Mr. Larry Carter

a necessity for many people," said Larry Carter, president, Cingular Wireless,Gulf States Region.

Larry Carter Senior Vice President,Sales Operations Larry Carter is responsible for sales and profitability of Cingular's National Channels,including Business-to-Business, Telesales, eCommerce, and National Retail,which cover a base of 6 million customers and generate more than $3 billion in revenues.In this position, Carter also is responsible for Sales Operations for Cingular's Sales organization.

Prior to this role, Carter was Cingular's Region President,Gulf States, responsible for Sales and overall profit/loss responsibility for the 5,000-employee region, which served 3.2 million customers and had annual revenues of $2.3 billion.Before joining Cingular, Carter had a long, distinguished career at BellSouth, where he held various positions.

Carter holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Industrial Management from the Georgia Institute of Technology.

"We realize that wireless phones have become less of a luxury and more of a necessity for many people," said Larry Carter, president, Cingular Wireless, Gulf States Region."When faced with severe weather, people expect to get an important call through to friends and loved ones on their cell phone and being prepared for these times is a must."

To best prepare for a storm situation, Cingular Wireless monitors local crews and all weather situations across the Gulf States (Florida, Alabama, Mississippi and Louisiana), including hurricane activity in the Gulf of Mexico.The team maintains communications with local city and emergency officials with regards to response plans.Cingular Wireless also taking steps to ensure that communities and emergency crews impacted by hurricanes can depend on their wireless phones to keep in touch.

"We realize that wireless phones have become less of a luxury and more of a necessity for many people," said Larry Carter, president, Cingular Wireless, Gulf States Region.

BellSouth managing director Larry Carter would not detail the terms of the agreement , but said Clear would receive a multimillion-dollar boost to its revenue as a result.BellSouth had been paying Telecom NZ outrageous prices for long-distance connections , he added.

Meanwhile , the regulation question continues to rumble through the New Zealand telecoms industry.Telecom NZ has welcomed the prospect of an unregulated industry but Clear attacked a decision by the government not to provide some form of regulation for the country's telecoms sector.Clear has long wanted an industry regulator after its protracted battle to get an interconnection agreement with Telecom NZ , an issue it had to pursue at great expense through the courts and negotiations with the state-owned carrier.It seems that the eventual settlement of that issue four months ago removed any urgency in the government's mind to provide an industry referee.

The Cingular Service Summary is an important part of that experience," said Larry Carter, senior vice president of sales operations, Cingular Wireless.

"It's no secret that the wireless industry doesn't have the world's greatest reputation for customer service," said Larry Carter, a senior vice president of Cingular.
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"We're in a place we're not happy with," Carter said.

"It's no secret that the wireless industry doesn't have the world's greatest reputation for customer service," said Larry Carter, a senior vice president of Cingular.

"We're in a place we're not happy with," Mr. Carter said.

"Cingular has built its reputation in the Gulf States region by providing outstanding network quality and superior customer service, and we will continue to improve our networks to ensure our customers' continued satisfaction," said Larry Carter, president, Cingular Wireless, Gulf States Region.

As use of Cingular's wireless network continues to increase, Cingular is expanding capacity to serve the growth nationally and in the Gulf States.To provide the capacity needed to maintain its world-class network, Cingular Wireless plans to deploy over 100,000 more digital voice paths on existing cell towers in the Gulf States region during 2002.This will bring Cingular's total to over 350,000 in the Gulf States region.Concurrently, Cingular will deploy 400 more cell sites in this four-state region over the next year, nearly 70 percent of which will be co-located with other wireless carriers on existing tower sites.

Cingular processes billions of airtime minutes each month and is serving 50 percent more minutes through its network than during similar periods last year.