Sprint Announces Industry Milestone as First U.S. Wireless Carrier to Complete Nationwide Network Upgrade to 3G 1X

date: August 8, 2002

Sprint, in conjunction with the nationwide introduction of PCS Vision - the company's revolutionary 3G wireless products and services - also announces another milestone as the first U.S. carrier to complete a nationwide 3G 1X network upgrade. The enhanced Sprint Nationwide PCS Network will provide peak speeds of up to 144 kbps with average user speeds of 50 - 70 kbps. Leveraging its single technology, single-frequency, all-CDMA network, Sprint's seamless migration was assisted by several key infrastructure vendors that provided network infrastructure equipment and technology support including: Bytemobile, CommWorks, HP, Lucent Technologies, Motorola, Nortel Networks, Openwave Systems, QUALCOMM and Samsung.

"Sprint is once again leading the industry as the first U.S. carrier to offer next generation wireless services nationwide to our customers with the completion of our network upgrade to 3G 1X, with clarity our customers will see as well as hear," said Charles E. Levine, president, PCS division, Sprint.

In addition to the network upgrade, Sprint has worked with Bytemobile to incorporate dynamic bandwidth optimization technology from its Macara platform on the enhanced network. Using certain PCS Vision enabled devices, Sprint wireless customers will experience average data speeds two to five times faster than average user speeds on the enhanced Nationwide PCS Network, depending on the specific application. Customers will experience these speeds on some applications when accessing or downloading files from the Web via a PCS Connection Card such as the PCS Connection Card by Novatel Wireless (Merlin 210) or PCS Connection Card by Sierra Wireless (Aircard 550) with a laptop or PDA. The bandwidth optimization, provided by Bytemobile, will offer a clear advantage for Sprint wireless business customers looking for high- speed connectivity options while on the road.

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