Sprint said Monday it will expand its 4G...
Sprint said Monday it will expand its 4G LTE Rural Roaming Preferred Program through agreements with 12 rural and regional carriers. The program, developed in conjunction with the Competitive Carriers Association, will now extend roaming coverage to areas of 23…
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states and a population of more than 34 million people, Sprint said. The 12 carriers are C Spire, Carolina West Wireless, Flat Wireless, Illinois Valley Cellular, Inland Cellular, James Valley Telecommunications, Nex-Tech Wireless, nTelos, Phoenix Wireless, SI Wireless, SouthernLINC Wireless and VTel Wireless, Sprint said. The agreements will increase competition by giving the carriers “low-cost access” to Sprint’s network, as well as accelerate Sprint’s 4G LTE deployment in areas where deployment and roaming costs may be “prohibitively expensive,” Sprint said. The agreements follow Sprint’s agreement in May with nTelos to extend their network alliance through 2022, giving Sprint customers access to nTelos’ 4G LTE network in rural portions of western Virginia and West Virginia, Sprint said (http://bit.ly/1juEXwG).