C Spire starts rolling out 4G LTE

C Spire, formerly known as Cellular South, is rolling out 4G LTE service.

Dave Miller of C Spire said Tupelo is still on target to get 4G this month.

Info via email from Miller:

We said we'd begin launching markets in September and we were originally targeting 20 markets, now it's up to 37 and counting.  Tupelo is coming very soon. 

Essentially, we're launching 4G LTE service in new markets each week as part of subsequent waves.  If you go to www.cspire.com/4g, you can see the schedule right now.  

The priority schedule for 4G LTE rollout via cspire.com:

THE PERSONALIZED 4G LTE SCHEDULE :

• Wave 1: 4G LTE has launched
  • McComb
  • Greenville

• Wave 2:
  • Meridian
  • Brookhaven
  • Tupelo
  • 6 NE Mississippi communities in Lee and Prentiss counties
• Wave 3:
  • Hattiesburg and Petal
  • Yazoo City
• Wave 4
  • Starkville and West Point
  • Clarksdale
  • Greenwood
  • Oxford
  • Jackson
  • Madison
  • Gluckstadt, Flora, and Pocahontas
  • Flowood
  • Richland
• Wave 5
  • Natchez
  • Corinth
  • New Albany
  • Pontotoc
  • Booneville
  • 21 NE Mississippi communities in Lee, Union, Tippah, Prentiss and Pontotoc counties
• Wave 6
  • Columbia
  • Cleveland
  • Clinton
  • Brandon
  • Ridgeland
  • Pearl
  • Biloxi
  • D’Iberville

Carrier Activates its Next-Generation Wireless Voice and Data Network

In Mississippi Delivering Speeds Up to 10 Times Faster Than Currently Available
Ridgeland, Miss. (September 10, 2012) – C Spire Wireless launched the next generation of mobile broadband services in four Mississippi markets beginning today with the activation of its 4G Long Term Evolution (LTE) network offering consumers and businesses faster data speeds and advanced capabilities on the nation’s only personalized network.
McComb, Brookhaven, Meridian and Greenville are the first of 31 markets that are receiving C Spire’s 4G LTE advanced next-generation services between now and the end of October.
Another six markets will be activated by the end of 2012 as part of the company’s multi-million dollar investment.  Additional expansion of 4G LTE services in Mississippi and other states is planned in 2013.
The initial markets will cover 2,700 square miles, a population of 1.2 million and 364 cell sites and will provide 4 out of every 10 consumers and businesses in Mississippi with wireless data speeds up to 10 times faster, allowing C Spire to be the first provider to make these services widely available.
“With today’s announcement, C Spire Wireless is offering customers the fastest data speeds available along with 4G devices that bring our personalized data network to life,” said Hu Meena, president and CEO of C Spire Wireless.  “4G LTE from C Spire gives consumers more of what they want and where they want it than ever before.  With data speeds up to 10 times faster, you’ll be able to download apps faster, open files almost instantly, do real-time video chat, surf the mobile web or stream movies, music, soundtracks, video and more without the wait.”

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