Mayor Emanuel and Sprint Announce More Than 300 Jobs and Major Infrastructure Investment Coming to Chicago
March 30 2015 - 2:45PM
Business Wire
Investments Will Create more than 300 Jobs for
Residents Throughout the City and First in the Nation Upgrade to
New, Faster Network
Mayor Rahm Emanuel and Sprint (NYSE:S) today announced a series
of investments in Chicago that will bring jobs and infrastructure
investments to the city over the next two years. This investment
plan – known as Sprint® for Chicago – will bring more than 300 new
jobs to neighborhoods throughout Chicago by the end of 2015 and
includes the installation of hundreds of new cell sites and an
expected investment of $45 million in its network infrastructure
between now and the end of 2016.
“Sprint’s investment means more jobs in our neighborhoods today,
and supports Chicago’s continued economic growth,” said Mayor
Rahm Emanuel. “From the new storefronts to making us the first in
the nation to upgrade to faster service, Sprint is helping to bring
both the jobs and the technology to power Chicago’s neighborhoods
and communities for the 21st century.”
“Chicago is the perfect city for Sprint to expand its operations
– diverse, innovative and on the path to becoming a world-class
technology leader,” said Marcelo Claure, Sprint CEO. “New stores
mean more jobs, and a first-class network means loyal and satisfied
customers ready to use faster and more reliable connections.”
Chicago has long been Sprint’s city of choice for introducing new
technologies and the company continues that commitment with the
support of the Mayor’s office.
Chicago will be the first Sprint city upgraded to an even faster
network with the deployment of LTE Advanced technologies. These
faster speeds are expected to improve the performance of video and
other bandwidth-intensive applications, including new generations
of online gaming, virtual reality and advanced cloud services.
New cell sites will be located in neighborhoods throughout the
city and include the areas around Rush University Medical Center,
along Chicago Transit Authority (CTA) subway routes as part of the
project to upgrade the wireless network in the City’s system, and
areas surrounding Garfield Park.
To accelerate its pledge to invest in Chicago’s communities,
Sprint is donating $250,000 to fund an expansion of the Connect
Chicago Challenge – citywide effort to make Chicago the most
skilled, most connected, most dynamic digital city in the world.
Announced by Mayor Emanuel in 2012 as the Broadband Challenge, the
Connect Chicago Challenge will increase digital access through
comprehensive programming, outreach and public access in
neighborhoods throughout the city.
Wireless usage by Sprint customers in Chicago increased more
than 640 percent from 20121. In that time, the company has invested
more than $548 million to improve Chicago customers’ wireless
experience. The company plans to add new cell sites to improve
service and increase its retail investment with more than 46 new
retail locations in 2015.
Sprint has also created a Chicago-specific team to be led by a
general manager who will focus on the needs of Chicago’s wireless
users. The team will work to improve customer service, simplify the
purchasing experience, enhance the network, further support the
community of Chicago by collaborating with community organizations
and sponsoring more Chicago programs and events.
In the entire Chicagoland area – including suburbs such as
Aurora, Rosemont, Schaumburg, Gurnee – Sprint plans to add over 540
jobs and will open more than 115 stores. These jobs are expected to
include retail, customer service, network and corporate.
About Sprint
Sprint (NYSE: S) is a communications services company
that creates more and better ways to connect its customers to
the things they care about most. Sprint served nearly 56
million connections as of Dec. 31, 2014, and is widely recognized
for developing, engineering and deploying innovative technologies,
including the first wireless 4G service from a national carrier in
the United States; leading no-contract brands including Virgin
Mobile USA, Boost Mobile, and Assurance Wireless; instant national
and international push-to-talk capabilities; and a global Tier 1
Internet backbone. Sprint has been named to the Dow Jones
Sustainability Index (DJSI) North America for the past four years.
You can learn more and visit Sprint at www.sprint.com or
www.facebook.com/sprint and www.twitter.com/sprint.
1 This represents handset tonnage growth from 2012-2014 for both
prepaid and postpaid customers in Chicago
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312-905-4278kathleen.dunleavy@sprint.com
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