Wednesday September 9, 6:00 am Eastern Time
Company Press Release
WinStar Providing Local Number Portability in 15 Major Markets
LNP To Be Deployed Nationwide This Year
NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 9, 1998-- WINSTAR COMMUNICATIONS, INC. (NASDAQ - WCII) announced today that it now provides Local Number Portability (LNP) to its customers in more than half of its markets, including New York, Los Angeles, Boston, Chicago, Dallas and Houston.
Altogether, the company provides LNP in 15 of the 27 markets it currently serves. By the end of the year, the company will have deployed LNP on a nationwide basis.
Local Number Portability enables WinStar customers to keep all their current business telephone numbers when switching to WinStar's facilities-based competitive local exchange carrier (CLEC) services network. WinStar's LNP technology provides an easy transition to its service while enabling customers to maintain the use of any customized services such as ''caller ID.''
Jack Chidester, President and Chief Operating Officer of WinStar's General Business unit, said, ''Our customers demand an easy way to keep their local phone numbers and we have met that demand by making LNP an integral part of our local telephone service. With LNP, signing up for WinStar's service is as simple and quick as signing up for a new long distance carrier at home.''
Nathan Kantor, WinStar's President and Chief Operating Officer, said, ''Full LNP gives our customers immediate access to all the advantages of our Wireless Fiber(SM) network: speedy installation, high-quality, reliable service and attractive pricing. Consequently, our ability to offer LNP gives us an important competitive advantage as we continue to roll out our service nationwide.''
WinStar now provides LNP in the following 15 major markets: Atlanta, Baltimore, Boston, Chicago, Dallas, Denver, Houston, Kansas City, Los Angeles, New York, Philadelphia, Phoenix, San Diego, Seattle and Washington, D.C. By year's end, WinStar will offer LNP in the following additional 11 markets: Columbus, Detroit, Fort Worth, Milwaukee, Minneapolis, Newark, Oakbrook, IL, Oakland, Orange County, CA, San Francisco, and Tampa.
WinStar Communications, Inc. is a facilities-based national local communications company, serving business customers in major markets throughout the U.S. The company provides local and long distance phone service and high speed data, Internet access and information services. WinStar provides these Wireless Fiber(SM) services over its own network, using its licenses in the 28 and 38 GHz spectrum.
Except for any historical information contained herein, the matters discussed in this press release contain forward-looking statements that involve risks and uncertainties, which are described in the company's SEC reports, including the 10-K for the period ended December 31, 1997 and the 10-Q for the period ended June 30, 1998.
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