Cellular South Hurricane Update

Stores Are Open Along the Mississippi Gulf Coast and South Mississippi

JACKSON, Miss. - (September 4, 2005) – Latest Cellular South developments:

• Cellular South's network is up and running in South Mississippi and the Gulf Coast. The Cellular South Emergency Task Force continues to work around the clock to ensure communication for everyone. (See attached Cellular South coverage map of the restored service area, as of September 5, 2005.)
• Due to the impact of the hurricane on many Cellular South retail employees, the company has deployed relief teams to assist in opening stores and manning tents in the affected area. Free calls and cell phone charging facilities are being offered at the following locations.
• Free Call and Cell Phone Charger Centers

  Stores

  • D’Iberville, 3586 Sangani Boulevard, Suite A
  • Ocean Springs, 2424 Bienville Boulevard
  • Wiggins, 1111 East Frontage Road - Store
  • Hattiesburg, 4930 Hardy Street/Highway 98 W
  • Hattiesburg, Highway 49
  • Columbia, inside Walmart
  • Lucedale, 223 Winter Street, Suite B
  • Laurel, 330 North 16 th Ave.
  • Magee, 503 Pinola Drive SW/Highway 49
  • Pascagoula, 2512 Denny Avenue
  • Waynesboro, Azalea Drive

  Tents (generators provided for charging cell phones)

  • Bay St. Louis, Highway 90
  • Gulfport, Three Rivers Road/Highway 49
  • Pass Christian , Pineville Elementary, Menge Avenue
• Hurricane victims trying to reach family and friends can also make free calls from Cellular South phones at many Red Cross Shelters throughout Mississippi including:
  • Hurricane victims trying to reach family and friends can also make free calls from Cellular South phones at many Red Cross Shelters throughout Mississippi including:
  • Gulfport: Bel Aire Elementary, Harrison Central High School, Gulfport Central Elementary, Gulfport Central Middle School, Harrison Central High School
  • Saucier: Saucier Elementary School
  • Jackson: Mississippi Coliseum (hours 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.), Broadmoor Baptist Church, First Baptist Church/Madison, Madison United Methodist Church, Richland High School, First Baptist Church/Jackson, First Presbyterian Church, Jackson
  • Hattiesburg: Forrest County Multipurpose Center, Oak Grove High School
  • Meadville: Franklin Telephone Shelter
  
  
• For updates, call #STORM from your Cellular South phones, call toll-free 1.888.790.7211 or check www.cellularsouth.com.
• Cellular South is dedicated to its customers and is proud to be implementing one of the largest recovery efforts in our country’s history.

About Cellular South

The company is the largest privately held wireless provider in the U.S. and is licensed to provide wireless service – to a total population of more than five million people – on its network stretching from the Memphis Metropolitan Area, throughout all of Mississippi, along Coastal Alabama and the Florida Panhandle through Walton County. The company has been named Mississippi Business Journal’s Salute to Business and Industry 2005 Large Retailer. For more information, contact Cellular South at 1-877-CSOUTH1 or visit cellularsouth.com.

Contact:
Tanya Rankin, Cellular South (601) 974-7134 trankin@cellularsouth.com