sprint
PCS offers customers service on the nation's largest 100 percent digital, 100 percent PCS nationwide wireless network and we
are proud to offer the Chicagoland area many retail outlets where Sprint PCS can be purchased,'' said Michael Dickson,
district director of indirect sales.
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 web site 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 in integrating long distance, local and wireless communications
services and one of the world's largest carriers of Internet traffic. Sprint built and operates the United States' only nationwide
all-digital, fiber optic network and is the leader in advanced data communications services. Sprint has $15 billion in annual
revenues and serves more than 17 million business and residential customers.
SOURCE: Sprint PCS
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