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Sprint Opening Over 100 New Stores, Adding 500 New Jobs In Chicago Area

Sprint has announced it is substantially increasing its presence in the Chicago area by adding over 100 Sprint and Boost Mobile retail locations and 500 new jobs along with a large number of network enhancements

Sprint (NYSE:S) today announced its plans for densifying the network by adding thousands of network enhancements using some of the most advanced technologies in wireless. Sprint’s toolbox of solutions include Sprint Magic Box, outdoor small cells, High Performance User Equipment (HPUE) and three-channel carrier aggregation in Chicagoland. Along with the network enhancements, Sprint will be adding more than 100 Sprint and Boost Mobile stores in Chicagoland and adding more than 500 new jobs.

What do Sprint Magic Box, small cells, three-channel carrier aggregation and HPUE mean for Sprint customers? Just like Sprint’s demonstration last year of the power of three-channel carrier aggregation where Sprint hit peak speeds of 230 Mbps at Soldier Field, customers in Chicagoland may now able to experience those peak speeds themselves with the hottest new devices capable of utilizing these new technologies on capable devices. As for HPUE, this new technology can extend Sprint’s 2.5 GHz coverage by up to 30% to provide faster data speeds in more locations, including indoors where the majority of wireless traffic is generated.

For example, Lombard customers will have noticed the significant increase in speeds over the past month, thanks to a combination of these new technologies including Sprint Magic Box. Sprint Magic Box, the world’s first all – wireless small cell, is a revolutionary new plug–and–play LTE small cell for businesses and consumers that dramatically improves data coverage and increases download and upload speeds on average by 200 percent.1 In fact, Sprint is 3x faster than T-Mobile and AT&T and almost double the speed of Verizon in Lombard, according to Sprint’s analysis of Ookla Speedtest Intelligence data from 3/10 – 4/10/2017.2

Data usage of Sprint customers has increased more than 1,254% in the last five years in Chicagoland.

“The combination of all of these new technologies will help Sprint densify quicker and it will provide customers an improved experience inside their business and homes while on the Sprint network,” said Scott Santi, Sprint Vice President of Network for Central Area. “We’re extremely excited about the results we’ve already seen in Lombard and nationally, and can’t wait for all customers to experience the new and improved Sprint.”

Retail Expansion

Sprint is continuously increasing its footprint to meet customer demands! Sprint is adding 105 new Sprint and Boost Mobile stores in the city and surrounding suburbs like Schaumburg, Rosemont and Skokie throughout 2017 and 2018.

“Every month, we’re gaining on the competition and growing our base of customers, and we couldn’t be more excited,” said Jim Mills, Sprint President of Illinois and Wisconsin. “With this significant growth, we knew we had to add more Sprint and Boost Mobile stores for both our postpaid and prepaid customers. Chicagoans are seeing our network and customer care improvements, as well as seeing how Sprint positively impacts the community by giving back and partnering up with nonprofits and Chicago Public Schools.”

Source: Sprint mediaa announcement


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