Sprint Powers Network Infrastructure to Weather the Storm This Hurricane Season
May 24 2017 - 10:00AM
Business Wire
On the eve of what’s predicted to be one of the most active
tropical storm seasons in three years, wireless customers can be
confident in Sprint’s network performance when bad storms strike.
Sprint’s experienced Emergency Response Team stands ready, having
provided voice, broadband data, cellular, and satellite
infrastructure for thousands of weather related crisis and special
events.
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Sprint's experienced Emergency Response
Team stands ready to keep customers connected during storms and
natural disasters. (Photo: Business Wire)
In order to protect its wireless network from the impact of a
tropical storm and keep customers connected during a natural
disaster, Sprint has taken various preparedness measures
including:
- Investing billions of dollars in
coastal states from Maine to Texas, including investment in new
cell site equipment, batteries, and greater fiber backhaul.
- Utilizing established Disaster Recovery
Yards throughout the region to store and stage assets for response
during an event.
- Performing routine maintenance checks
and fuel top-offs on fixed and portable generators.
- Pre-staging rapidly deployable mobile
satellite infrastructure in high-risk locations.
- Completing periodic training and
readiness exercises.
“Communication during a storm is vital, and our customers and
first responders can be confident Sprint is there for them,” said
Joe Meyer, Vice President, Sprint Network Performance. “Our
extensive planning for hurricane season and other crisis events
ensures we can respond quickly to restore any impacted
services.”
Once an event occurs, Sprint’s Enterprise Incident Management
Team moves quickly to:
- Assess impacted areas from a local
engineering command center.
- Inspect the local wireless network
after landfall to assess damage.
- Work with local public safety and
utility company officials to coordinate damage repair and recovery
efforts.
- Provide local public safety government
agencies, in states where an official “state of emergency” has been
declared, with emergency communications assistance, including 14
days of service free of charge for up to 25 Sprint ERT wireless
devices.*
To help wireless consumers prepare for a storm this season,
Sprint offers tips such as the importance of sending text messages
instead of calling, and keeping mobile devices and batteries fully
charged.
To learn more, visit Sprint’s Emergency Response Team Facebook
page or follow @SprintsERT. Public safety officials seeking
information about services from Sprint ERT should call
1-888-639-0020 or email ERTRequests@sprint.com.
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.
* Contact Sprint’s Emergency Readiness Team for more details and
requirements.
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Sprint – East RegionRoni Singleton,
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