October 25, 2001
Local businesses interested in increasing productivity and maximizing resources can now access the first "four-in-one" digital wireless service available in Edinburg, McAllen, Harlingen, Brownsville, South Padre Island and surrounding areas.
This comes with today's official launch of Nextel Partners' (Nasdaq:NXTP) all-digital wireless network and services combining digital cellular, digital two-way radio, wireless Internet access and text/numeric messaging, all in one compact phone.
The Rio Grande Valley expansion completes Nextel's coverage of the entire I-35 corridor from Dallas/Fort Worth to the Mexican border, an essential travel route for Texas businesses.
Nextel Donates to American Red Cross
In conjunction with its launch, Nextel Partners is donating 10 wireless phones and free local service for a year to the American Red Cross - South Texas Chapter to enhance its disaster relief efforts, a total donation valued at nearly $15,000. Nextel Partners will officially present the donation to the American Red Cross today, Wednesday, Oct. 24, at 10 a.m., at the Red Cross center located at 425 West State in Pharr.
The donation marks the first time the chapter has received wireless phones also equipped with a digital two-way radio, a feature that will enable instant communication between Red Cross staff and citizen volunteers participating in the organization's "Disaster Services Team." The phones are expected to improve critical coordination of relief efforts, enhance response time during emergencies, and give South Texas Chapter staff the ability to access Red Cross counterparts in Corpus Christi. The Coastal Bend Chapter in Corpus Christi received free phones from Nextel Partners when it launched its service there a year ago.
"The ability to communicate instantly with our Corpus Christi Chapter will be extremely valuable as we respond to disasters that cross county lines," said Sylvia Galvan, Director of Emergency Services for the American Red Cross - South Texas Chapter. "Being able to communicate instantly with volunteers and local officials at different locations throughout the city - and across the state - will save precious time, help us respond more quickly and better protect our communities."
Nextel Coverage Extends from Dallas, Fort Worth to Corpus Christi and the Mexican border Nextel's and Nextel Partners' all-digital wireless network extends along the frequently traveled corridors of I-35 south from Dallas and Fort Worth through Waco, Temple, Killeen and Austin to San Antonio; I-37 south from San Antonio through Mathis and Sinton to Corpus Christi, continuing on State Route 77 south through Kingsville, Raymondville and Harlingen to Brownsville; I-37 south from San Antonio to State Route 281 south through Alice, Falfurrias and Edinburg to McAllen; and State Route 83 from McAllen west to La Joya and east through Pharr, Weslaco, Harlingen and Rancho, continuing east on Route 100 to Port Isabel and South Padre Island.
Other Nextel coverage areas in East Texas include I-45 south from Dallas to Houston; I-30 east from Dallas to Texarkana, Ark.; and I-20 from Dallas west to Abilene and east to Shreveport, La.
Rio Grande Valley customers will receive the latest in Nextel Direct Connect(R) two-way radio service. The feature enables any Nextel customer, those of both Nextel Communications and Nextel Partners, to communicate with one another -- significantly increasing the number of colleagues, customers or suppliers available via two-way radio within their calling region. Using Nextel Direct Connect(R), a Nextel Partners customer in McAllen, for example, can press one button and talk instantly with any other Nextel user all over Texas, from the Rio Grande to the Red River, to Houston to Lubbock; Oklahoma City, Tulsa, Norman, Lawton, Enid, Moore, Shawnee and Stillwater, Okla.; Hope and Texarkana, Ark.; and Shreveport, Bossier City, Monroe, Ruston and Natchitoches, La. -- and pay no long-distance charges and avoid the hassles of voicemail.
The launch expands Nextel's and Nextel Partners' regional coverage, which already includes Dallas, Fort Worth, Houston, San Antonio, Austin, Abilene, Bryan, College Station, Corpus Christi, Laredo, Waco, Killeen, Temple, Tyler, Longview, Beaumont, Port Arthur and Victoria, Texas; Oklahoma City, Tulsa, Norman, Lawton, Enid, Moore, Shawnee and Stillwater, Okla.; Little Rock, Hot Springs, Pine Bluff, Conway, Fayetteville, Fort Smith, Arkadelphia, Hope and Texarkana, Ark.; and New Orleans, Baton Rouge, Shreveport, Bossier City, Monroe, Alexandria, Lafayette, Lake Charles, Ruston and Natchitoches, La.
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