Sprint Adds Sprint PCS With Free Wireless Web Access To Its High-Speed Data Offering - Product Announcement

Cambridge Telcom Report, April 24, 2000

Sprint is offering the first total communications bundle combining local service, high-speed Internet access, long-distance and Sprint PCS wireless voice and Wireless Web service. In an exclusive offer, Sprint's FastConnect(SM) high-speed data service customers in Las Vegas, Nevada, and Orlando, Tallahassee, Fort Myers and Naples, Florida, can now add Sprint PCS and enjoy free Wireless Web access beginning April 17.

Subscribers to Sprint FastConnect, Sprint's DSL-based broadband Internet access service, will be eligible for the special offer: for an additional $50 a month, customers will receive 500 Sprint PCS Free & Clear minutes a month, plus free Wireless Web access for life (a yearly savings of $120), as long as the customer retains both Sprint FastConnect DSL and Sprint PCS services. Sprint PCS Free & Clear minutes are good anytime, anywhere on the all-digital Sprint PCS nationwide network. Qualified customers can get a Sprint PCS handset with an installment billing option that allows payments to be spread over 12 months.

"We are thrilled to offer Sprint FastConnect customers this opportunity to get all of their communications needs from one company," said Robert E. Thompson III, president of the Consumer Markets Group of Sprint's Local Telecommunications Division. "The offer is a real milestone, because it is the first complete, end-to-end communication solution uniting Sprint PCS wireless service with Sprint's quality local and long-distance services."

Thompson said the free wireless web service provided to plan subscribers puts the power of the wireless Internet in the customer's hand.

"You will enjoy much of the same connectivity you have at your desktop while you're on the go," Thompson said. " You can receive automatic updates on information you select, such as stock quotes, news headlines and weather reports. You can use your Sprint PCS phone in place of a computer and modem so you have the freedom to access the information you choose, when and where you choose."

Plus, subscribers will have the benefits of Sprint PCS, which operates the largest 100 percent digital, 100 percent PCS nationwide wireless network in the United States, already serving the majority of the nation's metropolitan areas including more than 4,000 cities and communities across the country; and Sprint FastConnect broadband Internet access, which allows customers to unleash the endless possibilities of the Internet, using education, entertainment and business applications to better manage their personal and professional lives.

"As a Sprint FastConnect customer, you will get more out of the Internet than you ever thought possible," Thompson said. "With an instant-on connection and speeds that are up to 50 times faster than traditional dial-up access, you'll instantly be transported to a whole new world that will make your experience on the web more fun, productive and educational. Plus with two lines in one, you'll never feel out of touch. And you'll appreciate the simplicity of dealing with one company for all your communications needs."

Sprint is a global communications company -- at the forefront in integrating long-distance, local and wireless communications services and one of the world's largest carriers of Internet traffic. Sprint built and operates the United States' first nationwide all-digital, fiber-optic network and is a leader in advanced data communications services. Sprint has $20 billion in annual revenues and serves more than 20 million business and residential customers.