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NorthStar Communications Group Awarded Nextel Cell Site Development Contract
For Immediate Release. April 24, 2003, Birmingham, Alabama: NorthStar Communications Group (NorthStar) announced today that they will act as Nextel Communications Inc. (NASDAQ: NXTL) turn-key general contractor to provide site acquisition, site construction, and program management services relating to the development of cell sites for 11 states during a two year period in Nextel's South region.
"We are very excited and proud to have been selected by Nextel to provide their site development services for the South Region," commented Ed Salley, NorthStar's Senior Vice President of Wireless Services. "NorthStar and our partner company, CH2M HILL, have a long and successful history of providing outsourced, turn-key network infrastructure services to the telecommunications industry, and look forward to serving Nextel."
Headquartered in Birmingham, Alabama, NorthStar serves as the stand-alone telecommunications subsidiary of BE&K, Inc. NorthStar offers a full suite of wireline and wireless infrastructure services as well as network operations and maintenance solutions. For more information regarding NorthStar's service offering, refer to our website at www.NorthStar.net.
Nextel Communications, Inc., a Fortune 300 company based in Reston, Virginia, is a leading provider of fully integrated wireless communications services and has built the largest guaranteed all-digital wireless network in the country covering thousands of communities across the United States. Nextel and Nextel Partners, Inc., currently serve 197 of the top 200 US markets. Through recent market launches, Nextel and Nextel Partners service is available today in areas of the US where approximately 240 million people live or work.
For more information contact:
Emily Holcombe
NorthStar Communications Group, Inc.
E-mail: HolcombeE@NorthStar.net
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