ARLINGTON, Va.-TeleCorp PCS Inc. put into commercial service a new switch in its Arkansas region to accommodate the company’s westward network expansion and to handle additional growth.
The Lucent 5E switch was installed in a new facility located in TeleCorp’s Little Rock, Ark., market, which was previously served by two switches in Memphis. The new switch is expected to serve the company’s markets under construction in Missouri, Kentucky and Indiana.
“This switch was originally slated for end of year 2000,” said Gerald Vento, chairman and chief executive officer of TeleCorp. “Because of surging sales of our SunCom service and with our build plan ahead of schedule, we needed the additional switch now.”
