Sprint Nextel Revamps Customer Service and Verizon Wireless Expands Wireless Broadband Network to Portions of Centre County, Pa., Including Penn State
City of Industry, CA --(www.USEquityNews.com)-- 11/09/2007 - Wireless Communications industry alert provided by U.S. Equity News. Sprint Nextel Corp. (NYSE: S) will launch new policies to improve customer service, including ditching a requirement that customers extend their service contracts when they change rate plans. The recent announcement is an apparent attempt to improve the company's relationship with clients, an aspect of Sprint Nextel that has been often pilloried and usually is one of the explanations telecommunications analysts offer for the company's struggling stock performance. "Giving our customers a superior experience is our first priority," Bob Johnson, chief service officer at Sprint Nextel, said in a release.
Wireless subscribers who are calling for a return to the basics now have an easy-to-use, affordable handset that boasts style and practicality -- the UTStarcom CDM7026 mobile handset available now to Cricket® customers. UTStarcom Personal Communications is a division of UTStarcom, Inc. (NASDAQ: UTSI), a global leader in IP-based, end-to-end networking solutions and services, and wireless devices. The CDM7026 is a compact, lightweight clamshell device featuring an internal antenna, large main display and a host of fun features, such as Web access for ringtones and graphics and downloadable games through Cricket Games & Apps.
Verizon Wireless, a joint venture of Verizon Communications (NYSE: VZ) and Vodafone (NYSE and LSE: VOD), the leading wireless company with the nation's most reliable voice and data network, announced recently that it has expanded the national rollout of its high-speed wireless network to portions of Centre County, Pa: State College (including the Penn State main campus), Bellefonte, Potters Mills, Port Matilda, and Philipsburg. "These communities represent vital markets with dynamic, tech-savvy business people, students, faculty and residents who want to stay connected," said Roger Tang, president-Ohio/Pennsylvania/West Virginia Region, Verizon Wireless. "The launch of our broadband network here provides our customers with access to the very latest wireless technology."
Diamond I, Inc. (OTCBB: DMOI) announced recently that its free Poker web site, www.islandbluecasino.net, will add prizes for its top winners at its Island Blue Casino beginning December 1, 2007. "By adding prizes for our best players, we expect to capitalize on the overwhelmingly positive response to our Island Blue Casino free Poker web site," said DMOI's CEO David Loflin. "The volume of traffic to Island Blue Casino continues and we expect to begin soon to generate revenues through click-through advertising programs."
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