Sprint Expands in the Portland Metro with Nine New Retail Stores Creating 50 Jobs
July 20 2017 - 12:18PM
Business Wire
Company significantly increases the number of
retail locations in Oregon and Southern Washington
Sprint (NYSE:S) continues to expand its presence and investment
in the Portland Metro with plans to add 50 new jobs and nine new
retail locations throughout the state by the end of 2017. The new
jobs will include a combination of retail, operations and technical
experts. Currently, Sprint counts more than 85 employees and
operates more than 64 branded retail locations throughout the
Portland market.
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Sprint is expanding its retail presence
in the Portland metro by adding nine new stores, creating more than
50 jobs. (Photo: Business Wire)
“We are making an aggressive push to expand on the local level,
making it easier for wireless shoppers to save with Sprint’s
tremendous value for unlimited data, talk and text,” said Annette
Jacobs, Sprint President for the Pacific Northwest Region. “With
our continued network improvements and charitable efforts like the
1Million Project, Sprint continually seeks opportunities to give
back locally. We’ll be providing free devices and service to help
hundreds of high school students of the Beaverton School District
complete their online assignments. Causes such as the 1Million
Project deliver a noteworthy avenue for our employees and customers
to make a difference in our communities.”
Residents interested in applying for open positions should visit
www.sprint.com/jobs.
Solid Network Performance
Sprint has held a share of first place for Overall, Network
Reliability, Call and Text Performance in the Portland market as
ranked by Rootmetrics for the first half of 2017 and the second
half of 2016.1
Sprint continues to improve its network with recent voice
capacity upgrades throughout Portland, Oregon. Voice reliability in
the Portland Metro has never been better. Sprint also continues to
improve its network with recent LTE capacity/bandwidth upgrades
along the I-5 corridor in Southern Oregon from just south of
Cottage Grove to Grants Pass. Travelers can expect improved data
speeds within the Sprint LTE footprint.
Creative new concepts such as the Sprint Magic Box also help
provide a more customized solution for additional boosts in
speed.
“Total wireless data usage has grown, on average, more than 900
percent over the last three years throughout Oregon and Southwest
Washington,” said Eamon O’Leary, regional vice president – Network
at Sprint. “Over the last five years, Sprint has invested well over
$210 million in our Oregon and Southwest Washington network, taking
advantage of our available spectrum to add speed and capacity,
ensuring consumers are able to enjoy their experience now and in
the future as the demand for data continues to grow.”
Unlimited Value
Sprint, the first wireless carrier to offer unlimited data, talk
and text, recently upped the value of its Unlimited Freedom plan,
offering the best price for fully featured unlimited among all
national carriers. Right now, customers who switch to Sprint can
get 4 lines for $22.50/mo. per line! Plus for a limited time, your
5th line is free! 2 Sprint’s Unlimited plan is 50% off Verizon and
AT&T Unlimited rates for a family of 4 or 5! 3 Sprint customers
can get:
- Unlimited Data, Talk and Text for
$50/month for the first line and $40/month for the second
line.
- For a limited time, add lines 3-5 for
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 Ranking(s)based on RootMetrics® [Portland, OR] RootScore®
Report: [1H 2017] Tested with best commercially avail. smartphones
on 4 national mobile networks across all avail. network types. Your
experience may vary. The RootMetrics award is not an endorsement of
Sprint. Visit www.rootmetrics.com for more details.2Savings until
6/30/18; then $60/mo. for line 1, $40/mo. for line 2 and
$30/mo./line for lines 3-5. Streams video at up to HD 1080p, music
at up to 1.5mbps, gaming at up to 8mbps. Data deprioritization
during congestion. MHS, P2P and VPN reduced to 2G speeds after
10GB/mo. Pricing shown with AutoPay discount applied within 2
invoices. Excludes taxes, surcharges, roaming, and premium
content.3 Savings claim compared to Verizon Unlimited and AT&T
Unlimited Plus rates for 4 lines as of 7/7/17. Carrier features and
international options differ.
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SprintJohn Votava, 949-242-9017john.2.votava@sprint.com
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