CHILLICOTHE, Ohio-Horizon Personal Communications Inc., an affiliate of The Chillicothe Telephone Co., and Bright Personal Communications Services Inc., a consortium of Ohio independent telecommunications providers, signed a definitive agreement to form a new company called Horizon PCS Inc.
As a result of the agreement, Horizon PCS will have the right to market Sprint PCS products and services to a total population of more than 10.2 million people in portions of 12 states, including Indiana, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Virginia and West Virginia, and smaller portions of Kentucky, Maryland, Michigan, New Jersey, New York and North Carolina.
Horizon Personal Communications also announced it expanded its management agreement with Sprint PCS, allowing Horizon to increase the size and scope of the Sprint PCS service areas managed locally by Horizon.
“This expansion is a substantial step in extending the Sprint PCS nationwide network and should provide a significant boost to our marketing proposition within this new area, as well as other surrounding Sprint PCS markets, such as New York, Philadelphia, Buffalo, Pittsburgh and Cleveland,” said Tom Mateer, vice president of affiliations for Sprint PCS.
