GPRS Coverage Expands in the USA

AT&T Wireless has extended its GPRS network to select areas of Kentucky, Louisiana, Tennessee and Wisconsin. Similar services will soon be available to customers in Alabama, Indiana, Iowa, Mississippi, Missouri and Puerto Rico. Several of the areas covered are markets once served by TeleCorp PCS (formerly branded SunCom).

"Now, Kentucky and Indiana residents and businesses can enjoy innovative wireless services that will help them manage and simplify their lives," according to Rob South, Vice President for AT&T Wireless. "These new services will change the way people use their wireless phones by providing them with everything from games and entertainment, to up-to-the-minute information needed to close a business deal."

GSM/GPRS Service is available nationwide in more than 5,000 cities in the United States including major markets such as Atlanta, Chicago, Cleveland, Dallas, Indianapolis, Knoxville, Los Angeles, Nashville, New Orleans, New York, Philadelphia, Phoenix, Pittsburgh, San Francisco, Seattle and Washington D.C.

Depending on the device used, customers can receive data speeds on the order of 25-30Kbps for phones and 35-40Kbps for PDAs and laptops equipped with wireless modems. Additionally, when data compression service is turned on, the perceived speed of common Internet applications running on PDAs and laptops could nearly triple."

Posted to the site on 7th May 2003