LAFAYETTE, La.-Nextel Partners Inc. launched its digital wireless network in southwestern Louisiana and southeastern Texas including the cities of Lafayette, New Iberia and Lake Charles, La.; and Port Arthur, Orange and Beaumont, Texas.
Nextel said the new coverage area also includes the Interstate 10 corridor as far west as the greater Beaumont area and as far east as the greater Lafayette area. In addition, the coverage area will include the I-49 corridor north through Opelousas, La., and along Highway 182 south through New Iberia.
