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Last updated: Tuesday, July 14, 2009

Edinburg, Va., July 14, 2009 — Shenandoah Telecommunications Company (Shentel), a Sprint PCS affiliate of Sprint Nextel, announced today the addition of a new cell site designed to enhance and expand Dauphin County’s access to the power of Sprint, America’s most dependable 3G network.1 The new tower site on South Harrisburg Street in Oberlin went live Friday, June 5th, giving businesses and residents on the south side of Harrisburg additional capacity and expanding network coverage along the Interstate 283 corridor. In March 2009, Shentel added a new antenna atop Holy Spirit Hospital (Senate Avenue) to boost coverage and capacity in the Camp Hill area. Previously, Shentel announced the siting of new towers in Bedford, Camp Hill, Carlisle, Chambersburg, Cumberland, Etters, Fairfield, Gardners, Halifax, Hershey, Lewisberry, Mifflintown, Millerstown, New Bloomfield, New Port, Schaefferstown, Thompsontown and Wiconisco. Collectively, these installations give more Dauphin County residents better access to the nation’s premier 3G network. The Dauphin County implementations are part of a comprehensive effort by Shentel to expand coverage, increase capacity and enhance the quality of its wireless network. Shentel provides Sprint Now Network coverage along the I-81 corridor from Harrisonburg, Va. to Harrisburg, York and Altoona, Pa. In 2009, Shentel is committing over 41% of its $73 million capital budget to finance the infrastructure investments needed to bring wireless voice and Internet at blazing fast to all its service areas, including previously uncovered regions. Christopher French, Shentel President and CEO, says, “Expanding and improving wireless broadband coverage in Dauphin County-and all 13 of the Pennsylvania counties we serve-is Shentel’s top priority. As proof of this commitment, we have brought 46 new sites online in the last year. Across our entire mid-Atlantic coverage area, Shentel has added 68 new cell sites in the past year and spent over $34 million in infrastructure improvements. With each…

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Shentel Expands Broadband Network Coverage

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