Ridgeland, MS - (December 3, 2008) – – Cellular South, a leader in wireless innovation and solutions, is sponsoring a contest encouraging customers to create and submit short video testimonials about how they rely on the company's network for all of their important voice and data communications.
The "Your Network. Your Stories." contest, which runs now through Jan. 15, 2009, invites Cellular South customers to be creative in illustrating how the company's network is superior to other competing wireless carriers in the areas of quality, reliability and coverage.
"We have one of the nation's best networks in terms of quality, reliability and coverage," said Jim Richmond, director of corporate communications for Cellular South. "We can't think of a better way to reinforce that fact than to ask our customers to illustrate all the different places where they get coverage on our network – like when they are traveling around the country, at a remote hunting camp, in a stadium packed with thousands of football or baseball fans, in their homes, offices or stores or in unexpected areas where other networks do not provide coverage."
Customers can register online at www.cellularsouth.com/networkstories to win cash prizes and a chance to be in a Cellular South television commercial that will air during broadcast of the "Big Game" on Feb. 1, 2009. All winners will be announced no later than Jan. 20, 2009.
Entries, which are limited to one per day per person, will be judged based on originality and creativity, focus on the creative assignment and overall appeal. Six weekly cash prizes of $1,000 each will be awarded based on a tally of online votes submitted by users on the third-party contest website. A $10,000 grand prize, along with a free wireless device and one year's worth of service, will be awarded to the winner by a panel of qualified judges from Cellular South marketing and research and its advertising agency.
Richmond said customers can submit multiple entries, but must have a valid driver's license and be at least 18 years of age and live in Mississippi or Tennessee or 19 years of age and live in Alabama. Video entries can range from 15 seconds to 1 minute in length and must be taken with a camera phone, video camera or other similar digital device. No still photo entries will be accepted. There is no cost or purchase required to enter the contest.
"We've always believed that even the most advanced wireless device is only as good as the network it runs on," Richmond said. "We design, build and operate our network to provide the best quality, reliability and coverage in the industry. Now we're giving our customers a chance to tell us how they use our network for every aspect of their personal and professional lives."
The company plans to promote the contest on its website, via e-mail, bill messages, flyers, publicity, in its retail stores, through employees, community-based groups, schools and non-profit organizations, arts, film and theatre groups and by contacting business, government and community leaders.
Cellular South has one of the most advanced networks in the wireless industry. With the completion of a recent $50 million investment in equipment, services and software, Cellular South was the first carrier to offer customers advanced 3G high-speed broadband data access on their mobile phones, smartphones and PDAs in six times as many markets as other carriers in its primary footprint, Richmond said. With its nationwide network of networks, no other carrier has a larger 3G high-speed broadband data network, he added.
"We receive so many testimonials from customers about how they rely on our network in every way – so we're excited about providing this creative opportunity for them to tell us how and why the Cellular South nationwide network is unbeatable and the only one they need to count on," Richmond said.
About Cellular South
Cellular South is a privately-owned diversified mobile communications company passionately committed to helping customers get the most out of their wireless devices and services. The company accomplishes this goal by providing the most reliable and advanced 3G nationwide wireless voice and data network, offering industry-leading unlimited flat rate plans, and through its online and in-store Discover Centers, which give customers easy, simple and convenient tools, tips, advice and information to get the most out of their mobile phone. For more information, visit www.cellularsouth.com.
