Thursday, January 11, 2007

Cingular Meets Frankfort's Need for Speed With New Wireless ...

FRANKFORT, Ky. Residents and visitors to the Frankfort area will no longer need to rely on wired connections for broadband access to information as Cingular transforms the Capital City into a wireless speedway. (Logo: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20060712/CLW073LOGO-b ) Cingular today begins offering its 3G mobile wireless broadband service throughout Frankfort. Nearly the entire Frankfort area-south to Alton, west past Hwy. 127, north past Peak's Mill, and east almost to Midway-is now a Wi-Fi hotspot. Cingular 3G not only offers advanced wireless services, such as viewing video clips, it also enhances existing services by making them run faster. Customers can now download a game or ringtone, or access e-mail, in a fraction of the time it used to take.

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Verizon Wireless Launches High-Speed Wireless Network In Lima, Ohio

LIMA, Ohio, Jan. 10 /PRNewswire/ -- Verizon Wireless announced today it has expanded the national rollout of its Evolution-Data Optimized (EV-DO) third generation (3G) wide-area network to portions of Allen, Auglaize and Hardin counties including Lima, Ada, Beaverdam, Cridersville and Elida. The launch of the wireless broadband network means Verizon Wireless customers in the area can access the company's high-speed wireless network and enjoy two prime services: BroadbandAccess, the company's high-speed wireless service, with average user speeds of 400-700 kilobits per second (kbps), geared toward mobile professionals and business customers; and V CAST, a consumer-oriented multimedia service that offers music and short content on- demand, including cutting-edge 3D games, music videos, news, weather and sports.

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Older wireless networks to convert to GSM

Rogers Wireless said yesterday it will begin converting its older TDMA and analogue telecom networks on May 31, moving customers to its advanced GSM network. GSM, or global system for mobile telecommunications, provides ``superior coverage and signal quality" and is used by 80 per cent of the world's wireless customers, including most Rogers customers in Canada, the company said. TDMA and analogue customers will keep their existing phone numbers and service plans after the transition. Rogers Wireless, part of Rogers Communications, has more than 6.7 million customers. .

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