The Secret’s Out! Sprint to Illuminate Chicago with Thousands of Network Enhancements and 100+ New Stores
May 08 2017 - 7:30AM
Business Wire
Expectation of more than 500 jobs to support
new retail stores
Sprint (NYSE:S) today unveiled one of its secret plans of
densifying the network by adding thousands of network enhancements
using some of the most advanced technologies in wireless. Sprint’s
toolbox of solutions include Sprint Magic Box, outdoor small cells,
High Performance User Equipment (HPUE) and three-channel carrier
aggregation in Chicagoland. Along with the network enhancements,
Sprint will be adding more than 100 Sprint and Boost Mobile stores
in Chicagoland and adding more than 500 new jobs.
Bigger, Better Signal and Capacity in Chicagoland than
before
What do Sprint Magic Box, small cells, three-channel carrier
aggregation and HPUE mean for Sprint customers? Just like Sprint’s
demonstration last year of the power of three-channel carrier
aggregation where Sprint hit peak speeds of 230 Mbps at Soldier
Field, customers in Chicagoland may now able to experience those
peak speeds themselves with the hottest new devices capable of
utilizing these new technologies on capable devices. As for HPUE,
this new technology can extend Sprint’s 2.5 GHz coverage by up to
30% to provide faster data speeds in more locations, including
indoors where the majority of wireless traffic is generated.
For example, Lombard customers will have noticed the significant
increase in speeds over the past month, thanks to a combination of
these new technologies including Sprint Magic Box. Sprint Magic
Box, the world’s first all – wireless small cell, is a
revolutionary new plug–and–play LTE small cell for businesses and
consumers that dramatically improves data coverage and increases
download and upload speeds on average by 200 percent.1 In fact,
Sprint is 3x faster than T-Mobile and AT&T and almost double
the speed of Verizon in Lombard, according to Sprint’s analysis of
Ookla Speedtest Intelligence data from 3/10 – 4/10/2017.2
Data usage of Sprint customers has increased more than 1,254% in
the last five years in Chicagoland.
“The combination of all of these new technologies will help
Sprint densify quicker and it will provide customers an improved
experience inside their business and homes while on the Sprint
network,” said Scott Santi, Sprint Vice President of Network for
Central Area. “We’re extremely excited about the results we’ve
already seen in Lombard and nationally, and can’t wait for all
customers to experience the new and improved Sprint.”
Retail Expansion
Sprint is continuously increasing its footprint to meet customer
demands! Sprint is adding 105 new Sprint and Boost Mobile stores in
the city and surrounding suburbs like Schaumburg, Rosemont and
Skokie throughout 2017 and 2018.
“Every month, we’re gaining on the competition and
growing our base of customers, and we couldn’t be more excited,”
said Jim Mills, Sprint President of Illinois and Wisconsin. “With
this significant growth, we knew we had to add more Sprint and
Boost Mobile stores for both our postpaid and prepaid customers.
Chicagoans are seeing our network and customer care improvements,
as well as seeing how Sprint positively impacts the community by
giving back and partnering up with nonprofits and Chicago Public
Schools.”
Chicagoans interested in applying for open positions should
visit www.sprint.com/jobs.
Unlimited Value
Sprint, the first wireless carrier to offer unlimited data, talk
and text, recently updated the value of its Unlimited Freedom plan
offering the best price for unlimited among all national carriers.
Unlimited plans from Verizon and AT&T are 50 percent more!3 New
Sprint customers will get 4:
- Unlimited Data, Talk and Text for
$50/month for the first line.
- Two lines for $40 month/line.
- Four lines for $30 month/line.
- Fifth line is FREE.
- A fully featured unlimited plan that
includes HD streaming for video, music and gaming, and 10GB/month
per line of mobile hotspot data.
About Sprint:
Sprint (NYSE: S) is a communications services company
that creates more and better ways to connect its customers to
the things they care about most. Sprint served 59.7 million
connections as of March 31, 2017 and is widely recognized for
developing, engineering and deploying innovative technologies,
including the first wireless 4G service from a national carrier in
the United States; leading no-contract brands including Virgin
Mobile USA, Boost Mobile, and Assurance Wireless; instant national
and international push-to-talk capabilities; and a global Tier 1
Internet backbone. Sprint has been named to the Dow Jones
Sustainability Index (DJSI) North America for the past five years.
You can learn more and visit Sprint at www.sprint.com or
www.facebook.com/sprint and www.twitter.com/sprint.
1 Signal and speeds based on optimal conditions for most Sprint
devices.
2 Based on Sprint’s analysis of Ookla Speedtest Intelligence
data from 3/10/17 to 4/10/17.
3 Savings compared to advertised unlimited rates for 4
lines as of 4/24/17. Carrier features and international options
differ. See carrier sites for details.
4 Savings until 6/30/18; then $60/mo. for line 1, $40/mo.
for line 2 and $30/mo. lines 3-5. Includes unlimited talk, text and
data. Streams video at up to HD 1080p, music at up to 1.5Mbps,
gaming at up to 8Mbps. Data deprioritization during congestion.
Pricing shown with $5/month AutoPay discount applied within two
invoices. Taxes, surcharges and restrictions apply.
View source
version on businesswire.com: http://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20170508005117/en/
SprintYui Namiki, 312-523-1532Yui.Namiki@sprint.com
SentinelOne (NYSE:S)
Historical Stock Chart
From Mar 2024 to Apr 2024
SentinelOne (NYSE:S)
Historical Stock Chart
From Apr 2023 to Apr 2024