RALEIGH, N.C.-BellSouth Mobility DCS has launched the second phase of its three-year, $500 million network deployment plan to bring personal communications services to the Carolinas and eastern Tennessee.
The company announced PCS service is now available in Raleigh/Durham, Greensboro/Winston-Salem/High Point, Wilmington and Fayetteville in North Carolina; and Columbia, Florence and Myrtle Beach in South Carolina.
These cities join Charlotte, N.C.; Greenville-Spartenburg, S.C.; and the Knoxville and tri-cities areas in Tennessee where BellSouth launched the digital service last month. Within the next few weeks, users in the region will have PCS coverage in all major metropolitan areas and along highways, said BellSouth.
Coverage throughout rural areas will increase as deployment plans continue, the company added.
BellSouth also announced it has extended by $100 million its supply agreement with Northern Telecom Inc. for PCS network equipment and services for the region. This increases the total value of the original supply agreement, signed in June 1995, to $200 million.
“The increase in our agreement to $200 million will allow us to continue meeting the demands of our customers as we proceed with our aggressive rollout plan over the next two years,” said Eric Ensor, president of BellSouth Mobility DCS.
